ALi Announces Support for DivX Connected Certification Program

Leading Manufacturer of Integrated Circuits Intends to Support New Interoperability Program for Networked Devices

LAS VEGAS, NV—January 5, 2005— ALi Corporation, one of the world’s leading consumer electronic integrated circuit solution providers, today announced their intention to support the upcoming DivX Connected Certification Program from DivXNetworks, Inc. The DivX Connected Program is a comprehensive technology initiative that will bring digital media from the PC to consumer electronics products throughout the home.
ALi Corporation is one of the world’s leading suppliers of integrated circuits for a number of market segments including personal computers, PC peripherals, DVD players and embedded PC systems and appliances. ALi, a longstanding DivXNetworks partner, will work to create a DivX Certified chipset solutions for connected devices that will enable applications formerly available only on PCs to be enjoyed in the living room, including premium content services, personal information services and interactive gaming.

“ALi Corporation is one of our earliest and most valuable DivX Certified consumer electronics partners, and we are happy to extend that partnership by working together to bring DivX Connected technology to the ALi IC platform,” said Shahi Ghanem, President of DivXNetworks. “This is a great fit–ALi has a compelling vision for the future of networked entertainment that aligns perfectly with the goals and strategy of the DivX Connected program.”

“DivXNetworks continues to take an innovative, consumer-focused approach to bringing high-quality media content to consumers, and we are excited to take part in the DivX Connected program,” said Chris Lee of ALi. “There is a strong market for network-enabled devices in the global marketplace, and an ALi DivX Connected IC platform can help drive that growth.”

DivX Connected Certified products and services will carry a special DivX logo identifying their interoperability among software, devices and services from a variety of vendors to ensure consumers a seamless experience, whether listening to their digital music library or getting new movies from premium content providers. The first DivX Connected products are expected to hit the market in the second half of 2005. More information is available at: www.divxnetworks.com/solutions/connected.

About ALi Corporation

ALi Corporation is the world’s leading supplier of integrated circuits for information, peripherals and multimedia arena. Its product offerings include PC core logic chipsets, DVD products and imaging peripherals. ALi is well positioned to deliver comprehensive solutions for this world of 3C integration. Information about ALi is available on the web: https://www.ali.com.tw.

About DivXNetworks

DivX, Inc. is a consumer-focused video technology company positioned at the center of multimedia convergence. The company’s core offering is the DivX® video codec, among the world’s most popular video compression technologies with over 250 million DivX software downloads. The patent-pending DivX video can acheive DVD-quality at a fraction of the size of MPEG-2/DVD files, enabling full-length films to easily fit on a CD or be delivered over broadband connections. DivX video technology powers a range of applications that span the convergence value chain, from a secure IP-based video-on-demand solution to next-generation consumer electronics products and video software applications. DivX, Inc. is headquartered in San Diego, California with satellite offices in Los Angeles and San Jose, Calif., Taipei, Taiwan, Tokyo, Japan, Guildford, England and Düsseldorf, Germany. For more information about DivX, Inc., visit www.divx.com