SinoStar and videantis sign sales distributor agreement

Taipei, Taiwan - January 4, 2007 - videantis GmbH, an outstanding competence partner in multi-standard video technologies in Germany, and SinoStar Technologies Inc., a leading distributor of Technology ASSPs, Silicon Intellectual Property, Development tools, Operating System and Application Software in Taiwan announced the signing of a Sales Distributor Agreement.

videantis is a leading provider of video technology for mobile and home multimedia applications. The product portfolio includes video engines with multi-standard capability for mobile and stationary video. As a particular competitive edge, videantis cores are fully proven in working silicon. All videantis cores come with a wide choice of standard multimedia compression schemes, e.g., H.264/AVC, WMV9/VC-1, MPEG-4 Advanced Simple Profile & Simple Profile, MPEG-2, MPEG-1, H.263, M-JPEG, and video preprocessing and video post-processing.

Ted Chen, President of SinoStar said "We are proud of our success selling the videantis v-MP2000 and we are confident that our success will grow in 2007. The videantis v-MP2000 can provide the best quality, low power and lower system cost in all video IP providers. The maturity and stability of the design allows our customers to go to silicon with high confidence of success."

Hans Stolberg, videantis CEO & CTO commented "We are pleased to have SinoStar as our sales partners in Taiwan and Greater China. SinoStar synergises the system integration competence with the video engine to one system on silicon. In this respect customers benefit from the combined expertise of SinoStar and videantis on their way to cost efficient future proof products in all segments from mobile products to home products".

About videantis

videantis GmbH, Hannover, Germany, is a leading chip, silicon IP, and software solutions provider for mobile, home, and custom multimedia applications. videantis combines the expertise of an application-adapted, yet fully programmable architecture, an extensive portfolio of optimized applications, and system-on-chip integration services to offer comprehensive one-stop video solutions. Based on its application-optimized processor platform family, videantis licenses multi-standard-capable video IP solutions for the most advanced video coding standards including H.264/AVC, MPEG-4, H.263, DivX, WMV9/VC-1, and MPEG-2, and video enhancement. As a fast-growing company, videantis continues to extend its technical expertise with further build-up of personnel. For more information about videantis GmbH, please visit http://www.videantis.com.

About SinoStar

SinoStar Technologies, Inc. is a leading distributor of Technology ASSPs, Silicon Intellectual Property, Development tools, Operating System and Application Software in Taiwan. The company represents many worldwide well-known companies and their products in Taiwan and Greater China region. The company is a based in Hsichih, Taipei, Taiwan, and can be reached at +886-2-8692-6666 or www.sinostar.com.tw.