Press Release

14 Mar 2005

Arrow Electronics to Distribute Keil Tools

Plano, TX: Keil Software, Inc. is pleased to announce that it has signed a new franchise agreement with the North American Components (NAC) group of Arrow Electronics, Inc., a leading provider of semiconductor and passives, electro mechanical and connector products, services, and supply chain solutions.

Under the agreement, Keil Software's customers can take advantage of arrowdevtools.com™, an on-line development tool selection and purchasing portal that provides engineers with access to the best semiconductor technologies available as well as quote information at their fingertips. With this Arrow resource, engineers can obtain specific and detailed information on all the latest development tools from Keil Software. Using Arrow’s proprietary parametric search engine, arrowdevtools.com allows users to narrow their search quickly and efficiently. Customers can conveniently browse and compare different solutions until they find that unique tool that rapidly moves their projects to completion.

In addition, the new partnership allows customers to have instant satisfaction with immediate delivery of Keil Software's tools to meet their time to market demands. With the convenience of having multiple purchasing options, customers can use arrowdevtools.com’s user-friendly transaction process and have the confidence of buying from a trusted source.

About Keil Software

Keil Software is the most widely-used vendor of 8/16-bit embedded development tools and is represented world-wide in more than 40 countries. Keil Software makes C compilers, macro assemblers, real-time kernels, debuggers, simulators, integrated development environments, JTAG debug hardware, and evaluation boards for the ARM, 8051, 251, and C16x/XC16x/ST10 microcontroller families. More information including evaluation software, product updates, application notes, example code, and technical support is available from www.keil.com.

Trademarks

Keil Software, µVision, µVision IDE, µVision Debugger, Device Database, C51, C166, CARM, and ULINK are trademarks or registered trademarks of Keil Software, Inc. and Keil Elektronik GmbH.

Arrowdevtools.com and "Connect Your Ideas" are trademarks of Arrow Electronics, Inc.