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Tokyo, Japan - November 5, 2009

10^th MOST Interconnectivity Conference Asia: MOST Technology Successfully Implemented
in Asian Car Models

On November 5, 2009, the MOST Cooperation hosted the 10^th MOST Interconnectivity Conference Asia. In Tokyo, Japan, representatives of the MOST Cooperation presented an update on technology highlights of the organization and the MOST standardization roadmap to over 130 attendees of Asian carmakers and their suppliers. In its tenth year of presenting MOST to the Asian automotive industry, over fifteen Asian car models already rely on the MOST infotainment technology. During the morning session, members of the Steering Committee gave an overview which was expanded by various member presentations in the afternoon as well as by various technical demonstrations. In the accompanying exhibition various demonstrations presented High-Definition video over MOST, MOST50 and its electrical Physical Layer (ePhy), Ethernet tunneling over MOST and MOST Consumer Connectivity solutions. Besides MOST Cooperation, further demonstrations were presented by Avago, Hamamatsu, Melexis, Mitsubishi Rayon, Moritex/SCHOTT AG, SMSC, Telemotive, Toyoda Gosei, and Yazaki.

Since the first MOST car model in 2001, over 80 vehicle models have implemented the MOST infotainment backbone. Besides Europe, MOST Technology is gaining widespread popularity in Asia’s automotive market. The MOST Cooperation proudly announced that the newest Specification Rev. 3.0 is on its way to production. Various car makers have already started with first series projects implementing this latest MOST Technology. With the first car makers committing to the MOST150 network in selected vehicles from 2011 on, the suppliers of MOST devices, tools, and software solutions are focusing on optimizing their MOST150 product portfolio to ease the implementation in future car models.

MOST Technology is prepared for a green future. The technology is helping the environment by supporting to create greener automobiles. The plastic optical fiber chosen ten years ago significantly reduces the weight of the wiring harness. Particularly for electric mobility, every saving is crucial because all the electrical energy has to be stored on rechargeable batteries before commencing travel. Another issue is "electric smog". On account of its physical properties, an optical transmission does not emit any electromagnetic fields.

MOST Cooperation encourages automotive infotainment specialists to meet at the MOST Forum 2010: The MOST Forum promises a very high quality conference program offering an insight into the latest and future MOST Technology solutions and studies. This second international MOST Conference and exhibition will take place on 23 March 2010 in Frankfurt (Germany). After opening the conference and welcoming the attendees, Henry Muyshondt will guide the program, starting with the keynote speech on "MOST150 Infotainment Networking".

After the Interconnectivity Conference the MOST Cooperation held a press conference announcing latest technology highlights to the Asian automotive trade and business media.