Core CapitalLoren Lancaster Copyright Business Wire 2009

AvailabilityUsed by multiple customers in computationally-intensive and broadcast videoapplications, MathStar's IP cores speed time to market by enabling quick andefficient deployment of performance-demanding FPOA designs. MathStars technology and IP package are now available for sale. MathStar hascreated a package that will make it possible for a buyer to take advantage ofthe existing products and allow continued rapid development of the technology.The package may also include consulting services and a liaison with MathStar tofacilitate a speedy and successful transfer. MathStar has one of the creators ofthe technology under contract to facilitate the evaluation and sale of thetechnology. The makeup of the complete transfer team will be determined by theprospective buyer and its needs.

For more information on MathStar, contact Loren Lancaster at 719-598-4680, oremail . MathStar, Inc.MathStar (OTC: MATH) is a fabless semiconductor company offering best-in-class,high performance programmable logic solutions. MathStar's field programmableobject array (FPOA) technology can process arithmetic and logic operations atclock rates of 1-gigahertz, which is up to four times faster than even the mostadvanced FPGA architectures in many applications. MathStar's Arrix family ofFPOAs are high-performance programmable solutions that enable customers in themachine vision, high-performance video, medical imaging, security andsurveillance, and military markets to rapidly and cost effectively innovate anddifferentiate their products. FPOAs are available now and are supported bydevelopment tools, IP cores, application notes and technical documentation. Core Capital ESG Core Capitals Electronics and Semiconductor Group focuses exclusively onproviding a range of merger and acquisition services to middle marketelectronics and semiconductor companies. Core Capital is a member company of theInternational Network of M&A Partners (IMAP), a global partnership of 60 leadingmerger & acquisition advisory firms located in over 40 countries worldwide.

These statements are based on management'scurrent expectations, estimates and projections about MathStar and its industryand include, but are not limited to, those set forth in the section ofMathStar's Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and ExchangeCommission on March 14, 2008 under the heading "Risk Factors." MathStarundertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements in order toreflect events or circumstances that may arise after the date of this release. Core CapitalLoren Lancaster, Copyright Business Wire 2009. REYKJAVIK, Jan 26 (Reuters) - Iceland's ruling coalitionfell apart on Monday as Prime Minister Geir Haarde said he washanding in his immediate resignation and the head of one of thecoalition partners said she was taking a leave of absence. Haarde, who announced on Friday his intention to step downbecause he is fighting cancer, had planned to continue in hisrole until early elections proposed for May. But political pressure in Iceland over the handling of theisland nation's financial meltdown has proved too intense. What's in store politically in the coming days and weeks andwhat are the implications for the big issues Iceland faces A NEW GOVERNMENT Broadly speaking there are three main politicalpossibilities a national unity government, a new coalition ora government made up of the previous coalition partners, theIndependents and the Social Democratic Alliance (SDA) Haarde's Independents have 25 of 63 parliamentary seats. TheSDA, which has 18 seats, has been headed by Foreign MinisterIngibjorg Gisladottir.