GE Fanuc Embedded Systems Announces Neternity(TM) Family Of Embedded Switches, OpenWare(TM) Switch Management Environment

Demonstrating its leadership position as a developer of embedded
switches for the commercial, military and telecommunications markets,
GE Fanuc Embedded Systems today announced the Neternity(TM) line. The
Neternity(TM) family of embedded switches encompasses existing
products as well as products that will be announced in the future.

Concurrently, GE Fanuc Embedded Systems announced the OpenWare(TM)
switch management environment. OpenWare(TM) is portable across switch
fabrics and processor environments, is easy to customize using the
familiar Linux command line interface and is designed to make selected
GE Fanuc Embedded Systems Neternity(TM) switches easy to deploy and
easy to manage. OpenWare(TM) will be available on new members of the
Neternity(TM) family, and progressively made available on existing
family members.

Also announced today are the first new Neternity(TM)/OpenWare(TM)
family products: the RM921, RM922RC and CP921RC Gigabit Ethernet
switches.

"No other company has the same breadth or depth of capability when
it comes to embedded switches," said Rubin Dhillon, Global Director of
Product Management for Communications at GE Fanuc Embedded Systems,
"and this new branding is designed to emphasize that. We also want to
make customers aware of the fact that Neternity switches featuring
OpenWare are compatible, giving organizations the flexibility to
choose the right switch for each application while easing development,
deployment and long term support."

GE Fanuc Embedded Systems is unique in that it serves an unusually
broad set of customers. On the one hand, the company has strength in
the communications market, which tends to drive IP technology,
protocols, packet processing and switching requirements - and GE Fanuc
Embedded Systems is able to make this leading-edge expertise available
to military and aerospace customers. On the other hand, military and
aerospace customers (where GE Fanuc Embedded Systems is at the heart
of many high profile programs) lead in their demands for ruggedized
products for deployment in harsh environments, and in long term
product lifecycle management - issues that are of increasing concern
to customers in the telecommunications market.

GE Fanuc Embedded Systems Ethernet embedded switches are available
in a broad range of formats, including 6U VME, 3U VME, 6U CompactPCI
and 3U CompactPCI, and can be deployed in both benign and harsh
environments. CompactPCI switches are PICMG 2.16 compliant.

About GE Fanuc Embedded Systems

GE Fanuc Embedded Systems is a leading global provider of embedded
computing solutions for a wide range of industries and applications.
Featuring a comprehensive offering that includes Intel(R) and
PowerPC(R)-based Single Board Computers, sensor processing networking
products, avionics interfaces, rugged flat panel monitors and complete
computer systems, GE Fanuc Embedded Systems can support the full range
of embedded computing needs. GE Fanuc Embedded Systems is part of GE
Fanuc, a joint venture between GE and FANUC LTD of Japan. For more
information, visit www.gefanucembedded.com.