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SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 29, 1998--Patriot Scientific Corp. (OTCBB:PTSC), today announced the signing of an agreement for the purchase of CyberShark(TM)/HSET terminal adapters with NEC Corp. (NASDAQ:NIPNY).

The Patriot HSET is the only "hands free" ISDN solution in the market today and was developed for distributed call center solutions.

NEC is developing an innovative new suite of applications and is using the CyberShark/HSET for ISDN communications with NEC's digital PBX System. Along with its business partner, Scollay Holdings Limited, NEC is first deploying the solution at Telecom New Zealand Limited.

NEC Corp. is a leading international electronics manufacturer, supplying communications systems and equipment, computers, industrial electronic systems and electronic devices to customers worldwide. NEC Corp. offers several technologies critical to broadband integrated digital services networks (ISDN). Scollay Holdings Limited, the New Zealand business partner for NEC Corp., specializes in telecommunications, including the distribution of NEC central office equipment, PBX's, satellite terminals, mobile communications equipment, and TV and radio broadcast transmitters. The CyberShark ISDN terminal adapter, designed and built specifically for the New Zealand market by Patriot Scientific, will play a key role in the NEC ISDN solutions package.

Chris Scollay, Managing Director of Scollay Holdings Limited, said: "We are pleased to have played a role, adding value through testing, distribution and bringing the ISDN terminal to market in New Zealand. Cost effective ISDN applications and solutions are the key to mass market deployment of ISDN services and Patriot Scientific has certainly helped to make it a reality in New Zealand."

"NEC is one of the world's leading suppliers of digital central office switching systems," commented Norm Dawson, vice president and general manager of Patriot's communications products division. "The CyberShark/HSET is a key component for their new system."

Founded in 1987, Patriot Scientific Corp. designs, manufactures and markets: the PSC1000, based on the patented ShBoom technology, a 32-bit microprocessor targeted at Java and Internet appliances as well as the traditional embedded systems markets; high-performance ISDN Basic Rate and Primary Rate products for digital communications; and ground-penetrating radar and ionized gas antenna technologies. For more information on Patriot Scientific Corp., visit www.ptsc.com/.

Safe Harbor statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995: Statements in this news release looking forward in time involve risks and uncertainties, including the risks associated with the effect of changing economic conditions, trends in the products markets, variations in the company's cash flow, market acceptance risks, technical development risks, seasonality and other risk factors detailed in the company's Securities and Exchange Commission filings.

CONTACT: Patriot Scientific

Paul Berlin, 619/674-5000 ext. 235

pberlin@ptsc.com

or

The Townsend Agency

Amy Hanlon, 619/457-4888

ahanlon@townsendagency.com

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