Arrow Electronics Signed Distribution Agreement with Empower Technologies™ ARROW ELECTRONICS TO DISTRIBUTE EMPOWER TECHNOLOGIES' LINUX DEVELOPMENT KIT Richmond, British Columbia – September 18, 2007 - Empower Technologies (“Empower”) (TSX.V: EPT) is pleased to announce that Arrow Electronics, Inc of Melville, New York has signed a distribution agreement with Empower to distribute Empower's LEOs® (Linux Embedded Operating System) development kit – the LDK591x, which is an embedded hardware/software development kit for Texas Instruments (TI) OMAP591x dual-core processors. Leveraging the performance and DSP/BIOS M Link provided by TI's OMAP TM dual core processors, the LDK591x runs Empower's LEOs® operating software out of the box and can be leveraged by developers as a powerful design reference for both hardware and software to significantly reduce device development time and cost. Subject to mutual approval, other current and future Empower LDK development kits based on different embedded CPU platforms can also be added to Arrow's distribution. “We are very pleased and excited that Arrow will be distributing our LEOs® Development Kits world-wide” said Paul Leung , President and CEO of Empower. “With their breadth and depth of engineering, customer support and logistics management capabilities, we expect this relationship will be a win for our customers, Arrow, and Empower.” He added that Arrow has a long and well established relationship within the embedded computer OEM market. Leung also noted that by leveraging on Arrow's strong world-wide sales and marketing network, he expects Empower's visibility to increase substantially within the developer community among those who are involved in mobile/handheld embedded devices for the automotive, personal navigation device (PND), Radio Frequency Identification (RFID), and healthcare markets - which also is Empower's market focus. “Arrow has observed a continuing trend, within our embedded customer base, where operating system selection is occurring prior to the hardware platform decision. Responding to the requirements of our customers, Arrow is pleased to be able to offer Linux-based solutions from Empower for our Texas Instruments OMAP TM processors,” said Robert Behn, Vice President of Embedded Computing and Memory Marketing, Arrow Electronics. “Empower is positioned as an industry leader in Linux-based embedded system technologies and solutions. We see this as an attractive combination of technologies for implementations in the telecommunications, automotive and transportation, industrial, medical and life sciences industries, where the flexibility of Linux and the scalable OMAP TM family can deliver complete solutions to our OEM customers.”
About Arrow Electronics Arrow Electronics is a global provider of products, services and solutions to industrial and commercial users of electronic components and computer products, with 2006 sales of $13.6 billion. Arrow serves as a supply channel partner for more than 600 suppliers and 140,000 original equipment manufacturers, contract manufacturers and commercial customers through a global network of 260 locations in 55 countries and territories. A Fortune 200 company with nearly 12,000 employees worldwide, Arrow brings the technology solutions of its customers and suppliers to a breadth of markets, including telecommunications, information systems, automotive and transportation, medical and life sciences, industrial equipment and consumer electronics. For more information, please visit http://www.arrow.com/ About the Texas Instruments DSP Third Party Network Empower Technologies is a member of the TI DSP Third Party Network, a worldwide organization of independent companies that offer products and services supporting TI DSPs. TI third parties provide expertise across a variety of applications, including audio, control, telecommunications, video and imaging and wireless communications. Third party products and services include a broad range of application software, development hardware and software, and consulting services that support original equipment manufacturers' efforts to bring differentiated products to the market quickly. For more information about the TI DSP Third Party Network, please visit http://www.ti.com/3p About Empower Technologies™ Founded in 2000, Empower Technologies (TSX.V: EPT) is an innovative company that brings the power and flexibility of the LEOs® (LinuxDA™ Embedded Operating System) to the dynamic embedded computing Industry and the emerging Intelligent Appliance Market, through their development of Linux-based operating software, embedded system technologies and solutions. The products and services that form the base of its business activities include an embedded system development platform for LEOs®, based on Texas Instruments™ embedded CPU platform, that fulfill the needs and demands of developers and the embedded computing Industry. Empower is continuing to develop LEOs® and newer versions of embedded CPUs in line with Texas Instruments™. By uniting top professionals from within the computer industry and developing quality partnerships and strategic alliances, Empower is committed to being the leading developer of Linux-based operating software and embedded system technologies and solutions for electronics manufacturers and developers. Empower's brands are “LEOs®”, “LinuxDA™”, Linux-based embedded operating systems and “PowerPlay™”, smart consumer electronics.
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