Press Release - Altium significantly reduces entry point for 8051 embedded developers

Altium's TASKING 8051 toolset (currently £1280) will be re-priced at £565 from March 1st

SYDNEY, Australia - March 4, 2002 - Altium Limited (ASX: ALU) is pleased to announce a significant price reduction for their TASKING 8051 Software Development Toolsets. From the 1st of March 2002, the regular retail price for a TASKING 8051 toolset will be reduced from £1280 to just £565 - a saving of £715. This new pricing emphasises Altium's commitment to providing every electronic designer and developer with access to the best possible tools at an affordable price.

"By re-pricing our 8051 toolsets so significantly, we are lowering the entry point for 8051 embedded developers by providing them with a fully functional, professional embedded software development toolset for under £570," says Bruce Edwards, Executive Director, Altium. "The 8051 is a versatile and widely-used architecture and the TASKING 8051 toolset gives developers everything they need to produce tight, fast, and reliable code for today's demanding embedded applications."

The TASKING 8051 toolset supports more 8051 variants than any other toolset in the market, and includes:

• The award winning TASKING fully integrated Embedded Development Environment (EDE)
• ANSI C compiler, with additional MISRA C code checking
• Assembler with Macro Preprocessor and linker/locator
• Full ANSI C library set
• CrossView Pro debugger supporting two execution environments:
   1) Instruction set simulator
   2) Re-targetable ROM monitor (incl. RISM51 support) for evaluation board and custom hardware
  
• Support for all leading emulator and RTOS manufacturers
• 3 months free TASKING support

Availability
The TASKING 8051 toolset v6.0 (TK008-024) is available for Windows 95/98/NT/2000/XP, as well as PC/Linux and Workstations (Unix). The new £565 pricing becomes effective on March 1st, 2002. A demo version of the TASKING 8051 toolset is available for download from the TASKING website at http://www.tasking.com/8051/. Available in the UK through distributor Direct Insight. http://www.tasking.com/8051/.