Santa Clara, Calif. and HsinChu, Tw. June 7, 2006 – Intoto, a leading provider of network-centric secure gateway software for networking and communications Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs), and Star Semiconductor, a world leader in Gigabit home networking system-on-a-chip (SoC) solutions, today announced that Intoto’s comprehensive iGateway security platforms will support the latest generation of Star’s ORION SoC family. This comprehensive, integrated solution will provide network appliance vendors with a high-performance hardware and software solution.  It also enables OEMs to easily and quickly develop secure, next-generation networking equipment, security appliances, security routers, secure WLAN AP and switches, and VoIP IADs.

“Integrating Intoto’s iGateway security software with Star’s Orion SoC platform allows us to provide OEMs with an all-inclusive, cost-effective security solution for emerging gigabit home networks,” stated Doug Makishima, vice president of Marketing at Intoto.  “We’ve done all of the innovative design work so the OEMs can focus on quickly developing new products and respond to overall market demand."

Intoto’s iGateway software platforms enable OEMs to quickly develop security appliances and converged broadband gateways and UTM appliances.  Key features include firewall, VPN, intrusion detection and prevention (IPS), and anti-virus. Next-generation products will also include content filtering, anti-spam, and anti-spyware.

“Intoto’s iGateway platform seamlessly integrates with Star’s ORION SoC family which gives OEMs and ODMs alike the ability to cut development costs and bring industry-leading, high performance security solutions to market,” said Gene Liu, chief technology officer at Star Semiconductor.  “Together we provide a high-performance solution that is cost-effective and incorporates advanced security functionality out of the box.

Star’s Orion family are ARM9 based and include Gigabit interfaces to enable 1000Mbps performance in consumer applications. The Orion 9100/9200 family provides network vendors a single chip solution, integrated Gigabit Ethernet MAC, USB 2.0 host controller, PCI 33/66Mhz Host, 32bit DDR memory controller and internal high performance hardware acceleration for Network Address Translation (NAT) and Layer 7 content inspection.

About Star Semiconductor
Star is focused on the development of broadband home networking SoC solutions for the Small Office/Home Office (SOHO) market. The Orion family is the first networking SoC that delivers Gigabit performance to consumer applications. The hardware is optimized for OEM/ODMs to develop network equipment such as wireless gateways, access points, security appliances, networking storage and VoIP devices and wireless IP cameras. Star Semiconductor, as an affiliate of UMC group, was founded in 2002. A privately held company, Star’s corporate headquarters is located in HsinChu, Taiwan. For more information, please visit http://www.starsemi.com.

About Intoto
Intoto is the leading software Original Design Manufacturer (ODM) of network-centric security software platforms, with integrated security, voice and wireless technologies, to networking and communications Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs). Intoto has more than 100 designs with high-volume global OEMs and boasts in excess of two million installations of its technology in U.S., European and Asia-Pacific markets.  Intoto's complete, integrated software platforms, which support all major hardware platforms and operating systems, enable OEMs to reduce development costs and speed time-to-market for faster return on investment and increased market share.  Founded in 1998, Intoto is headquartered in Santa Clara, Calif.  More information is available at http://www.intoto.com or by calling +1 (408) 844-0488.

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