July 22, 2013

Entropic and ARM Deepen Relationship to Transform the Next-Generation of Set-Top Boxes and Consumer Electronics (CE) Devices for the Connected Home  

Cambridge, UK and San Diego, USA, July 22, 2013 – ARM® (LSE: ARM; Nasdaq: ARMH) today announced that Entropic (NASDAQ: ENTR), a world leader in semiconductor solutions for the connected home, has licensed the ARM Mali™-400 and Mali-450 Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) technology and has also entered into a new license agreement for the Cortex-R5 processor. The strengthened partnership will enable Entropic to provide more advanced media and connectivity processing to its customers across the connected home ecosystem, from manufacturers of set-top boxes (STB) and CE devices to makers of home networking solutions.   

Entropic offers a diverse portfolio of STB system-on-a-chip (SoC) and MoCA® (Multimedia over Coax Alliance)-based connectivity solutions that will increasingly utilize the combination of ARM MPCore Cortex processors and graphics processing technology as the basis for the fundamental platform. The Company reliably and securely delivers and processes multimedia digital content into and throughout the home to seamlessly support the transition from traditional broadcast to IP streaming video delivery.  

The strengthened ARM and Entropic alliance comes at a time when global Pay-TV service providers are accelerating their evolution toward IP video gateway/client architectures in the home, which require faster, more robust media processing solutions. By expanding the agreement for the Cortex series, Entropic is making a commitment to its customers to provide advanced, integrated multicore SoC plus MoCA platforms that deliver on higher performance, lower power and greater scalability.  

To complement the ARM Cortex processors, Entropic is investing in the Mali GPUs, which maintain the core ARM principles, namely high performance, industry-leading power efficiency and improved system cost. ARM’s Mali-400 and Mali-450 GPUs take performance density to new levels and are designed to minimize power and bandwidth requirements. The Mali-450 GPU has been optimized with a special focus on energy and bandwidth savings. 

"Our strengthened partnership with ARM is an important step to advancing the evolution of the connected home,” said Vahid Manian, senior vice president, Global Operations, Entropic. “The ARM multi-core architecture coupled with its high-speed graphics engine enables Entropic to deliver richer, faster media experiences in its next-generation platform silicon solutions.”

“ARM is delighted to see its relationship with Entropic broadening to bring the benefits of combined Mali GPU and ARM Cortex processing into the connected home,” said Pete Hutton, executive vice president and general manager, Media Processing Division, ARM. “Delivery of a powerful, energy-efficient heterogeneous platform provides Entropic’s customers with many opportunities to deliver differentiated services and to shape the future of home-based consumer electronics.”

About Entropic

Entropic™ (Nasdaq:ENTR) is a world leader in semiconductor solutions for the connected home. The Company transforms how traditional HDTV broadcast and IP-based streaming video content is seamlessly, reliably, and securely delivered, processed, and distributed into and throughout the home. Entropic's next-generation Set-top Box (STB) System-on-a-Chip (SoC) and Connectivity solutions enable Pay-TV operators to offer consumers more captivating whole-home entertainment experiences by transforming the way digital entertainment is delivered, connected and consumed – in the home and on the go.

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About ARM    

ARM designs the technology that is at the heart of advanced digital products, from wireless, networking and consumer entertainment solutions to imaging, automotive, security and storage devices. ARMs comprehensive product offering includes RISC microprocessors, graphics processors, video engines, enabling software, cell libraries, embedded memories, high-speed connectivity products, peripherals and development tools. Combined with comprehensive design services, training, support and maintenance, and the company's broad Partner community, they provide a total system solution that offers a fast, reliable path to market for leading electronics companies.     

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Forward Looking Statements: Statements in this press release that are not strictly historical in nature constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding Entropic's STB SoC and MoCA technologies, its related prospects and its role in the future of connected home entertainment. Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause Entropic's actual results to be materially different from historical results or from any results expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. These factors include, but are not limited to, competition, risks associated with Entropic's dependence on a limited number of customers and suppliers (including ARM), technology risks, the risk that the market for HD video and multimedia content delivery solutions may not develop as Entropic anticipates and other factors discussed in the "Risk Factors" section of Entropic's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2013. All forward-looking statements are qualified in their entirety by this cautionary statement. Entropic is providing this information as of the date of this release and does not undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking statements contained in this release as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.  

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