Inform Software Corporation Company Overview INFORM Gmb H

Inform Software Corporation - Company Overview INFORM Gmb. H, Germany Inform Software Corp. , Chicago Toyo/Inform, Tokyo International Sales & Support Network © INFORM 1990 -1996 Slide 1 of 7

Inform Software Corporation - Company Profile X Software Company and Consulting Firm in Intelligent Control X Market Leading Software Products: fuzzy. TECH®, Neuro. Fuzzy™ Module, Fuzzy. Cluster™ Module X Largest Fuzzy Logic Project Team Worldwide X Founded in 1969, Private Ownership X Continuous Growth from 5 (1985) to 105 (1996) Employees (Cash-Flow Funded Growth) X Since 1985, Every Fiscal Quarter Profitable Inform’s Experience Combines Both Fuzzy Logic Applications and Software ! © INFORM 1990 -1996 Slide 2 of 7

INFORM’s Partners: - Embedded Control X Intel, Motorola, Texas Instruments, Microchip Technologies, Siemens, SGS-Thomson, Mitsubishi In 1992, Inform Introduced the First 16 -bit Fuzzy Processor to the Market ! © INFORM 1990 -1996 Slide 3 of 7

INFORM’s Parters: - Industrial Automation X Allen-Bradley, Klöckner-Moeller, Siemens, Bosch, ABB In 1993, Inform and Klockner-Moeller Introduced the fuzzy. PLC™ , Which Combines Fuzzy Logic and Conventional Automation ! In 1994, Inform and Allen-Bradley Introduced Portable Fuzzy Logic Function Blocks to Be Used on Standard PLCs ! In 1996, Inform Introduced PLC Code Generation for the SIMATIC S 5 and S 7 Line of PLCs ! © INFORM 1990 -1996 Slide 4 of 7

INFORM’s Partners: - Process Control X Foxboro/Eckardt, Bailey/Hartmann&Braun, Wonderware, Iconics, Siemens, USDATA, Intellution, National Instruments In 1995, Inform and Hartmann&Braun Introduced and Distributed Fuzzy Logic Components for Process Control Systems ! © INFORM 1990 -1996 Slide 5 of 7

The fuzzy. TECH Editions With More Than 10, 000 Installations Worldwide, fuzzy. TECH Has Enabled More Successful Fuzzy Logic Applications Than Any Other Fuzzy Logic Design Software ! X Complete Visual Design CAE Frontend With All Standard Interfaces X Backends for Microcontroller, PLC, and Process Control Hardware X Embraces Emerging IEC 1131 -7 Fuzzy Logic Standard and ISO 9000 © INFORM 1990 -1996 Slide 6 of 7

fuzzy. TECH Application Portfolio X About 1100 Successful Fuzzy Logic Applications Have Been Published (an Estimated 5% of Those That Exist) X Fuzzy Logic Has Become the De-Facto Standard Solution for Multi. Variable Control X Applications Range from Embedded Control (28%), Industrial Automation (62%) to Process Control (10%) [IEEE 96] X In a Recent Review [IEEE 95] of 311 Fuzzy Logic Applications, Fuzzy Logic Slashed Design Time By More Than Half in 90% of Cases X In This Review, 97. 5% of the Designers State That They Will Use Fuzzy Logic Again in Future Applications Fuzzy Logic Will Play a Major Role in Control Engineering ! © INFORM 1990 -1996 Slide 7 of 7