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TVIA CYBERPRO™5300 STREAMING MEDIA PROCESSOR OFFERS 3D/2D GRAPHICS AND ALL KEY FEATURES FOR NEXT-GENERATION DIGITAL TVs AND BROADBAND SET-TOP BOXES

Highly-Integrated Devices Allow Any Video Source Streaming Through To Be Alpha Blended With Any Other Graphic, Video Stream For Seamless Interactive Experience
　

Santa Clara, Calif. - February 5, 2001 - Tvia, Inc. (NASDAQ TVIA), is now offering the CyberPro? 5300 family of streaming media processors ¨C with 3D/2D graphics and all the key features -- for next-generation digital TVs, digital broadband set-top boxes and Internet enabled devices . This highly-integrated CyberPro product family enables any type of content from any source to be streamed and displayed for a seamless interactive experience in the home.
　

"The CyberPro 5300 Series of advanced streaming media processors provides designers with the flexibility to develop multiple products and meet market and user demands with truly useful and enjoyable interactive services," said Vahe Akay, vice president of marketing for Tvia, Inc.
　

Key features include three video ports video engine to simultaneously capture multiple video streams, 2D/3D graphics, DuoVision for simultaneous display of content on two displays, FlexiBus for direct interface to multiple industry leading CPUs, TVDirect for broadcast picture quality, eView for highest picture quality, mView for hardware-magnified view of content, tView for flexible transparency algorithms, and Digital Link to interface to an LCD display.
　

For design flexibility, the CyberPro 5300 Series of four devices adds to those features with combinations of Macro Vision, industry-standard encryption for copy protection, and an audio processor function that processes such audio formats as MP3, wavetable, MIDI, PCM, I2S and stereo audio. The 5300, for example, excludes both of those features. The 5305 adds Macro Vision without the audio processor. The 5350 includes the audio processor without Macro Vision. The 5355 has both the audio processor and Macro Vision features.
　

Part of the 5000 family of advanced streaming-media processors, the 5300 Series also is based on Tvia's proprietary CyberPro architecture. CyberPro delivers rich media content by processing multiple data streams simultaneously. This rich media content includes audio, video, voice, text, graphics, pictures and animation. Furthermore, CyberPro merges, reformats and unifies these disparate data streams into a single stream for storage, transmission and display. This unified stream has to be compliant with multiple input and output requirements including more than six output interfaces, four audio formats, 12 display formats and four display types.
　

The CyberPro architecture allows for a flexible and upgradeable solution. This is achieved through the Software component of the CyberPro product family, called ¡°Software Development Kit (SDK). System and applications developers as well as partners can utilize this SDK to enable and disable various features of the CyberPro family as well as enable different levels of performance of each of these features. Therefore, flexibility, upgradeability, which enables quick time to market and overall system cost reduction.
　

Pricing and Availability

　　Available now, the CyberPro 5300 is priced at $28 each in 1,000-unit quantities.

　　Packaging is either 208-pin plastic quad flat pack (PQFP) or 256-pin plastic ball grid array (PBGA).

About Tvia

　　Tvia, Inc. designs, develops and markets high-performance, streaming media processors for the Internet appliance, broadband set-top box and digital television markets. The company is headquartered in Santa Clara, California, with worldwide operations and employs more than 150 hardware and software product development engineers. Tvia's patented semiconductor solutions, together with its proprietary software, process rich audio, video, graphics and Internet content streams, enabling consumers to enjoy an enhanced television viewing experience. For more information, visit www.tvia.com.
　　

　　Except for historical information contained herein, the matters set forth in this press release, are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the ¡°safe harbor¡± provision so the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially, including product capabilities; ability to meet shipment timetable; and other risks detailed from time to time in Tvia¡¯s SEC reports, including its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended December 31, 2000. These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date hereof. Tvia disclaims any intent or obligation to update these forward-looking statements.