November 15, 2001

KADAK Releases AMX 86 and AMX 386/ET RTOS Supporting Paradigm 16 and 32-Bit 80x86 Tools

VANCOUVER, CANADA - November 15, 2001 - KADAK Products Ltd. announced today that embedded 80x86 applications incorporating KADAK's AMX^TM RTOS can be developed using the Paradigm Systems Inc. C/C++ 16 and 32-bit software development tools.

Since 1983, AMX 86 has been widely used with 80x86 processors operating in 16-bit real mode. AMX 386 has been in 32-bit protected mode use since 1989. Today, these well-tested kernels continue to offer the high degree of reliability for which KADAK is renowned.

Paradigm Systems has been providing embedded system developers with link, locate and debug tools since 1988. Now, Paradigm offers its C/C++ compiler, assembler, librarian, linker, locator and debugger, all with an easy to use Windows^® IDE (Integrated Development Environment). The AMX RTOS has been packaged to adapt seamlessly to this IDE, making multitasking software development a straight-forward process.

Paradigm has enhanced its integrated, source-level debugger to be AMX task-aware using the KwikLook debug tool from KADAK. With KwikLook, you can examine the details of your AMX application while stopped at breakpoints. You get to see the state of your system from the AMX perspective without requiring a detailed understanding of the internal AMX control structures.

The AMX real-time multitasking kernel (RTOS) is used in time critical medical, telecommunication, data acquisition, industrial control, robotics and aerospace applications. AMX 86 will be found at the heart of 80x86 SoC designs such as the Pixelworks^TM PW364 Image Processor. KADAK's 32-bit AMX RTOS is the multitasking heart of PalmOS in the award-winning PalmPilot^® personal digital assistant from Palm Inc.

Founded in 1978, KADAK Products Ltd. provides software developers with the very best foundation for their embedded system products. KADAK's AMX RTOS, KwikNet^® TCP/IP Stack and KwikPeg^TM GUI are ready for use with a wide range of software development tools for PowerPC^®, 68K, ColdFire^®, 80x86, MIPS, ARM, Thumb and StrongARM^® processors. For more information about KADAK, please visit www.kadak.com.

For over ten years Paradigm Systems has set the standard for quality x86 embedded system software development tools. Paradigm is located in Endwell, NY and can be contacted by email at sales@devtools.com. For more information about Paradigm, please visit www.devtools.com.

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