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RESTRICTIONS ON PRODUCT USE

• Toshiba Corporation, and its subsidiaries and affiliates (collectively "TOSHIBA"), reserve the right to make changes to the information

in this document, and related hardware, software and systems (collectively "Product") without notice.

• This document and any information herein may not be reproduced without prior written permission from TOSHIBA. Even with

TOSHIBA's written permission, reproduction is permissible only if reproduction is without alteration/omission.

• Though TOSHIBA works continually to improve Product's quality and reliability, Product can malfunction or fail. Customers are

responsible for complying with safety standards and for providing adequate designs and safeguards for their hardware, software and

systems which minimize risk and avoid situations in which a malfunction or failure of Product could cause loss of human life, bodily

injury or damage to property, including data loss or corruption. Before customers use the Product, create designs including the Product,

or incorporate the Product into their own applications, customers must also refer to and comply with (a) the latest versions of all

relevant TOSHIBA information, including without limitation, this document, the specifications, the data sheets and application notes for

Product and the precautions and conditions set forth in the "TOSHIBA Semiconductor Reliability Handbook" and (b) the instructions for

the application with which the Product will be used with or for. Customers are solely responsible for all aspects of their own product

design or applications, including but not limited to (a) determining the appropriateness of the use of this Product in such design or

applications; (b) evaluating and determining the applicability of any information contained in this document, or in charts, diagrams,

programs, algorithms, sample application circuits, or any other referenced documents; and (c) validating all operating parameters for

such designs and applications. TOSHIBA ASSUMES NO LIABILITY FOR CUSTOMERS' PRODUCT DESIGN OR APPLICATIONS.

• PRODUCT IS NEITHER INTENDED NOR WARRANTED FOR USE IN EQUIPMENTS OR SYSTEMS THAT REQUIRE

EXTRAORDINARILY HIGH LEVELS OF QUALITY AND/OR RELIABILITY, AND/OR A MALFUNCTION OR FAILURE OF WHICH

MAY CAUSE LOSS OF HUMAN LIFE, BODILY INJURY, SERIOUS PROPERTY DAMAGE AND/OR SERIOUS PUBLIC IMPACT

(

"UNINTENDED USE"). Except for specific applications as expressly stated in this document, Unintended Use includes, without

limitation, equipment used in nuclear facilities, equipment used in the aerospace industry, medical equipment, equipment used for

automobiles, trains, ships and other transportation, traffic signaling equipment, equipment used to control combustions or explosions,

safety devices, elevators and escalators, devices related to electric power, and equipment used in finance-related fields. IF YOU USE

PRODUCT FOR UNINTENDED USE, TOSHIBA ASSUMES NO LIABILITY FOR PRODUCT.

For details, please contact your

TOSHIBA sales representative.

• Do not disassemble, analyze, reverse-engineer, alter, modify, translate or copy Product, whether in whole or in part.

• Product shall not be used for or incorporated into any products or systems whose manufacture, use, or sale is prohibited under any

applicable laws or regulations.

• The information contained herein is presented only as guidance for Product use. No responsibility is assumed by TOSHIBA for any

infringement of patents or any other intellectual property rights of third parties that may result from the use of Product. No license to

any intellectual property right is granted by this document, whether express or implied, by estoppel or otherwise.

• ABSENT A WRITTEN SIGNED AGREEMENT, EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN THE RELEVANT TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF SALE

FOR PRODUCT, AND TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT ALLOWABLE BY LAW, TOSHIBA (1) ASSUMES NO LIABILITY

WHATSOEVER, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL, OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES OR

LOSS, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, LOSS OF PROFITS, LOSS OF OPPORTUNITIES, BUSINESS INTERRUPTION AND

LOSS OF DATA, AND (2) DISCLAIMS ANY AND ALL EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS RELATED TO

SALE, USE OF PRODUCT, OR INFORMATION, INCLUDING WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS

FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, ACCURACY OF INFORMATION, OR NONINFRINGEMENT.

• Do not use or otherwise make available Product or related software or technology for any military purposes, including without limitation,

for the design, development, use, stockpiling or manufacturing of nuclear, chemical, or biological weapons or missile technology

products (mass destruction weapons). Product and related software and technology may be controlled under the applicable export

laws and regulations including, without limitation, the Japanese Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Law and the U.S. Export

Administration Regulations. Export and re-export of Product or related software or technology are strictly prohibited except in

compliance with all applicable export laws and regulations.

• Please contact your TOSHIBA sales representative for details as to environmental matters such as the RoHS compatibility of Product.

Please use Product in compliance with all applicable laws and regulations that regulate the inclusion or use of controlled substances,

including without limitation, the EU RoHS Directive. TOSHIBA ASSUMES NO LIABILITY FOR DAMAGES OR LOSSES

OCCURRING AS A RESULT OF NONCOMPLIANCE WITH APPLICABLE LAWS AND REGULATIONS.