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Icron delivers first commercial shipment of USB Ranger product.

May 30 2000

VANCOUVER, British Columbia – May 30, 2000 - Icron Systems, Inc. (CDNX: ICM), a world class USB technology and solutions provider, announced today that it has delivered its first shipment of USB Ranger products to Gefen Inc. of California. This major milestone in Icron’s evolution signals its transformation from a technology development company into a bonafide product solutions provider.

Gefen Inc. is an established player in the Keyboard/Video/Mouse (KVM) market serving major customers throughout the United States. Mr. Hagai Gefen, president of Gefen stated, “Icron’s ExtremeUSBTM technology will allow Gefen to take a lead role in our industry by allowing our customers to seamlessly migrate into the USB-enabled world without losing the ability to access their servers and PCs from distances beyond the traditional desktop range.”

Icron President and CEO Mats Gerschman added, “We are extremely pleased about the completion of this initial order from Gefen. Their commitment demonstrates that ExtremeUSB technology provides significant value to the KVM market. Icron is now well positioned to expand further into the KVM market and to deploy our innovative technology in other markets that require a distance solution for USB.”

About Icron Systems Inc.

Icron Systems is a world class USB technology and solutions provider. The inventors of ExtremeUSB technology, Icron has developed the only USB compliant means of extending the range of USB connections from 5 meters (16 feet) to over 100 meters (330 feet). With patents pending, the Company is integrating this technology into a series of products that provide extended USB solutions.

Icron is a publicly traded company and trades under the symbol ICM on the Canadian Venture Exchange. The company is based in Vancouver, Canada.
More information can be found on the company’s web site at www.icron.com
or at the USB-IF website at www.usb.org


Note: The company relies on litigation protection for "forward-looking" statements. The Canadian Venture Exchange has not reviewed and does not accept responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS: Except for statements of historical fact, all statements in this news release - including, without limitation, statements regarding production estimates and future plans and objectives of Icron - are forward-looking statements that involve various risks and uncertainties. There can be no assurance that such statements will prove to be accurate; actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements.