2019/5/23
News Release
Plat’Home Co., Ltd.

Plat’Home IoT Gateway Adopted as a Reference Hardware
for Civil Infrastructure Platform Projects
Supporting long-term use of industrial grade Linux software in civil infrastructure projects.
May 23,2019TOKYO- Plat Home Co., Ltd. (Securities Code: Tokyo Stock Exchange Second Section
6836, Headquarters: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; President: Tomoyasu Suzuki, hereinafterPlat’Home) today announces the adoption of "OpenBlocks® IoT VX2" as a reference
hardware for "Civil Infrastructure Platform" (CIP) projects.
CIP is an open source project hosted by the Linux Foundation that enables long-term support(more than 15 years) and management of infrastructure systems through a base layer ofindustrial grade open source software components, tools and methods. CIP aims to speed
implementation of Linux-based civil infrastructure systems through industrial grade softwareand a universal operating system, build upon existing open source foundations and expertise,establish de facto standards by providing a base layer reference implementation, andcontribute to and influence upstream projects regarding industrial needs.
By adopting "OpenBlocks® IoT VX2" as a CIP reference hardware, this product can be used
as a development target for CIP's Super Long Term Support Kernel, which launched inFebruary, advancing Linux-based civil infrastructure projects.
Plat'Home offers pioneering cooperative ideas and solutions for customers in the complex
IoT era. Our knowledge and understanding of the market needs are integrated in a feedback
loop with distinguished in-house products, open source projects and services actively
promoting scalable value realization.

From CIP“CIP members are dedicated to helping the project ensure long-term support of our key civil
infrastructure systems for a better future,” Kobayashi Yoshitake, Chair of the CIP TechnicalSteering Committee. “We appreciate all of the leadership Plat’Home has provided and lookforward to see how OpenBlocks helps get us one step closer to our mission.”

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URLCIP Project’s Super Long-Term Support press release
https://www.cip-project.org/announcement/2019/02/25/civil-infrastructure-platformannounces-new-super-long-term-support-kernel-that-advances-automation-machinelearning-and-artificial-intelligence

CIP Project Overviewhttps://www.cip-project.org/wpcontent/uploads/sites/17/2018/10/CIP_Whitepaper_10.19.18.pdf

CIP Reference Hardware Information
https://wiki.linuxfoundation.org/civilinfrastructureplatform/ciptesting/cipreferencehardware

OpenBlocks® IoT VX2 Product Information
https://www.plathome.com/products/openblocks-iot-vx2/

About Plat’Home
Plat'Home is a major developer and manufacturer of micro-servers. Since foundation in
1993 the company has supplied computers made in-house to communication and network
fields as a pioneer of Linux servers. The palm-top size, ultra-small Linux server,
OpenBlocks®, has been adopted by a wide range of industries to support Japanese social
infrastructure, including major telecommunication operators, logistics, transportation,finance, the energy industry and government agencies. Recently Plat’Home has attracted agreat deal of attention in the high-growth fields of M2M and IoT (Internet of Things).

Inquiries regarding this announcement
Kenji Hoshi, Products Marketing Department, Plat’Home Co., Ltd.
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