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    HONG KONG, Oct. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Global Sources Ltd. (Nasdaq:   GSOL), the
 global merchandise trade enabler and Gartner Dataquest today announced the
 results of a joint study conducted by Electronic Engineering Times-Asia
 (EE Times-Asia), the bi-weekly design engineering publication and the leading
 market research firm, Dataquest Inc., a unit of Gartner, Inc.
 (NYSE:   IT and ITB).
     With Taiwan poised for strong growth in the worldwide Electronic Design
 Automation (EDA) software market, the study was undertaken to identify current
 and emerging trends in Taiwan's design activities.  The research was based on
 an online survey sent to more than 12,000 design and test engineers in Taiwan.
 The respondents associated EDA software usage with their product designs
 across eleven industry sectors, including consumer electronics, computers and
 computer peripherals, datacom/networking, telecommunications and design
 services.
     "Conducting this joint study with Gartner Dataquest once again
 demonstrates our commitment to the region's electronics industry," said Mark
 A. Saunderson, Publisher of EE Times-Asia.  "The partnership with Gartner
 Dataquest underscores our position as the preferred infomediary for the Asian
 engineering community."
     Gartner Dataquest's worldwide EDA market share report published in July
 2001 shows that the Asia-Pacific was the fastest growing region in 2000, with
 an overall growth rate of approximately 24%.  Taiwan, the largest EDA market
 in the Asia-Pacific since 1998, purchased $53 million of EDA software in 2000.
 As China vies with Taiwan to become the manufacturing base in Asia, Taiwan's
 design services sector is expected to rapidly grow and demand EDA tools.
 Gartner Dataquest estimates Taiwan's spending on EDA tools will increase by
 20% to reach $63.7 million in 2001 and $126.7 million by 2005.
     The joint research shows that the highest penetration of EDA solutions is
 in consumer electronics and computers and computer peripherals with 28 percent
 of survey respondents designing products for each industry.
 Datacom/networking and telecom industries are the third largest EDA tool
 consumers.  The study also indicates that Taiwan's design engineers play a key
 role in EDA tool purchases -? 82% of the respondents said their
 design-engineering department is involved in making the purchase decisions.
     "We have been successful in completing this study due to our collaboration
 and partnership with EE Times-Asia.  We conduct extensive worldwide EDA market
 research annually to report market shares, trends and forecasts, and to
 analyze user requirements.  We are interested in Taiwan because of its
 dominance amongst the regional consumers of EDA tools and its growing focus on
 design activities.  The survey findings are in line with our estimate that the
 Taiwan market for EDA software will continue to increase rapidly," said
 Gartner Dataquest analyst, Ms. Nancy Wu.
     The White paper on Design Trends & EDA Tools: Taiwan is available at
 www.eetasia.com .
 
     About Global Sources:
     Global Sources (Nasdaq:   GSOL) is a leading enabler of global merchandise
 trade.  We develop and operate independent net marketplaces, and offer
 software solutions that facilitate cross-border transactions in public and
 private environments.  Our cataloging software and content management
 infrastructure support these offerings, while our trade magazines remain a key
 complementary component of our total solution.
     We enable trade for an established, independently certified community of
 more than 259,000 active buyers in over 230 countries and territories.  These
 buyers purchase direct goods in volume for resale and generate more than
 2.7 million inquiries annually for over 110,000 suppliers through Global
 Sources Online (www.globalsources.com).
     Global Sources Online hosts more marketing and sourcing activity than any
 other global merchandise trade marketplace.  Ranked as the world's 8th largest
 net marketplace, the Global Sources Online network is comprised of 27 vertical
 and 14 geographic portals.  We offer unparalleled supplier enablement
 capabilities in the world's leading supply markets through our 15 content
 management offices and 700 sales representatives who make approximately 40,000
 supplier visits monthly.
     Global Sources' solutions are based on 30 years as a trade magazine
 publisher serving the global trade community, 10 years as a trade management
 software developer, and 5 years as a global trade marketplace operator.
     eMedia Asia Ltd., is a joint venture between Global Sources and CMP Media
 LLC., the dominant high-technology company in America.  The company is a
 leading provider of new technology content, media and e-commerce services to
 the 150,000-plus technology decision-makers that drive Asia's booming
 technology market.  eMedia Asia Ltd. serves this community's ongoing need for
 relevant information through its integrated, local-language web network,
 premier technical event series and leading publications Electronic Buyers'
 News-China and Electronic Engineering Times-Asia.
 
 
 About Gartner
     Gartner, Inc. is a research and advisory firm that helps more than 10,000
 clients understand technology and drive business growth.  Gartner's divisions
 consist of Gartner Research, Gartner Consulting, Gartner Measurement and
 Gartner Events. Founded in 1979, Gartner is headquartered in Stamford,
 Connecticut, and has 4,600 associates, including 1,400 research analysts and
 consultants, in more than 80 locations worldwide.  The Company achieved fiscal
 2000 revenue of $855 million. Gartner Dataquest is the recognized leader in
 providing the high-technology and financial communities with market
 intelligence for the semiconductor, computer systems and peripherals,
 communications, document management, software, and services sectors of the
 global information technology industry.
 
 

SOURCE  Global Sources Ltd. and Gartner Dataquest