Wave Issue 0304 2/14/03 Article 1-02

***ACCESS and HI Corporation Cooperate to Market 3D Rendering
Engine
(February 14)

ACCESS Co., Ltd. and HI Corporation announced that the two
companies have concluded a license agreement to provide products
combining browsers for consumer information appliances developed
by ACCESS with HI Corporation's 3D rendering engine Mascot
Capsule Engine.

ACCESS will integrate HI Corporation's 3D rendering engine,
Mascot Capsule Engine, into its NetFront and Compact NetFront
browsers for consumer information appliances, and JV-Lite2 Java
compatible engine for consumer information appliances. Integrated
browsers will be shipped globally for consumer information
appliance markets including mobile phones, PDAs and car
navigation systems. According to ACCESS, this browser solution
integrating the 3D engine will enable users to access 3D polygon
content inside HTML content and allow applications such as idle
browser screens utilizing 3D polygon and displaying 3D map
contents on the browser. ACCESS will also provide a Java-based 3D
rendering engine that runs on JV-Lite2.

A trial version of Mascot Capsule Engine has already been bundled
with the latest ACCESS browser, NetFront v3.0 for PocketPC. The
browser is sold through software download websites in Japan and
the United States. Bundling the engine with ACCESS products
supplied to overseas mobile phone manufacturers is also planned.

HI Corporation is a member of the ACCESS partner program, ACCESS
Advanced Alliance (AAA).

www.access.co.jp/english