New licensee

Arc International PLC
7 March 2001


ARC provides Jennic with enabling technology for communications systems design

     'Chipless' semiconductor company, designing and developing complex,
leading-edge semiconductor solutions precisely tailored for specific customer
                 needs, licenses ARC's configurable processor

Elstree, England, 7 March 2001 - ARC International, a leading designer and
developer of customisable, high-performance microprocessors, announced today
that the chipless semiconductor company Jennic is using ARC's configurable
32-bit processor for Jennic's communications system design.

Brian Bennett, director of marketing at Jennic said, 'ARC brings to us a key
enabling technology for the implementation of our Streaming Data Controller
(SDC). This is a foundation level function within the intellectual property
that Jennic has developed for packet processing applications such as
BluetoothTM, WLAN (wireless local area network) and set-top boxes.' He adds,
'The primary reasons for choosing ARC's 32-bit processor core are its
configurability and flexibility. In particular, the core's ability to support
different architectures and extensions helps us to minimise silicon area, code
size and power consumption while obviating the need for a low level RTOS (real
time operating system) in some applications.'

The configurability and extensibility of ARC's Tangent processor allows
customers to create a processor core tailored to their application - providing
considerable flexibility for communications applications. The core can be
optimised for cost, silicon area, power consumption, memory space, and
performance. This is unlike many other processor cores that are fixed, and
cannot be modified by customers. With ARC's ARChitect point-and-click
interface, designers can create a custom Tangent-A4 processor in minutes.
ARC's processor is also extendible, which allows developers to add additional
features to the processor core.

For further information:

ARC International plc

Media:

Nitin Dahad

Director of Communications

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Investors:

Peter Aubusson

Investor Relations Manager

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Notes to Editors

About Jennic

Founded in 1996, and headquartered in Sheffield, Jennic is a chipless
semiconductor company which designs and develops complex, leading-edge
semiconductor solutions precisely tailored to meet individual customer
requirements. Leveraging proven expertise in systems and in system-on-chip
(SoC) design, Jennic enables its customers to incorporate state-of-the-art
technology into wired and wireless applications for the broadband
communications market.



About ARC International

ARC International plc, is a leading designer and developer of customisable,
high-performance microprocessor cores and related intellectual property
technology for telecommunications, voice and data networking, and consumer
electronics embedded systems. ARC's Tangent processor is an application
specific processor (ASP) which can be customised for use in a wide variety of
increasingly sophisticated products. ARC's technology enables designers to
reduce time to market and to work with the semiconductor manufacturers and
technologies of their choice.

With headquarters in Elstree, England, ARC International plc and its group
companies employ 280 people in research and development, sales, and marketing
offices across North America and Europe. MetaWare Inc., Precise Software
Technologies Inc. and VAutomation Inc. are wholly owned subsidiaries of ARC
International, providing software development tools, hardware and software
intellectual property and real time operating systems offering multiple
integrated products for system on a chip development.

ARC International plc is listed on the London Stock Exchange (LSE:ARK). The
company's website is located at www.arccores.com



Statements made in this press release that are not historical facts include
forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. Important
factors that could cause actual results to differ from those indicated by such
forward-looking statements include, among others, market acceptance of the ARC
technology; fluctuations in and unpredictability of the Company's quarterly
results; general economic and business conditions; regulatory policies adopted
by governmental authorities; assumptions regarding the Company's future
business strategy; changes in technology; competition; ability to attract and
retain qualified personnel; risks associated with the Company's international
operations; and other uncertainties that are discussed in the 'Investment
Considerations' section of the Company's listing particulars dated 28
September 2000 filed with the United Kingdom Listing Authority and the
Registrar of Companies in England and Wales.