Siliconaire Announces IT and Communications Business Unit.

"A New Service to Help Startups Outsource Information and Communication Technology Management as Well as Operational Issues"

SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- An Information Technology and Communications (ITC) business unit designed to help clients build a robust, scalable and cost-effective information and communications infrastructure to support their core competency was announced here today by Siliconaire Inc. John DeSilva was named Vice President and General Manager of the new division.

Siliconaire was founded in early 2005 to provide world-class operations-level services to fabless semiconductor start-ups, allowing innovators to concentrate on their system-level expertise.

According to Siliconaire's founder and CEO Ron Das, "Our offerings continue to expand as we provide a new service to help startups launch and manage their critical information technology and communications requirements, as well as their operational issues. An effective and efficient ITC infrastructure offers uninterrupted growth as an enterprise expands, and is essential to short-term survival and long-term growth. Under John DeSilva's leadership we will offer strategic and tactical experience, proven methodology, responsiveness to client-specific needs, and extensive IT supplier relations."

Services offered by the ITC Division include networking (LANs, WANs and Wireless LANs as well as Internet and Intranet domain support); computing (equipment procurement, software licensing, security); communications (traditional voice and VoIP, teleconferencing); and strategic analysis and management of business applications, data backup and restore, disaster recovery, and various compliances.

John DeSilva, Vice President & GM of ITC Division

Mr. DeSilva has 18 years' experience with Information Technology and Telecommunications in various industries. Most recently, he was Director of IT and Facilities Operations at Atheros Communications, a leader in wireless LAN solutions, where he managed the IT department's growth from start up to enterprise-level, supporting over 500 users worldwide. He also managed mission-critical systems such as ERP, backup and recovery, LAN, WAN, and WLAN infrastructures, VPN, Linux/Solaris compute server environments, and desktop/laptop support across Linux. Windows, and Mac OS platforms.

Before Atheros, John held management positions at Cellnet Data Systems, a cellular network and data services provider, where he helped architect and build the WAN and backhaul networks. Prior to that, he was at AT&T for eight years, specializing in Microsoft Windows client/server architecture and implementation, and Windows and UNIX system administration. John holds a B.S. in Business Information Systems from the University of Phoenix.

About Siliconaire - www.siliconaire.com

Siliconaire offers a portfolio of services to emerging and established enterprises. For fabless semiconductor companies, Siliconaire offers a unique operations model providing world-class experience and know-how, allowing innovators to concentrate on their area of expertise. The company also offers Information Technology and Communications (ITC) services to help emerging enterprises build a robust, scalable and cost-effective information and communications infrastructure to support their growth. Offering both operations and ITC services to new enterprises creates a synergy that will prove invaluable as the enterprise grows and succeeds. Building an in-house operations or IT team is time consuming and costly, whereas Siliconaire can be engaged immediately and cost-effectively.

Siliconaire is located at 1250 Oakmead Parkway, Suite 301, Sunnyvale, CA 94085. Phone: [phone]; Fax: [phone]; [e-mail]; www.siliconaire.com