e.Digital Corp. Appoints Robert Jecmen to Board ofDirectors; Managed Intel's Mobile PC Business.

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SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 12, 2000

e.Digital Corporation (OTC:EDIG) Tuesday announced the appointment of Robert Jecmen to its Board of Directors.

Jecmen retired from Intel Corp. in August after 24 years of service. Jecmen

was managing Intel's Mobile PC business as Vice President of the Intel Architecture Group when he retired. During his tenure as general manager of Intel's Mobile PC Group, a series of industry leading mobile PC building block products were introduced which tripled the performance of mobile PC's while offering unique power management features. These new capabilities helped stimulate unprecedented growth in the mobile PC industry over the past two years.

"I look forward to helping e.Digital grow as a leader in the rapidly changing portable digital audio industry," stated Jecmen. "Accessing and enjoying secure audio content off of the Internet is on the verge of explosive growth. e.Digital is well positioned to capitalize on this growth opportunity with its range of leadership digital audio technologies, products and partnerships."

Jecmen, 51, is a graduate of UC Berkeley with a masters degree in Material Science Engineering. He has 27 years of industry experience in semiconductor electronics. While at Intel, he was also Vice President of the Technology and Manufacturing Group responsible for developing and ramping into volume production several generations of silicon process technology supporting microprocessors and flash memory product lines. Jecmen was also the General Manager of the California development center where many of Intel's Pentium(TM) processor and flash memory products were developed and manufactured. Jecmen holds two patents on high-performance transistor and multilevel metal technology.

"Bob Jecmen brings years of senior experience and extensive industry knowledge to our Board," stated Allen Cocumelli, Chairman of e.Digital. "With our company positioned as a leader in the portable Internet audio devices industry, Bob's expertise in managing rapid growth and his experience and contacts within the portable products industry will be valuable assets. His direct knowledge of semiconductors, flash memory and manufacturing processes will be of great benefit as we establish e.Digital as a standard in this industry."