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Arc International PLC
11 July 2007



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 11 North American Companies Adopt ARC's Low Power Configurable Solutions for a
                                 Wide Range of
                            High-Volume Applications


ST. ALBANS, England, July 11, 2007 - Low power consumption is one of the most
important considerations for system-on-chip (SoC) designers creating products
for next-generation electronic applications.  This is a key reason why eleven
companies in North America have adopted ARC International's (LSE: ARK)
configurable media subsystem and processor solutions to create power-sensitive
chips for medical, government/security, multimedia, and networking/peripheral
devices.  See the companion announcement dated July 11, 2007 for more details on
one of these newly announced customer licensing agreements.


ARC's configurable solutions offer some of the lowest power consumption of any
in the semiconductor intellectual property (IP) industry.  For example, an "
out-of-the-box" ARC(R) 750D core requires approximately half the power of an ARM
1136 or a MIPS32 24Kc core with similar configurations.  SoC designers can lower
power consumption of an ARC 750D processor (or any other ARC processor) even
further by leveraging ARC's easy-to-use configurable technology to tailor it to
specific application requirements.


ARC is extending its leadership in low power configurable subsystems and
processors through internally led research and development (R&D) programs,
working in tandem with advanced computing departments at renowned universities,
and via joint initiatives with companies such as Cadence Design Systems and
Virage Logic.  The results of these efforts will be integrated into new products
and technologies from ARC International.


Details on ARC's Newly Announced Customer Engagements:

Medical Applications

CVRx

Long battery life is a requirement for implantable medical devices, such as
blood pressure monitoring systems.  For this reason, CVRx(R) based its new Rheos
TM Baroreflex Hypertension TherapyTM System Monitor on a low power, configurable
ARC 600 family core.  CVRx is a private company located in Minnesota that has
developed proprietary technology for the treatment of high blood pressure (also
referred to as hypertension) that cannot be controlled with medications.  See
companion ARC news announcement dated July 11, 2007 for more details.


Unnamed Medical Applications Customer #1

This unnamed ARC customer is a world-recognized company, and a leader in the
global medical products industry.  Its less-invasive medical technologies offer
alternatives to major surgery and other procedures that can be traumatic to the
human body.  This ARC customer's pacemaker devices incorporate configurable ARC
cores, which were selected because they enable very low power consumption
through the removal of unnecessary features in the ARC CPU.  This greatly
prolongs the battery life of this customer's ARC-BasedTM products - a critical
consideration for implantable medical applications.


Unnamed Medical Applications Customer #2

This unnamed ARC customer manufactures battery-powered, implantable medical
devices.  It is using a configurable ARC core to create an ultra low power
product with a long operational life that can be inserted directly into
patients' bodies.


Government/Security Applications

Edgewater Computer Systems

Edgewater Computer Systems develops real time, high performance multiprocessor
systems for military, government, and commercial operations.  The company's
products include multi-channel wireless and wired data communications.
Edgewater is developing a wireless communications controller for use on
aircraft, and will be using ARC's configurable solutions to minimize the power
consumption and die size to exactly meet the stringent system requirements.


Unnamed Government/Security Customer

This unnamed customer is a leader in command, control and communications,
intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, government services, and related
industries.   The company chose a configurable ARC core for government and
military applications because of its extremely low power consumption, which is
critical to operating remote systems over long periods of time in unserviceable
environments.


Networking/Peripheral Applications

Conexant Systems

Conexant is a worldwide leader in semiconductor solutions for communications in
the digital home.  The company is using its license for a configurable ARC core
to create an integrated solution that can be used in peripheral devices with
combined printer/fax/scanner/copier functionalities.  ARC's configurable core
helps Conexant's design team reduce overall system power consumption by
eliminating unneeded elements within the ARC CPU.


iVivity

iVivity is a leading developer of innovative, multi-protocol acceleration
silicon for both the networking and storage markets.  At the heart of the
iVivtiy SoC is a patented hardware-based protocol acceleration engine that can
terminate and regenerate multiple protocols in real time and at full line rate,
independent of packet size.  An ARC customer for a number of years, iVivity has
taken a new license for the configurable ARC 725 core to create multi-processor
SoCs.  Leveraging the power of ARC's configurable core technology, iVivity's
engineers will be able to optimize the ARC-Based chip for speed by adding custom
instructions to the ARC core while keeping power consumption to a minimum by
eliminating unneeded transistors.


Teranetics

Teranetics is a leading mixed-signal integrated circuit (IC) company that
develops silicon products for advanced communication applications.  Teranetics'
chips enable 10-Gigabit speeds over the traditional copper cabling, which is an
order of magnitude improvement over speeds in current enterprise networks.  The
company selected a configurable ARC core for its next-generation design because
it enabled the creation of a low power solution with small die size that helps
the company's products meet customer price points.


Multimedia Applications

Augusta Technology

Augusta provides mobile device manufacturers with a spectrum of solutions from
state-of-the-art digital communications components to complete communications
systems, such as cell phones and portable video viewing devices.  Augusta is
using a configurable ARC product to lower power consumption in their
next-generation mobile solutions.


Qpixel Technology

Qpixel Technology is a leading innovator in video compression silicon and
software solutions.  The company specializes in digital consumer applications
that balance superior video quality with extended hours of portable operation at
mass market prices.  Using its license for a configurable ARC core, Qpixel has
successfully produced and deployed into the market its QL20x family of H.264
codecs, capable of supporting both Baseline and Main Profile standards.  The low
power nature of the configurable ARC processor enabled the QL201B and QL202B
chips to provide flexible audio processing while consuming very low power, which
is critical for portable multimedia applications such as digital cameras,
camcorders, and portable media players.


VisionFlow

VisionFlow is focused on developing ultra-low power H.264 video and multi-core
media SoC solutions aimed at mobile and wearable video market applications.
These include mobile-TV, wearable PMPs, and mobile video phones.  Emerging
markets call for programmable and power efficient real-time video compression/
decompression solutions.  To meet these challenges, VisionFlow has taken a
license for numerous configurable ARC 600 family cores to design products such
as the VF1000 ultra-low power H.264 video solution.  According to John Yuan,
VisionFlow's CEO, the ARC 600 core family offered the lowest power consumption
per MHz for any CPU on the market.  In addition, VisionFlow is adding customized
instruction extensions to enhance the ARC cores' performance and functionality,
which also helps prevent rival companies from cloning VisionFlow's products.

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About ARC International plc

ARC International is the world leader in configurable media subsystems and CPU/
DSP processors.  Used by over 140 companies worldwide, ARC's configurable
solutions enable the creation of highly differentiated system-on-chips (SoCs)
that ship in hundreds of millions of devices annually.  ARC's patented
subsystems and cores are smaller, consume less power, and are less expensive to
manufacture than competing products.


ARC International maintains a worldwide presence with corporate and research and
development offices in California and St. Albans, UK.  For more information
visit www.ARC.com.  ARC International is listed on the London Stock Exchange as
ARC International plc (LSE: ARK).


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development, implementation, and release of features described herein.  These
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