Software DVD Player for Embedded Linux

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

MontaVista and InterVideo Team Up to Offer Software DVD Player for Embedded
Linux

InterVideo¹s LinDVD Provides High Quality Video, Audio and Multimedia
Playback for Consumer Devices Running MontaVista Linux

SUNNYVALE, Calif., and FREMONT, Calif., Nov. 20, 2002 ­ MontaVista Software,
Inc., the company powering the embedded revolution, and InterVideo, Inc., a
leading provider of DVD software, today introduced LinDVD, InterVideo¹s
Linux DVD-playing software which has been validated and optimized for
MontaVista Linux®.

LinDVD provides DVD playback on MontaVista Linux, producing crystal clear
images at full video frame rates, AC-3 5.1 channel audio and other advanced
features found on high-end DVDs. LinDVD can also support hardware MPEG
decoders for set-top box and PVR (Personal Video Recorder) applications.
InterVideo will exhibit in the MontaVista Software booth (Number A-15) at
the Embedded Technology (ET) show, November 20 to 22, 2002, in Yokohama,
Japan.

³Consumer electronics OEMs increasingly look to Linux as a robust and
cost-effective development platform,² said Steve Ro, founder and CEO of
InterVideo. ³By using cutting-edge technology from InterVideo and MontaVista
Software, OEMs can now develop unique applications for audio, video and
multimedia personal entertainment devices, with a shorter time-to-market and
greater operating efficiencies.²

InterVideo¹s LinDVD takes advantage of much of the technology in WinDVD, the
world¹s most popular and most advanced software DVD player. For example,
LinDVD utilizes InterVideo¹s high quality DVD navigator, which has been
rigorously tested with more than 2000 titles.

³InterVideo provides the widest range of popular media CODECs for MPEG-1,
MPEG-2, MPEG-4, Windows Media Player, Real Player, and now LinDVD on
MontaVista Linux,² said Sheila Baker, vice president, Marketing, MontaVista
Software. ³InterVideo¹s DVD software and media CODECs, together with
MontaVista Linux, will help consumer electronics companies meet the high
productivity and low power requirements of new complex consumer devices.²

MontaVista Linux

MontaVista Linux Professional Edition is one of the most widely used
embedded Linux operating systems and development platforms. It includes an
impressive array of cross-development tools for system and application code,
unparalleled processor and board support, native real-time performance in
Linux, and hundreds of deployable utilities, libraries, drivers and other
run-time components. Earlier this year, MontaVista Linux Professional
Edition was named ³Best Embedded Linux Solution² at the New York Linux World
and Expo. The product received the ³Electron d¹Or² award for ³Best Embedded
Tool and Development Solution for 2002² from the prestigious French
publication ³Electronique,² and the ³Readers¹ Choice Award² for ³Favorite
Embedded Solution 2002² from the American magazine ³Linux Journal.²

Availability

LinDVD is currently available from InterVideo only to consumer electronics
OEMs for evaluation and integration and is not sold as stand-alone software.
The Linux player software is compatible with a number of popular CPUs,
including Intel IA-32, StrongARM and XScale processors, ARM, and MIPS CPUs.
MontaVista Linux Professional Edition is available from MontaVista Software
and its worldwide distribution channels. It is offered as a product
subscription, providing customers with the MontaVista Linux kernel,
utilities, development tools, software updates, access to the MontaVista
Zone and full technical support.

About InterVideo Inc.

InterVideo is a leading provider of DVD software and offers a broad suite of
advanced digital video and audio multimedia software products that allow
users to record, edit, author, distribute and play digital multimedia
content on PCs and consumer electronics devices. InterVideo's software is
bundled with products sold by nine of the top 10 PC manufacturers, ranked in
terms of sales by IDC, including Dell Products L.P., Fujitsu Limited,
Fujitsu Siemens Computers GmbH, HP, Medion AG, NEC, Sony Corporation and
Toshiba Corporation. The company is headquartered in Fremont, Calif., and
with regional offices in Europe, Taiwan and Japan. For more information
contact InterVideo at 510/651-0888 or visit the Web site at
www.intervideo.com.

About MontaVista Software Inc.

MontaVista Software is a leading global supplier of systems software for
intelligent connected devices and their associated infrastructure, for
applications ranging from communications infrastructure to consumer
electronics. MontaVista powers the embedded revolution by providing
GNU/Linux based open-source systems software solutions. Founded in 1999 by
real-time operating system (RTOS) pioneer James Ready, MontaVista Software¹s
principal products include MontaVista Linux® Professional Edition and
MontaVista Linux® Carrier Grade Edition. The Professional Edition comprises
a Linux-based embedded source and binary distribution, cross development
environments, and a versatile set of tools for the x86/IA-32, PowerPC,
StrongARM, MIPS, SH, ARM, XScale, Xtensa and other microprocessor
architectures. The Carrier Grade Edition is a next-generation high
availability product and the first Commercial Off-the-Shelf (COTS) Linux
platform for telecommunications and carrier-grade applications. MontaVista
Software also provides several complementary technology products addressing
specific customer needs, such as Java development and runtime, powerful
graphics capabilities and more.

Headquartered in the heart of Silicon Valley, in Sunnyvale, Calif.,
MontaVista Software is a privately held company funded by leading investors
such as Alloy Ventures, US Venture Partners, RRE Ventures, WR Hambrecht +
Co., IBM, Intel Capital, Panasonic, Sony and Yamaha Corporation. For more
information about MontaVista Software, please visit http://www.mvista.com,
email to info@mvista.com or call (408) 328-9200.

Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds. MontaVista is a trademark
of MontaVista Software Inc. All other names mentioned are trademarks,
registered trademarks or service marks of their respective companies.

Contacts:

Chris Cutter
PR Manager
InterVideo
Phone: 508-875-9445
Email: chris@intervideo.com

Joe Samagond
Director of Marketing and Corporate Communications
MontaVista Software Inc.
Phone: 408-328-9234
Email: jsamagond@mvista.com

Patricia Colby
PR Strategy and Business Development
Pacifico Inc. (For MontaVista)
Phone: 408-293-8600 x340
Email: pcolby@pacifico.com