Alliance Semiconductor Completes Sale of Systems Solutions Business to Tundra Semiconductor.SANTA CLARA Santa Clara, city, Cuba Santa Clara (sän`tä klä`rä), city (1994 est. pop. 217,000), capital of Villa Clara prov., central Cuba. , Calif. -- Alliance Semiconductor Corporation (Nasdaq:ALSC ALSC Association for Library Service to Children ALSC Adirondack Lakes Survey Corporation ALSC Afloat Logistics and Sealift Capability ALSC American Lumber Standards Committee, Inc. ALSC Advanced Logistics Systems Center (AFMC) )("Alliance") today announced that it had completed the sale of its Systems Solutions business unit to Tundra Semiconductor Tundra Semiconductor Corporation (TSX: TUN) supplies communications, computing and storage companies with system interconnect products, intellectual property and design services backed by customer service and technical support. Corporation (TSX TSX Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE before April, 2002) TSX Transfer from Stack Pointer to Index TSX True Space Extension :TUN)("Tundra tundra (tŭn`drə), treeless plains of N North America and N Eurasia, lying principally along the Arctic Circle, on the coasts and islands of the Arctic Ocean, and to the north of the coniferous forest belt. ") for $5.8 million in cash. On April 19, 2006, Alliance announced that it had entered into a definitive agreement with Tundra for the sale of substantially all of the assets of the Systems Solutions business unit. Mel Keating, President and Chief Executive Officer of Alliance, commented, "We are very pleased with the fit presented by the transaction, that fact that over fifty of our employees have found a home with Tundra and the value that the transaction delivers for the Alliance stockholders." 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