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                                Aptix Corporation
                  2880 North First Street, San Jose, Ca. 95134

                              CONSULTING AGREEMENT

This Consulting Agreement ("Agreement") is made and entered as of November 1,
2000 by and between Aptix Corporation, a California corporation, (the
"Company"), and Oryx Ventures, LLC, a California limited liability company
("Consultant"). The Company desires to retain Consultant as an independent
contractor to perform consulting services for the Company and Consultant is
willing to perform such services, on Terms set forth more fully below. In
consideration of the mutual promises contained herein, the parties agree as
follows:

     1. SERVICES AND COMPENSATION

        (a) Consultant agrees to consult with the Board of
            Directors, the officers of the Corporation, and other
            Corporation employees, at reasonable times,
            concerning certain strategic business matters,
            including, but not limited to: (i) executive
            recruiting, (ii) business development and strategic
            marketing, (iii) debt and/or equity financing
            strategies.

        (b) The company agrees to pay Consultant a management fee of $12,500 per
            month for a period of up to six months.

     2. CONFIDENTIALITY

        (a) "Confidential Information" means any Company proprietary
            information, technical data, trade secrets or know-how, including,
            but not limited to, research, product plans, products, services,
            customers, customer lists, markets, software, developments,
            inventions, processes, formulas, technology, designs, drawings,
            engineering, hardware configurations, information, marketing,
            finances or other drawings or inspections of parts or equipment.
            Confidential Information does not include information which (i) is
            known to Consultant at the time of disclosure to Consultant by the
            Company as evidenced by written records of Consultant (ii) has
            become publicly known and made generally available through no
            wrongful act of Consultant, or (iii) has been rightfully received by
            Consultant from a third party who is authorized to make such
            disclosure.


        (b) Consultant will not, during or subsequent to the terms of this
            Agreement for up to five years after date of this Agreement, use the
            Company's Confidential Information for any purpose whatsoever other
            than the performance of the Services on behalf of the Company or
            disclose the Company's Confidential Information to any third party,
            and it is understood that said Confidential

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            Information shall remain the sole property of the Company.
            Consultant further agrees to take all reasonable precautions to
            prevent any unauthorized disclosure of such Confidential Information
            including, but not limited to, having each employee of containing
            provisions in the Company's favor substantially similar to sections,
            2, 3, and 5 to this Agreement. Without the Company's prior written
            approval, Consultant will not directly or indirectly disclose to
            anyone the existence of this Agreement or the fact that Consultant
            has this agreement with the Company.


        (c) Consultant agrees that Consultant will not, during the term of this
            Agreement improperly use or disclose any proprietary information or
            trade secrets to any former or current employer or other person or
            entity with which Consultant has an agreement or duty to keep in
            confidence information acquired by Consultant in confidence, if any
            and that Consultant will not bring onto the premises of the Company
            an unpublished document or proprietary information belonging to such
            employer, person or entity unless consented to in writing by such
            employer, person or entity. Consultant will indemnify the Company
            and hold it harmless from and against all claims, liabilities,
            damages, and expenses, including reasonable attorneys fees and cost
            of suite, arising out of or in connection with any violation or
            claimed violation to a third party's rights resulting in whole or in
            part from the Company's use of the work product of Consultant under
            this Agreement.


        (d) Consultant recognizes that the Company has received and in the
            future will receive from third parties their confidential or
            proprietary information subject to a duty on the Company's part to
            maintain the confidentiality of such information and to use it only
            for certain limited purpose. Consultant agrees that Consultant owes
            the Company and such third parties, during the term of this
            Agreement and thereafter, a duty to hold all such confidential or
            proprietary information in the strictest confidence and not to
            disclose it to any person, firm or corporation or the use of it
            except as necessary in carrying out the Services for the Company
            consistent with the Company's agreement with such third party.


