November. 04, 2003

TAIPEI, TAIWAN, October 29th, 2003 - ALi Corporation, the world's leading connectivity solution provider, today announced the world's first High-Speed USB2.0 On-The-Go (OTG) IDE device controller-M5637 to pass USB-IF Compliance and Bus-Power Certification from the USB Compliance Workshop. Also awarded with certifications were ALi's M5635-USB2.0 Multiple Card Reader Controller and M5651-USB2.0 Flash Disk Controller. Being the world's first High-Speed USB2.0 OTG IDE device controller to pass USB-IF Bus Power certification and first to launch volume production enables major OEM, system integrators, information appliance makers, and cable manufacturers an advantage in time as they race to capture their shares in the highly competitive connectivity market.

ALi's M5637 comes in 128-pin LQFP package and is a highly integrated single-chip High-Speed USB2.0 OTG IDE device controller. In additional to being fully USB2.0 compliant with the On-The-Go peer-to-peer connectivity protocol, M5637 is richly equipped with built-in High-Speed USB2.0 PHY and OTG circuitry to enhance interconnectivity and performance between IDE based portable devices, such as DVD-R, DVD-RW, CD-ROM, CD-R, HDD, Microdrive, Compact Flash (CF), allowing peripheral systems or devices to communicate freely with each other without the need of a PC host system. With USB-online program field update support, M5637 is deemed the ideal solution for manufacturers demanding for customized feature solutions. ALi's highly integrated M5637 features low power 3.3V utilization, which makes it the ideal candidate to achieving broad adoption for the OTG IDE device controller market.

ALi's M5635-USB2.0 Multi-Memory Card Reader Controller, also in volume production, can support the latest card reader function including IDE/ATA/ATAPI, CF-I, CF-II, Microdrive, SD, MMC, SM, Memory Stick, Memory Stick Pro and XD Memory Card. M5635 is the first amongst competitors to equip with embedded flash ROM module to support real time program field update and feature customization.

In the mass fast growing portable storage market, ALi advances its M5651-USB2.0 Flash Disk controller with the industry's latest high-speed flash storage technology to support multi-bit NAND flash memory module and indisputably improves the stability and security for important storage features and information sharing extensively used amid portable systems such as Notebook, DeskNote, TabletPC, Desktop PC or multimedia network arena. Similar to M5635, M5651 is also the first in the industry to equip with embedded flash ROM module, an added feature for the highly customized customers to operate real time program updates and feature customization.

ALi Corporation is the world's leading supplier of integrated circuits for PC、peripherals and multimedia arena. Its product offerings include core logic chipsets、DVD products and imaging peripherals. ALi is well positioned to deliver comprehensive solutions for this world of 3C integration. Information about ALi is available on the web: http://www.ali.com.tw

ALi USA
Ms. Jeny Ginsberg
Phone: 1-408-452-.4904
Email: jeny_ginsberg@aliusa.com