FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

FSMLabs and A&A Linux Announce RTLinux Development and Distribution Agreement


(June 18, 2001; Socorro, NM; Tokyo, Japan) Finite State Machine Labs: 
the RTLinux[tm] Company, and A&A Linux Corporation, a pioneering 
Japanese embedded Linux firm, have announced a realtime Linux joint 
development agreement. The two firms simultaneously announced a 
Japanese market sales and distribution agreement for RTLinux.

RTLinux is a low-overhead hard realtime operating system (RTOS) based 
on the POSIX 1003.13 PS51 "minimal realtime" specification. It runs a 
general purpose operating system (Linux or BSD) as an idle-time task 
which is never permitted to delay or interfere with the actions of 
timing critical software. RTLinux has worst case interrupt latency of 
less than 20 microseconds on commodity PC hardware and no less than 5 
microseconds on some embedded boards. Because RTLinux provides access 
to the full power of Linux, its development environment and 
applications, RTLinux encourages a robust style of software design 
with a rapid, low-cost, development cycle.

A&A will integrate RTLinux technology into their "A&A Linux" 
distribution. The first release, A&A/RTLinux, is available now for 
the x86 architecture. A&A Linux and FSMLabs will jointly develop 
A&A/RTLinux-On-ITRON, a hybrid of RTLinux and the Japanese de 
facto-standard embedded RTOS.

"RTLinux is already very popular in Japan," said Victor Yodaiken, CEO 
of FSMLabs. "Working with A&A Linux, we hope to make RTLinux and the 
RTLinux decoupled-OS approach to realtime more accessible to Japanese 
engineers. Japan is a world center for industrial control, telecom 
and consumer electronics and in all of these areas RTLinux can help 
good engineers make smarter machines, cheaper."

All products developed under the agreement will be technically 
supported by A&A Linux Corporation's distributors, AI Corporation and 
Advanced Data Controls, which will provide development tools and 
related products for A&A/RTLinux.

Hiroyuki Kato, President of A&A Linux said, "This technological 
agreement will aid the development of embedded Linux in Japan. With 
FSMLabs' technology, A&A Linux will be well positioned to provide 
cutting-edge Linux with realtime capabilities. Technical support and 
system integration services provided by A&A will enable developers in 
Japan to take full advantage of reliable embedded Linux."

About FSMLabs Inc.
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FSMLabs was founded by the creators of RTLinux with the goal of 
extending speed and accuracy in the development of realtime and 
embedded systems. By developing systems that reduce complexity and 
unpredictability, we advance realtime state-of-the-art. By endorsing 
and promoting internationally recognized POSIX realtime standards, we 
help ensure ease of development and application portability. With 
engineering staff and technology partners worldwide, FSMLabs pursues 
solutions characterized by simplicity, robustness and precise design. 
For more information, contact FSMLabs on the Web at www.rtlinux.com, 
via email at business@fsmlabs.com, or by telephone: 505-835-2215.

About A&A Linux Corporation
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A&A Linux was founded in November, 2000 by two leading Japanese 
embedded software companies, AI Corporation and Advanced Data 
Controls. Its distribution, A&A Linux, currently supports a wide 
variety of industrial board computers, and will soon support 32/64 
bit CPUs.

About AI Corporation
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AI Corporation, founded in 1985, is a provider of marketing and 
engineering services for embedded software. AI Corporation works as a 
Japanese partner for many of the world's software manufacturers, and 
provides embedded software products, technical supports, porting 
service, system integration and training. As an experienced total 
solution vendor, AI Corporation served many Japanese customers.

About Advanced Data Controls Corporation
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Advanced Data Controls Corporation provides flexible system software 
and technical support . Founded in 1982, Advanced Data Controls is a 
provider of development systems and program development and 
maintenance software tools.



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For more information about this press release, contact:
Bill Krauss
Marketing Director, FSMLabs
krauss@fsmlabs.com
310-880-1284


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Finite State Machine Labs: The RTLinux Company.
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