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Amoi Chooses UPEKŪ Biometric Fingerprint Security for New M-Series and A-Series Notebook Platforms

Amoi's New M606, M616 and A717 Notebook PCs Incorporate UPEK's TouchStripT Fingerprint Authentication Solution

AmoiBERKELEY, Calif. – October 20, 2005 – UPEK®, Inc., the leading supplier of fingerprint security solutions, today announced that Amoi Electronics Company Limited is incorporating its TouchStrip™ Fingerprint Authentication Solution into the M606, M616 and A717 notebook PC platforms. The M-series platforms target users seeking both mobility and performance, including options such as Bluetooth wireless technology and handwriting recognition, while the A-series platforms are designed for desktop replacement.  The integrated fingerprint authentication solution from UPEK will enable notebook PC users to protect access to corporate data and sensitive personal information. 

"Amoi is leveraging UPEK's market-proven authentication solution to meet the data protection and security needs of our broad user base", stated Owen Luo, vice manager of IT marketing, Amoi Electronics Company, Ltd. "Amoi products appeal to the whole range of notebook PC users from the mainstream home environment to high-end mobile professionals.  We recognized the value of integrating strong authentication security offered through a convenient user interface from UPEK across several of our product lines to address this diverse set of needs."

"Our selection by Amoi, as one of the leading Chinese PC manufacturers, provides further confirmation that UPEK is bringing the right authentication solutions to market for both business and home users," stated Greg Goelz, VP marketing, UPEK, Inc.  "UPEK continues to provide effective and efficient fingerprint authentication solutions to the breadth of the world's notebook and PC markets by winning new customers around the world such as Amoi."

About UPEK

UPEK, Inc., the global leader in biometric fingerprint security solutions, offers integrated end-to-end solutions including comprehensive design & integration services to the world's leading consumer and industrial products companies. UPEK solutions enable the strongest fingerprint authentication security available, packaged for high user convenience and rapid integration into existing products and network architectures.

UPEK biometric security products enable a wide range of applications including password replacement for PCs and applications, centralized management for corporate network security, secure mobile transactions, protection of portable data, identity verification for government and military applications, and physical access control.

UPEK has been pioneering biometric fingerprint technology since 1996 and shipping product in volume since 1999.  UPEK is headquartered near Berkeley, California with offices in Prague, Singapore, Taipei and Tokyo.

For more information, visit www.upek.com

About Amoi

Amoi Electronics Company Limited ("Amoi" for short) was incorporated as a public company with Xiamen Solid Electronic Limited as its ancestor, which was founded in 1981. In 1997, the shares of Amoi were officially listed in Shanghai Stock Exchange. (Code: 600057)

By 2005, total number of employee of Amoi is 20,000 and its total assets are RMB 4.3 billion (approx. US$ 540,000,000).

Amoi Electronic Town, covering an area of 400,000 square meters, is the most advanced and complete 3C manufacturing facilities in China possessing 29 SMT assembly lines and 95 plastic injection equipment. At present, Amoi has reached the annual production capacity of 10 million mobile phones, 2 million PHS, 500,000 LCD TVs, 800,000 Notebook PCs and 4 million units of other products.

For more information, visit www.amoi.com

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Bill Bockwoldt
510.420.2611
bill.bockwoldt@upek.com

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