Start of delivery in 2008 from manufacture in Dortmund Dortmund: ELMOS Semiconductor AG is a supplier of integrated circuits of the new high-speed bus standard FlexRay® at BMW. Delivery is expected to start mid-2008 and will include a star coupler for FlexRay® systems to begin with. The newly developed integrated circuit replaces four conventional single transceivers and therefore enables space and cost optimized control devices. At the end of 2006 BMW was the first car manufacturer worldwide to integrate FlexRay® in its new X5 model for real-time communication in the active chassis control. In the coming years BMW will introduce the high-speed bus FlexRay® as the new standard for time critical applications. "To be listed as a FlexRay® supplier by BMW is a great success for ELMOS and further motivation to increase our competence in bus-systems. We are the first company worldwide that have successfully developed a FlexRay® star coupler and are able to offer our customers a unique solution. For ELMOS the delivery of key integrated circuits is an important element for future growth", says Dr. Frank Rottmann, member of the board for sales and development at ELMOS Semiconductor AG. The ELMOS FlexRay® IC E910.56 is a fourfold star coupler, which can be roused via network and has its own SPI diagnoses interface at its disposal. Thus the IC enables a comprehensive functionality for diagnoses coupled with appropriate error detection and treatment. The E910.56 allows for a low-priced and space-saving intelligent FlexRay® network management. Due to optimized EMC behaviour the star coupler handles high data streams of up to 10 Mbit/s and offers real-time networking. FlexRay® will be established as the future high-speed bus standard in the whole automotive industry. ELMOS has 20 years of experience in the development and production of semiconductor chips and is one of the worldwide leading suppliers of ICs for bus systems in the automobile. The ELMOS portfolio contains ICs for different bus standards such as CAN, K-Bus, LIN, byteflight and FlexRay®. For BMW alone ELMOS has delivered more than 100 million bus transceivers up to now. ELMOS Semiconductor AG is a producer and developer of system solutions on semiconductor basis. For more than 20 years, roughly 90% of sales have been generated with chips for automotive electronics. ELMOS Semiconductor AG Mathias Kukla Heinrich-Hertz-Str. 1 44227 Dortmund Germany Phone +49 231-75 49-0 Extension -199 Fax +49 231-75 49-548 [email protected] www.elmos.de --- End of Message --- ELMOS Semiconductor AG Heinrich-Hertz-Strasse 1 Dortmund Deutschland WKN: 567710; ISIN: DE0005677108; Index: Prime All Share, CDAX, HDAX, MIDCAP, TECH All Share, GEX; Listed: Prime Standard in Frankfurter Wertpapierbörse, Freiverkehr in Börse Düsseldorf, Freiverkehr in Börse Berlin, Freiverkehr in Hanseatische Wertpapierbörse zu Hamburg, Freiverkehr in Niedersächsische Börse zu Hannover, Freiverkehr in Börse Stuttgart, Geregelter Markt in Frankfurter Wertpapierbörse, Freiverkehr in Bayerische Börse München;