For Immediate Release
MontaVista and Diversified Technology Partner for CompactPCI Communications
Platforms
Offer High Performance Embedded Solutions
 for IA-based Applications


Sunnyvale, Calif., May 15, 2001 - MontaVista Software Inc., the company
powering the embedded revolution, and Diversified Technology Inc., a leading
designer/manufacturer of computer board products, today announced they have
joined forces to provide hardware/software solutions for the
telecommunications, data communications, industrial and medical embedded
markets.

MontaVista and Diversified Technology have partnered to offer MontaVista
Hard Hat�Linux® development environment targeting IA-based systems.
Specifically, the two companies will launch their alliance by collaborating
on a Linux Support Package (LSP) for DTI¹s CRX-1024 Quad Intel Pentium III
Zeon system.  This system is designed for telecommunications and data
communications OEMs.

In addition, the partners will demonstrate a sample video delivery
application incorporating Diversified Technology¹s Compact PCI chassis and
MontaVista Hard Hat Linux and Hard Hat Net, at the Applied Computing
Conference in Santa Clara, Calif., from May 15 ­17. The demo will network
compressed, encoded video over a CompactPCI back plane and will be featured
in the Intel Booth (# 331).

Diversified Technology produces state-of-the-art products based on slot card
passive back plane and CompactPCI technologies.  DTI products typically
exceed the performance speeds and levels of integration available on
competing Pentium® III, Pentium® II, Celeron�, and Pentium® processor
computer board products.

³Diversified Technology is a leading supplier of embedded single-board
computers. Together our companies jointly target the strategic
communications infrastructure application space,² said Brian Grega, vice
president of sales and business development, MontaVista Software.  ³With
DTI, we can help our customers build scalable, networking-intensive
infrastructure applications.²

MontaVista Hard Hat Net enables both CompactPCI system controllers and
peripheral devices to communicate using standard networking protocols across
the CompactPCI back plane at high data rates. Hard Hat Net emulates standard
Ethernet, leveraging the high bandwidth CompactPCI bus for intra-chassis
networking. 

³Our joint efforts will provide developers with cost-effective, open
architecture, open software solutions, ² said Mike Dempsey, VP/CTO, of
Diversified Technology Inc.  ³We will let OEM development teams focus on
their core competencies while, at the same time, accelerating their time to
market.² 

About Diversified Technology, Inc.
Diversified Technology, Inc., an Ergon Company, was founded in 1971 and is a
leading designer and manufacturer of standard and custom single board
computers, platforms and systems for the embedded market. A member of
Intel¹s Applied Computing Platform Provider program, DTI is an ISO 9001
certified company. DTI is considered a leader in the development and
manufacture of Intel architecture computer boards, systems, and products for
next generation Internet/Intranet, communications, industrial automation,
medical, military/aerospace, and transaction terminal applications.

About MontaVista Software Inc.
MontaVista Software Inc. is a leading provider of open-source systems
software solutions for embedded developers. Founded in 1999 by real-time
operating system pioneer James Ready, MontaVista's principal offerings are
the cross development tools and operating system tailored for embedded
developers. MontaVista products include Hard HatTM Linux®, a Linux-based
embedded source and binary distribution, development platform and tool kits
for x86/IA-32, PowerPC, StrongARM, MIPS, SH, ARM and other microprocessor
architectures. MontaVista offers developers a family of products and
services for embedded design targeted for applications ranging from
communications infrastructure to thin-client and edge applications.
MontaVista Software also makes available valuable technology add-on packages
that address specific customer requirements such as the Java Development
environment, High Availability technology, Legacy RTOS porting tools, GUI
toolkit and more.

Headquartered in the heart of Silicon Valley in Sunnyvale, Calif.,
MontaVista Software is a privately held company funded by leading investors
such Alloy Ventures, US Venture Partners, RRE Ventures, WR Hambrecht + Co.,
and Intel Capital. For more information about MontaVista, please visit
http://www.mvista.com  or call (408) 328-9200.

Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds. Hard Hat is a trademark
of MontaVista Software Inc. All other names mentioned are trademarks,
registered trademarks or service marks of their respective companies.

Contacts:
Joe Samagond
Director of Marketing and Corporate Communications
MontaVista Software Inc.
Phone: (408) 328-9234
E-mail: jsamagond@mvista.com

Patricia Colby
PR Strategy and Business Development
Pacifico Inc. 
Phone: (408) 293-8600 ext. 340
E-mail: pcolby@pacifico.com

John Mark Taylor
Diversified Technology Inc.
Phone: (601) 856-4121
E-mail: jmtaylor@dtims.com