San Jose, Calif., February 9, 2004 - In-Stat/MDR, publisher of the Microprocessor Report, announced the winners for the fifth annual Analysts' Choice Awards during a special presentation held Thursday February 5, 2004 in San Jose, Calif. The award winners were selected by In-Stat/MDR's technology analysts, the team behind the internationally recognized newsletter Microprocessor Report and the annual Microprocessor and Embedded Processor Forums.

The winners and categories are:

1) Best Desktop Processor
IBM PowerPC 970FX

2) Best Mobile PC Processor
Intel Pentium M

3) Best Server Processor
AMD Opteron 848

4) Best Low-Power Embedded Processor
Infineon TriCore 2

5) Best Application Processor
STMicroelectronics Nomadik STn8800

6) Best High-Performance Embedded Processor
Motorola MPC8560 PowerQUICC III

7) Best Media Processor
Philips TriMedia TM5250

8) Best Extreme Processor
Xelerated Xelerator X10q

9) Best Soft-IP Processor Core
Silicon Hive Avispa+

10) Best Technology
Microsoft Next-Generation Secure Computing Base

In-Stat/MDR wishes to congratulate all the winners of this year's Microprocessor Report Analyst Choice Awards.

For more information, contact:

Peter N. Glaskowsky, Editor in Chief, Microprocessor Report
Phone: 408.345.1634;
Email: png@reedbusiness.com

Kimberly Fanciullo - In-Stat/MDR
Phone: 480.609.4505
Email: kfanciullo@reedbusiness.com

About In-Stat/MDR

In-Stat/MDR (http://www.mdronline.com) offers a broad range of information resources and analytical assets to technology vendors, service providers, technology professionals, and market specialists worldwide. The company stands alone in its ability to integrate both supply-side and demand-side research methodologies into a single comprehensive view of technology markets and products. This capability relies on a unique ability to cover the entire value chain from engineering-level technology, through equipment, infrastructure, services and end-users.

In-Stat/MDR is a unit of Reed Business Information, a leading provider of critical information and marketing solutions to business professionals and a member of the Reed Elsevier plc group.

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