        (e) Upon termination of this Agreement or upon Company's earlier
            request, Consultant will deliver to the Company all of the Company's
            property or Confidential Information in tangible form that
            Consultant may have in Consultant's possession or control.

     3. OWNERSHIP

        (a) Consultant agrees that all copyrightable material, notes, records,
            drawings, designs, inventions, improvements, developments,
            discoveries and trade secrets (collectively, "Inventions")
            conceived, made or discovered by Consultant, solely or in

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            collaboration with others, working for or employed by Company during
            the period of this Agreement which relate in any matter to the
            business of the Company that Consultant may be directed to
            undertake, investigate or experiment with, or which Consultant may
            become associated with in work, investigations or experimentations
            in the line of business of and for the Company, "except those
            matters which are governed in its entirety by California Labor Code,
            section 2870 (hereafter section 2870) or as otherwise expressly
            excepted in this Agreement. In performing the Services thereunder,
            are the sole property of the Company in addition, any Inventions
            which constitute copyrightable subject matter within the course and
            scope of the work performed for the Company, other than section 2870
            work shall be considered "works made for hire" as the term is
            defined in the United States Copyright Act. Consultant further
            agrees to assigning (or cause to be assigned) and does hereby assign
            fully to the Company all such inventions and any copyrights, patent,
            mask work rights or other intellectual property rights relating to
            such work provided for by the Company.

        (b) Consultant agrees to assist Company, or its designee at the
            Company's Expense, in every proper way to secure the Company's
            rights in the Inventions and any copyrights, patents, mask work
            rights or other intellectual property rights relating thereto in any
            and all countries, including the disclosure to the Company of all
            pertinent information and data with respect thereto, the execution
            of all applications, specifications. Oaths, assignments, and all
            other instruments which the Company shall deem necessary in order to
            apply for and obtain such rights and in order to assign and convey
            to the Company, its successors, assigns and nominees the sole and
            exclusive rights, title and interest in and to such Inventions, and
            any copyrights, patents, mask work rights or other intellectual
            property rights relating thereto. Consultant further agrees that
            Consultant's obligation to execute or cause to be executed, when it
            is in Consultant's power to do so, any such instrument or papers
            shall continue after the termination of this Agreement.

        (c) Consultant agrees that if in the course of the Services, Consultant
            incorporates into any Invention developed hereunder any invention,
            improvement, development concept, discovery or other proprietary
            information owned by Consultant or in which Consultant has an
            interest, discovery or other proprietary information owned by
            Consultant or in which Consultant has and interest, the Company is
            hereby granted and shall have non-exclusive, royalty-free,
            perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide license to make, have made,
            modify, use and sell such item as part of or in connection with such
            Inventions.

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        (d) Consultant agrees that if the Company is unable because of
            Consultant's unavailability, dissolution, mental or physical
            incapacity, or for any other reason, to secure Consultant's
            signature to apply for or to pursue any application for any United
            States or foreign patents or mask work or copyrights registrations
            covering the Inventions assigned to the Company above, then
            Consultant hereby irrevocably designates and appoints the Company
            and its duly authorized officers and agents as Consultant's agent
            and attorney in fact, to act and in Consultant's behalf and stead to
            execute and file any such applications and to do all other lawfully
            permitted acts to further the prosecution and issuance of patents,
            copyright and mask work registrations thereon with the same legal
            force and effect as if executed by Consultant's.

     4. REPORTS

            Consultant agrees that it will from time to time during the term of
            this Agreement or any extension thereof keep the Company advised as
            to Consultant's progress in performing the Services hereunder and
            that Consultant will, as requested by the Company, prepare written
            reports with respect thereto. It is understood that the time
            required in preparation of such written reports shall be considered
            time devoted to the performance of Consultant's Services.

     5. CONFLICTING OBLIGATIONS

        (a) Consultant certifies that Consultant has no outstanding agreement or
            obligation that is in conflict with any of the provisions of this
            Agreement or that would preclude Consultant from complying with the
            provisions hereof, and further certifies that Consultant will
            disclose to Company any future agreement to mutually determine that
            there will be no such conflict during the term of this Agreement.

