Santa Barbara, CA. December 4, 2000 - Green Hills Software today announced that its MULTI® 2000 Integrated Development Environment has been selected by World Wide Packets to produce software that remotely manages the company's new LightningEdge™ Access Portal, which provides high-speed broadband connectivity to businesses, homes and classrooms at speeds of up to 1 Gigabit/sec. Application software developed using MULTI will run a Motorola MPC855T microprocessor under the OSE® Real-Time Operating System.

When connected to a fiber network, the World Wide Packets LE-Access Portal™ delivers converged voice, video and data over a full Gigabit of bandwidth at prices comparable to much slower devices such as xDSL, PONs and cable modems. This powerful gateway enables the provisioning and delivery of integrated services to businesses, homes, classrooms, Small Office Home Offices (SOHOs), Multi-Dwelling Units (MDUs), and other subscribers in access locations such as hotels, airplanes and cruise ships.

"We are extremely pleased to have been selected by World Wide Packets to develop the embedded software for the new LE-Access Portal," said John Carbone, vice president of marketing at Green Hills Software. "The MULTI IDE and optimizing compilers are ideal for developing fast, compact code that takes full advantage of advanced microprocessors like the MPC855T."

"We selected MULTI for its superior compiler technology and complete tools support for Motorola's MPC855T processor," said Kevin Daines, vice president of engineering at World Wide Packets. "Green Hills' MULTI software is clearly helping us save time as well as making our jobs easier."

The MULTI2000 IDE automates all aspects of software development for the MPC855T microprocessor. Featuring an integrated C compiler, programming editor, source-level debugger, graphical program builder, and run-time error checker, MULTI 2000 also includes a version control system, instruction set simulators, and performance profiler.

The heart of the MULTI environment is a source-level debugger with incremental debug capability that features process- and system-level debug capability. The debugger supports mixed assembly and high-level language formats, includes a language-sensitive expression evaluator, provides a separate debug window for each process, and provides special support for C++ including a Class Browser, object display and template debug capability. The MULTI 2000 debugger is fully RTOS aware, which enables designers to debug and tune their applications at a task level.

The MULTI 2000 IDE features the industry's most advanced MPC855T C/C++ optimizing compiler. The scaleable C/C++ compiler lets programmers use switch options to select any subset of C++ they want, from bare bones C, to full-blown ANSI/ISO C++. The compiler also supports Embedded C++ (EC++), a dialect of C++ optimized for resource-constrained embedded applications that achieves the efficiency of C while preserving many of the best object-oriented features of C++.

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World Wide Packets is the premier solutions provider for optical broadband connectivity. The company designs, develops and manufactures optical access network solutions that are expected to revolutionize entertainment, e-business/e-commerce, education and e-living™. The term e-living captures the essence of lifestyle choices which utilize technology, in concert with knowledge appliances, to enhance day-to-day experiences, including telecommuting, healthcare, distance learning, and other traditional service options. World Wide Packets is a privately held corporation, established by Bernard Daines, founder of Packet Engines, Grand Junction Networks and Tidewater Associates. For more information on World Wide Packets, please visit our web site at www.worldwidepackets.com.

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Incorporated in 1982, Green Hills Software, Inc., is a leading supplier of royalty-free real-time operating systems and software development tools for 32- and 64-bit embedded systems. Green Hills' royalty-free ThreadX® and INTEGRITY® real-time operating systems, fully integrated with its market leading compilers and MULTI® integrated development environment, provide a total development and run-time solution that addresses both deeply embedded and maximum reliability applications. Green Hills Software is headquartered in Santa Barbara, CA, with international headquarters in the United Kingdom. For more information on Green Hills Software products, please call 1-805-965-6044 or email inquiries to sales@ghs.com. http://www.ghs.com.

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