Catalyst Semiconductor Selected by Sony Corporation as Green Partner Program Member.Business Editors/Environment Writers/High-Tech Writers SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 25, 2003 Catalyst Semiconductor (Nasdaq:CATS) today announced that after a review process Sony Corporation of Japan certified Catalyst Semiconductor's environment management system as meeting the requirements of the Sony Green Partner Program. "Our early investments, initiated over two years ago, led to Catalyst offering lead-free and halogen-free integrated circuits Integrated circuits Miniature electronic circuits produced within and upon a single semiconductor crystal, usually silicon. Integrated circuits range in complexity from simple logic circuits and amplifiers, about 1/20 in. (1. in the fall of 2002. Our selection to the Sony Green Partner Program is a great honor and recognition of our overall environment protection program," said Catalyst director of Worldwide Quality Systems, Dan Terry. Sony's Green Partner Program The Sony Green Partner program encourages suppliers to introduce Green Partner environmental management systems and products. Green Partners must comply with Sony's goals and standards relating to relating to relate prep → concernant relating to relate prep → bezüglich +gen, mit Bezug auf +acc substances and materials. Sony certification Green Partners are required to: -- Maintain and provide data on products and supplier products and material to demonstrate they do not contain hazardous substances such as cadmium, mercury and lead -- Establish procedures across manufacturing, quality, product, purchasing and sales operations to ensure materials used are environment friendly -- Develop action plans to maintain standards and apply corrective actions as necessary -- Pass audits of manufacturing facilities Issued by the Procurement Head Office, Sony Corporation, Tokyo, Japan, the certification covers the two year period from May 14, 2003, through May 13, 2005. About Sony Corporation Sony Corporation, headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, is a leading manufacturer of audio, video, communications and information technology products for the consumer and professional markets. Its music, motion picture, television, computer entertainment and online businesses make Sony one of the most comprehensive entertainment companies in the world. Sony recorded consolidated annual sales of over $62.3 billion for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2003, and it employs 161,100 people worldwide. About Catalyst Semiconductor Founded in 1985, Catalyst Semiconductor, Inc. is headquartered in Sunnyvale, Calif. The Company is a developer and marketer of programmable products used in telecommunications, networking systems, computation, automotive, industrial and consumer markets. The Company designs and markets a broad range of programmable products including, Parallel and Serial EEPROMs with I2C I2C Inter-Integrated Circuit I2C Intelligent Interface Controller I2C Intelligent Controller , SPI (1) (Stateful Packet Inspection) See stateful inspection. (2) (Service Provider Interface) The programming interface for developing Windows drivers under WOSA. and Microwire interfaces, NVRAMs, Flash Memories, Digitally Programmable Potentiometers, Microcontroller A single chip that contains the processor (the CPU), non-volatile memory for the program (ROM or flash), volatile memory for input and output (RAM), a clock and an I/O control unit. Supervisory circuits and other programmable Mixed Signal products. Typical applications for the Company's products include optical networks, modems, wireless LANs, network cards, PC BIOS See BIOS. , DIMM (Dual In-Line Memory Module) A printed circuit board that holds memory chips and plugs into a DIMM socket on the motherboard. See memory module. DIMM - Dual In-Line Memory Module modules, cellular telephones, digital satellite box receivers, set-top boxes and Internet routers. Catalyst's Quality Management System is ISO (1) See ISO speed. (2) (International Organization for Standardization, Geneva, Switzerland, www.iso.ch) An organization that sets international standards, founded in 1946. The U.S. member body is ANSI. 9001 certified. Additional information about Catalyst Semiconductor is available on the Company's web site at www.catalyst-semiconductor.com. Except for those statements that report the Company's historical results, the statements being made are forward-looking statements. Actual results could differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements. Additional information concerning factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements is contained under the heading "Certain Factors That May Affect the Company's Future Results of Operations" listed from time to time in Catalyst's SEC reports including but not limited to the report on Form 10-K Form 10-K A report required by the SEC from exchange-listed companies that provides for annual disclosure of certain financial information. Form 10-K See 10-K. for the year ended April 30, 2003, and more recent Forms 10-Q. Editor Notes: 1. Trademark notices: DPP DPP - Dining Philosophers Problem is a trademark of Catalyst Semiconductor. I2C is a registered trademark of Philips Corporation. SPI is a trademark of Motorola, Inc. Microwire is a trademark of National Semiconductor. 2. In I2C the 2 is a superscript Any letter, digit or symbol that appears above the line. For example, 10 to the 9th power is written with the 9 in superscript (109). Contrast with subscript. . |
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