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CREATIVE TECHNOLOGY COMPLETES ACQUISITION OF 3DLABS, INC., LTD.

MILPITAS, CA - May 16, 2002 - Creative Technology Ltd. (Nasdaq: CREAF), the worldwide leader in digital entertainment products for users of the personal computer and the Internet, today announced that it has completed the acquisition of 3Dlabs Inc., Ltd. (Nasdaq: TDDD). The trading of 3Dlabs common shares will be suspended before the opening of the market on May 16, 2002.

Under the terms of the scheme agreement and scheme of arrangement, Creative will distribute U.S.$1.20 in cash and will issue 0.205 of a Creative ordinary share in exchange for each 3Dlabs common share outstanding. Based on the approximately 30.8 million 3Dlabs common shares outstanding as of the closing that are not already owned by Creative Technology, Creative is paying approximately $37.0 million cash and will issue approximately 6.3 million Creative shares for the acquisition.

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Sound Blaster is a registered trademark and Live!, Audigy and Extigy are trademarks of Creative Technology Ltd. in the United States and other countries. NOMAD is a registered trademark of Aonix and is used by Creative Technology Ltd. and/or its affiliates under license in the United States and/or other countries. 3Dlabs, Oxygen, and Wildcat are trademarks or registered trademarks of 3Dlabs Ltd., 3Dlabs Inc. Ltd., or 3Dlabs Inc. in the United States and/or other countries. All other brand and product names are either trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holder and are hereby recognized as such.

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