Gigle Semiconductor Changes Name to Gigle Networks

New Name Reflects Home-Networking Innovator's Expanded Focus Beyond Silicon to Include Advanced Network Capabilities

REDWOOD CITY, California, BARCELONA, Spain and EDINBURGH, Scotland, November 17 - Gigle Semiconductor, the leading developer of intelligent multi-PHY
switching devices for both wired and wireless entertainment grade home
networking, today announces that it has changed its name to Gigle Networks
(giglenetworks.com/). The new name is being adopted to better reflect
the company's expanding core competencies and system-level solutions.

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"A true entertainment-grade home network requires technology that can
provide the performance and coverage necessary to deliver multiple HD streams
everywhere in the home. But to succeed with consumers, this network also must
be so simple to install, operate and maintain that it is completely
transparent to the user," said Juan Carlos Riviero, chief executive officer
of Gigle Networks. "Our new corporate name reflects our commitment to
providing the complete system solutions that are necessary to create this
invisible network within the home, including silicon, firmware, software and
support tools, across all existing wired media plus wireless connections."

Gigle Networks' fully integrated, intelligent multi-PHY switches
seamlessly extend wired and wireless Ethernet connections to form up to a
1Gbps entertainment-grade network everywhere in the home. These networks are
created using the existing wiring, including powerline, phoneline and/or
coaxial cable, as well as wireless connections. Gigle Networks' solutions
deliver the best possible coverage and performance by using an on-chip
switching agent that coordinates all the Gigle Networks' enabled devices in
the network to determine optimal paths and whether or not paths need to be
aggregated to increase bandwidth, or if traffic should be repeated to
increase coverage as determined by Quality of Service (QoS) requirements.
This self-forming mesh network can operate over WiFi, wired Ethernet,
powerline, phoneline, and coaxial cable. It can also provide advanced network
features such as fault tolerance. For example, if the wireless Ethernet
connection fails, the network can automatically switch traffic to another
connection using a high-speed loop-avoidance algorithm optimized for the
demands of video.

With the Gigle Networks approach, all network traffic is managed
intelligently in a continuous process that is completely transparent to the
user. Installing network nodes is as simple as plugging them into the power
outlets. The network then self-configures and can generate secure passwords
and encrypted traffic with just the push of a button. This network requires
no new wires, no configuration software, no knowledge of networking
technology to install or manage it and no user manual. It combines the
performance, robustness and reliability that service providers require, along
with the simplicity that consumers demand.

About Gigle Networks: Plug into the Fun

Gigle Networks provides system-on-chip integrated circuits and complete
system solutions for multimedia home networking that can extend wired and
wireless Ethernet everywhere in the home - without the need for new wires.
Targeted for applications such as Internet Protocol television (IPTV),
broadband TV (BBTV), video on demand (VoD), and voice over IP (VoIP), Gigle
Networks' products offer superior performance, coverage and QoS as compared
to alternative communication technologies, and are designed to be easily
integrated into consumer electronics and networked products. Gigle Networks
is a strong supporter of open standards, a board member of the HomePlug
Powerline Alliance, and an active participant in IEEE P1901 and ITU-T G.hn
wireline standardization initiatives. Gigle Networks has offices in Redwood
City, Calif., Barcelona, Spain, and Edinburgh, UK.

David Sorensen, VP Marketing of Gigle Networks, +1-650-592-3810, David.sorensen at gigle.biz; or Kelly Poffenberger, Senior Consultant ,+1-714-553-9071, Kellyp at magnetprgroup.com, or Carolyn Fromm, President, +1-949-651-9539, Carolyn at magnetprgroup.com, both of Magnet PR Group, for Gigle Networks