SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. -- March 13, 2002 -- Cirrus Logic Inc. (Nasdaq: CRUS) and Metro Link Inc. have collaborated to provide consumer electronics manufacturers with a comprehensive suite of middleware solutions for advanced set-top boxes and similar products based on the Harmony& reference design. Developer-ready middleware supporting streaming video, PVR, VOD, DVD, MP3 digital music, plugable EPG, Internet gateway products, set-top boxes and home networking applications will be demonstrated at the Cirrus booth (#4868 in the North Hall) at the Embedded Systems Conference in San Francisco, March 13-15.

The Harmony reference design platform enables fast development of cost-effective consumer products requiring digital audio/video MPEG recording and playback on a set-top box. Now, with Metro Link's Metro Mediaä middleware toolkit, customers can go to market with deployable solutions on Harmony. Metro Media provides integrated support for the Harmony reference design platform and optimizes its performance. Metro Link also offers custom support and professional services to Cirrus Logic customers who are developing advanced set-top boxes, PVRs, and other consumer-electronics products for the Harmony reference design.

"The Harmony solution is ideal for OEMs who wish to capitalize on the convergence wave by building custom-branded products on top of an open Linux software environment," said Brian Heuckroth, vice president of marketing for the Optical Storage Division, Cirrus Logic. "Metro Link has demonstrated first-mover advantage with their integrated middleware suite for networking entertainment and home appliances."

"Metro Media is the missing link between PVR applications and the evolution of the home media center," said Keith C. Kelly, Metro Link president and COO. "Our Metro Media toolkit offers an integrated turn-key solution which provides customers with a powerful, flexible way to offer a branded look and feel."

The multi-faceted demo features a Web pad that controls a set-top box over an 802.11b wireless network. The set-top box also talks to a residential gateway utilizing UPnP that enables X10 technology to activate a lamp. The set-top box, which houses the Harmony reference design, includes PVR, MP3 playback, Web browsing, and UPnP control point capabilities. In addition, the Web pad and the set-top box use the same GUI to replicate look and feel for ease of use. Web surfing can take place on both the Web pad and the set-top box.

Metro Link, Inc.

Metro Link is "Accelerating the Evolution of Convergence in the Home™". From the silicon level to the user interface, Metro Link's full suite of software brings the benefits of entertainment, computing, rich digital media, home networking, home automation, and wireless connectivity to the consumer electronics integrator or manufacturer.

Providing comprehensive solutions for the emerging next-generation Internet-enabled networked home media center, Metro Link brings seamless integration to consumer electronics, home appliances, white goods, micro controllers, and computer networking products. Metro Link's solutions are deployed in single-board computers, system on chip (SOC) devices, Internet appliances, and set-top boxes. Metro Link also offers professional services for customized support, speeding silicon to market. To learn more, visit www.metrolink.com.

Cirrus Logic, Inc.

Cirrus Logic is a premier supplier of high-performance analog and DSP chip solutions for consumer entertainment electronics that allow people to see, hear, connect, and enjoy digital entertainment. Building on its global market share leadership in audio integrated circuits and its rich mixed-signal patent portfolio, the company targets mainstream audio, video and Internet entertainment applications in the consumer entertainment market. Cirrus Logic operates from headquarters in Austin, Texas and major sites located in Fremont and El Dorado Hills, California; Broomfield and Boulder, Colorado; as well as offices in Europe, Japan and Asia. More information about Cirrus Logic is available at www.cirrus.com.

Safe Harbor Provision

Except for historical information contained herein, the matters set forth in this news release are forward-looking statements that are dependent on certain risks and uncertainties including such factors, among others, as the ability of the Cirrus Logic Harmony reference design to perform as expected and the risk factors listed in the company's Form 10-K for the year ended March 31, 2001, and in other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The foregoing information concerning Cirrus Logic's business outlook represents our outlook as of the date of this news release, and Cirrus Logic undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new developments or otherwise.

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