Clare Micronix Teams With X-FAB Semiconductor Foundries To Produce Advanced Display Driver Electronics.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers ALISO VIEJO, Calif. & ERFURT, Germany--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 11, 2002 Clare Micronix, an IXYS company, (Nasdaq:SYXI), a global leader in the design and production of high-performance analog and mixed-signal integrated circuits for display markets, and Erfurt-based mixed-signal foundry X-FAB have worked together since 1999 on creating advanced integrated circuit integrated circuit (IC), electronic circuit built on a semiconductor substrate, usually one of single-crystal silicon. The circuit, often called a chip, is packaged in a hermetically sealed case or a nonhermetic plastic capsule, with leads extending from it for driver products for organic light emitting diode See LED. (OLED (Organic Light Emitting Device, Organic Light Emitting Diode) A thin film light-emitting technology that is expected to compete with LCD and plasma TVs as well as LCD monitors and readouts. ), Cholesteric cho·les·ter·ic adj. Of or relating to the mesomorphic phase of a liquid crystal in which the molecules are closely aligned within a distinct series of layers, with the axes of the molecules lying parallel to the plane of the layers and with the LCD (ChLCD), and electrophoretic display panels. Clare Micronix's driver products built at X-FAB's wafer fab in Lubbock, Texas, include the MXED401 driver for ChLCD, the MXED103 and MXED203 OLED drivers for PDA (Personal Digital Assistant) A handheld computer for managing contacts, appointments and tasks. It typically includes a name and address database, calendar, to-do list and note taker, which are the functions in a personal information manager (see PIM). applications, and the MXED102 and MXED202, which are the industry's first standard product drivers for OLED. Manufactured in X-FAB's high voltage CMOS (Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor) Pronounced "c-moss." The most widely used integrated circuit design. It is found in almost every electronic product from handheld devices to mainframes. process XCMOS XCMOS Extended Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor 08, these products are being used in the popular personal digital assistant (PDA), next generation cell phone, electronic signage, the emerging ebook, and automotive display markets. "The superb high voltage CMOS processes available from X-FAB, have enabled Clare Micronix to pioneer designs for advanced display technologies and debut several industry firsts for OLED as well as ChLCD panels," stated Bill Boldt, vice president of sales and marketing for Clare Micronix. "Clare Micronix has recently begun shipping large production volumes driver integrated circuits to be used in a revolutionary mobile personal computing application based upon ChLCD displays. X-FAB's pro-cesses and support are helping to make such ground-breaking products possible." "The successful cooperation with Clare Micronix demonstrates how X-FAB's flexibility, quality, and high standards for customer service enable our customers to address not only standard products but custom developments as well," said Thomas Hartung, vice president for marketing and sales at X-FAB group. About Clare Micronix Clare Micronix, a leader in the design and production of high-performance analog and mixed-signal integrated circuits has produced over 270 application specific integrated circuit (ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit) Pronounced "a-sick." A chip that is custom designed for a specific application rather than a general-purpose chip such as a microprocessor. ) and application specific standard products (ASSP (Application Specific Standard Part) An ASIC chip that is designed as a generic device for a particular market. Whereas an ASIC is typically used only by its creator, ASSPs are used by many different companies in the design of their products. See ASIC. ) for the display, communications, industrial, power, and medical markets. Clare Micronix is a subsidiary company of IXYS Corporation, a leading supplier of semiconductors and modules for the global power market. Additional information about Clare Micronix and IXYS can be found at www.claremicronix.com, and at ixys.com, or by contacting the Company directly. About X-FAB X-FAB, with headquarters in Erfurt, Germany, is a European, independent mixed-signal foundry. The company has -- with X-FAB UK (Plymouth, UK) and sister company X-FAB Texas Inc. (Lubbock, Texas) -- three manufacturing sites, with a combined capacity of more than 8,000 8-inch equivalent wafer starts per week. X-FAB has approximately 900 employees worldwide. Further information is available at http://www.xfab.com. "Any statements contained in this press release pertaining to IXYS and Clare Micronix that are not statements of historical fact may be deemed to be forward-looking statements. There are a number of important factors that could cause the results of IXYS to differ materially from those indicated by these forward-looking statements, including, among others, risks detailed from time to time in the IXYS' SEC reports, including its Annual 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 March 31, 2002 and 2001, and our other filings with the SEC. IXYS undertakes no obligation to publicly release the results of any revisions to these forward-looking statements." |
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