Tuesday September 12, 2000 10:05 AM
Company Press Release

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

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."