GainSpan Receives Strategic Investment From In-Q-Tel

Investment Brings Ultra-low Power Wi-Fi Technology to the U.S. Intelligence
Community

LOS GATOS, Calif., Sept 10 /PRNewswire/ -- GainSpan((R)) Corporation, a leader
in low power Wi-Fi semiconductor solutions, announced a strategic investment
and technology development agreement with In-Q-Tel, the independent strategic
investment firm that identifies innovative technology solutions to support the
mission of the broader U.S. Intelligence Community. GainSpan provides the
lowest power consuming Wi-Fi single chip solution for wireless sensor networks
and other embedded applications, enabling devices to run for up to ten years
on a single AA battery.

"GainSpan's innovative technology helps address critical technology needs of
the U.S. Intelligence Community," said Troy M. Pearsall, Executive Vice
President of Architecture and Engineering at In-Q-Tel. "The power
requirements of Wi-Fi have traditionally limited its application in sensor
networks, but GainSpan's low power Wi-Fi devices enable new classes of
solutions that will provide key technology capabilities to both the government
and commercial markets."

"Our strategic agreement with In-Q-Tel ensures that the U.S. Intelligence
Community has easy access to GainSpan technology," said Vijay Parmar,
President and CEO, GainSpan. "Also, as a member of In-Q-Tel's technology
partner portfolio, In-Q-Tel provides us introduction to other portfolio
companies where there are opportunities for knowledge-sharing and
co-development."

GainSpan's low power technology applied to ubiquitous Wi-Fi allows its
customers to leverage the very large installed base of Wi-Fi access points and
devices, as well as existing tools and knowledge investments, to create many
new products for security and access control, temperature and occupancy
monitoring, and asset and people tracking.

About GainSpan
GainSpan Corporation, a spinoff of Intel Corporation, is a leader in ultra low
power Wi-Fi semiconductor solutions. GainSpan provides the industry's lowest
power consuming Wi-Fi single chip solution for battery-powered or
energy-harvesting sensor devices and other embedded systems. Devices using
GainSpan's solution can run for up to 10 years on a single AA battery.
GainSpan enables its customers to leverage the large installed base of Wi-Fi
access points and devices and create new products for building automation,
smart home energy, health monitoring, and real time location system (RTLS)
applications, while reducing the overall operation and installation costs of
sensor networks. www.gainspan.com.

GainSpan is a registered trademark of GainSpan Corporation

About In-Q-Tel
In-Q-Tel is the not-for-profit, strategic investment firm that works to
identify, adapt, and deliver innovative technology solutions to support the
mission of the U.S. intelligence community. Launched by the CIA in 1999 as a
private, independent organization, In-Q-Tel's mission is to identify and
partner with companies developing cutting-edge technologies that serve the
national security interests of the United States. Working from an evolving
strategic blueprint defining the intelligence community's critical technology
needs, In-Q-Tel engages with entrepreneurs, growth companies, researchers, and
investors to deliver technologies that provide superior capabilities for the
CIA and the larger intelligence community. In-Q-Tel concentrates on several
broad commercial technology areas, including applications software and
analytics; bio, chemical, and nanotechnology; communications and
infrastructure; digital identity and security; and embedded systems and power.
To date, In-Q-Tel has engaged with more than 140 companies and delivered more
than 240 technology solutions to the intelligence community. To learn more
about In-Q-Tel, visit www.iqt.org.

SOURCE GainSpan Corporation

Kimberly Tassin, GainSpan Corporation, +1-206-654-1001,
Kimberly.tassin@gainspan.com