RED HAT AND SUPERH DEVELOP OPEN SOURCE TOOLS FOR NEW 64 BIT PROCESSORS

GNUPro Developer Tools Developed for SuperH SH-5 Architecture

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C.--February 13, 2002--Red Hat, Inc. (Nasdaq:RHAT),
the world's premier open source and Linux provider, and SuperH, Inc., the
developer of RISC microprocessor cores, today announced that they are working
together on a compiler for the new 64 bit SuperH SH-5 processor. The Red Hat
GNUPro compiler is a commercial software development suite of tools built
around the open source GNU standard. The joint work with Red Hat is part of
SuperH's commitment to using, and making available, open source software for
the SuperH architecture.

The SuperH architecture is ideally suited to digital consumer convergence
products and targeted at service providers, system manufacturers and
semiconductor suppliers. Red Hat is working with SuperH to develop open
source solutions across the SuperH architecture to deliver powerful, reliable
and affordable solutions ideal for the mass consumer device market. The
SuperH architecture, including the new 64 bit SH-5 core architecture, will be
supported by the Red Hat Embedded Linux Developer Suite enabling developers
to gain access to the latest software upgrades as they become available and
to Red Hat Open Source Support.

"When designing consumer devices, getting the embedded technology right is
critical - it must be able to support feature rich applications but also come
in at the right price point for the mass consumer market," said Jon Frosdick,
software director of SuperH, Inc. "Open source software is an important part
of our strategy for ensuring that the SuperH architecture is designed to
deliver the highest price performance ratio. We're delighted to be working
with Red Hat to develop open source solutions for the new SuperH SH-5
architecture."

"It is vital that new chip architectures are able to draw upon an established
developer community to accelerate their adoption into new products and
devices," said James Prasad, vice president EMEA, Red Hat. "The GNU project
is the heart of open source development. When you combine this with Red Hat's
Embedded Linux Developer Suite, there is a fully supported cast of thousands
all contributing to its continued development and success. This joint project
with SuperH is a great endorsement of Red Hat's GNUPro toolsuite as a
standard reference base for next-generation processor platforms based around
the new 64 bit SH-5 core."

The SuperH architecture is designed for digital consumer applications such as
set-top boxes, portable multi-media appliances, games consoles, and many
other 'infotainment' products. Automotive applications include car
information systems, motor control systems and satellite navigation products.
Telecoms applications include video telephones, home gateway systems and
smart phone applications.

GNU is a wide-range of open source-based, freely downloadable software
programs that are licensed under the terms of the General Public License
(GPL). A subset of GNU is its development tools, which include
command-line-based compiler and debugger technology. The source code for
these tools, while freely available, generally does not include pre-built
binaries. It has not been subjected to formal testing, nor is there a
guaranteed mechanism for new platform support.

Red Hat GNUPro provides a commercial grade toolsuite based on the GNU
standard. This toolsuite is built on a standard reference base and delivered
with pre-configured binaries. GNUPro features include a graphical interface,
compiler, debugger, linker, loader and utilities. The development of
extensions and enhancements to GNUPro are driven by Red Hat engineers and
customers, then put through a rigorous test and release process. Through
collaboration between Red Hat and its partners, GNUPro is extended to support
next-generation processor platforms ensuring that Red Hat supports customers'
long-term product or application development plans. With real-time response
and on-going maintenance, Red Hat ensures that its customers' engineering
teams aren't forced to lose development time because of tool-related issues.

About SuperH, Inc
SuperH, Inc. was established as an independent company in July 2001 following
an agreement between STMicroelectronics and Hitachi to create an
independently managed entity to develop processor cores for the open market.

Currently SuperH, Inc is seeking partners to license its high-performance,
low-cost, power efficient SH-4 core, which is targeted at the next generation
PDA market, the set-top-box sector, the games console sector and the
automotive sector. Looking to the future SuperH, Inc. will develop all
subsequent SuperH cores to the open market, including the development of the
soon to be launched 64-bit SH-5 processor as well as future SH-6 and SH-7
cores, due to be unveiled over the next two years.

About SuperH, Inc. Processor Cores
The SuperH family of high-performance 32-bit and 64-bit processor cores is
ideally suited for digital consumer, automotive and telecommunications
applications. These applications typically require a highly integrated
system-on-chip solution that includes a powerful embedded processing engine
and can run a wide variety of application software on industry-standard
operating systems and middleware.

SuperH is a RISC microprocessor technology based on an original Hitachi
architecture. To date, six cores have been released: the SH-1, SH-2, SH-3,
SH2-DSP, SH-DSP and SH-4. SuperH processors are used in many fields of
industry including information systems and digital consumer products such as
set-top boxes, factory automation systems and digital cameras. Further
information about SuperH products can be found on www.superh.com.

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