        (b) In view of Consultants access to the Company's trade secrets and
            proprietary know-how, Consultant further agrees that Consultant will
            not, without Company's prior written consent, design identical or
            substantially similar designs as those developed under this
            Agreement for any third party during the term of this Agreement and
            for a period of twelve (12) months after the termination of this
            Agreement.

     6. TERM AND TERMINATION

        (a) Consultant shall devote up to 10 man-days of work, per month over a
            six month term, principally through the services of Philip Micciche.

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        (b) The Company or Consultant may terminate this Agreement upon giving
            two weeks prior notice thereof to the other party. Any such notice
            shall be addressed to Consultant at the address shown below or such
            other address as either party may notify the other of and shall be
            deemed given upon delivery if personally delivered, or forty-eight
            (48) hours after deposited in the Unites States mail, postage
            prepaid, registered or certified mail, return receipt requested. The
            Company may terminate this Agreement immediately and without prior
            notice if Consultant refuses to or is unable to perform the Services
            or is in breach of any material provision of this Agreement.

        (c) Upon such termination all rights and duties of the parties toward
            each other shall cease except: (i) That the Company shall be obliged
            to pay, within thirty (30) days of the effective date of
            termination, all amounts owing to Consultant for unpaid Services and
            related expenses, if any, in accordance with the provisions of
            Section 1 (Services and Compensation) hereof; and (ii) Section 2
            (Confidentiality), 3 (Ownership) and 8 (Independent Contractors)
            shall survive termination of this Agreement.

     7. ASSIGNMENT

        Neither this Agreement nor any right hereunder or interest herein may be
        assigned or transferred by Consultant without the written consent of the
        Company.


     8. INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR

        Nothing in this Agreement shall in any way be construed to constitute
        Consultant as an agent, employee or representative of the Company, but
        Consultant shall perform the services hereunder as an independent
        contractor. Consultant agrees to furnish (or reimburse the Company for)
        all tools and materials necessary to accomplish this contract, and shall
        incur all expenses associated with performance, except as expressly
        provided on Exhibit A of this Agreement. Consultant acknowledges and
        agrees that Consultant is obligated to report as income all compensation
        received by Consultant pursuant to this Agreement, and Consultant agrees
        to and acknowledges the obligation to pay all self-employment and other
        taxes thereon. Consultant further agrees to indemnify the Company and
        hold it harmless to the extent of any obligation imposed on Company (i)
        to pay in withholding taxes or similar items or (ii) resulting from
        Consultant's being determined not to be an independent contractor.

     9. EQUITABLE RELIEF

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        Consultant agrees that it would be impossible or inadequate to measure
        and calculate the Company's damages from any breach of the covenants set
        forth in Sections 2 or 3 herein. Accordingly, Consultant agrees that if
        Consultant breaches Sections 2 or 3, the Company will have available, in
        addition to any other right or remedy available, the right to obtain
        from any court of competent jurisdiction in an injunction restraining
        such breach or threatened breach and specific performance of any such
        provision. Consultant further agrees that no bond or other security
        shall be required in obtaining such equitable relief and Consultant
        hereby consents to the issuance of such injunction and to the ordering
        of such specific performance.

     10. GOVERNING LAW

        This Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of California

     11. ENTIRE AGREEMENT

        This Agreement is the entire agreement of the parties and supersedes any
        prior agreements between them with respect to the subject matter hereof.
        No amendment or modification of this Agreement shall be effective unless
        it is in writing and signed by the parties.

        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement
        effective as of the day and year first above written.


        CONSULTANT                              APTIX CORPORATION

        By: /s/ Phil Micciche                   By: /s/ Amr Mohsen
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        Title: CEO                              Title: CEO
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