austriamicrosystems Further Expands Multi Project Wafer Service for CMOS, High-Voltage, High-Voltage Flash and RF Processes for its Foundry Customers.

More Extensive Prototyping Schedule for High-Voltage CMOS, High-Voltage CMOS Embedded Flash, SiGe-BiCMOS and CMOS Specialty Processes Now Available

UNTERPREMSTAETTEN, Austria -- austriamicrosystems' (SWX:AMS) business unit Full Service Foundry provides a cost-efficient and speedy ASIC prototyping service by combining several designs from different customers onto one wafer. This successful approach, known as Multi-Project Wafer (MPW) or shuttle run, allows to share the costs for wafer and masks among a number of different customers.

Focused on its advanced 0.35ym High-Voltage CMOS, High-Voltage CMOS embedded Flash and SiGe-BiCMOS processes, austriamicrosystems offers a cost-efficient and fast prototyping service on its specialty processes to foundry customers. Long lasting co-operations with organizations like CMP-TIMA, Europractice, Fraunhofer IIS and MOSIS enable austriamicrosystems to offer more than 150 MPW start dates in 2007. The detailed start dates per process are available on the web at http://asic.austriamicrosystems.com/cot

austriamicrosystems' foundry customers deliver their completed GDSII-data at specific dates and receive untested packaged samples or dies within a short lead-time of typically 8 weeks for CMOS processes and 10 weeks for High-Voltage CMOS, SiGe-BiCMOS and embedded Flash processes. All MPW-Runs will be produced at austriamicrosystems' state-of-the-art 8 inch wafer fab at its headquarters in Austria.

austriamicrosystems' MPW service includes the whole range of processes in 0.35ym geometry which are based on the 0.35ym CMOS process transferred from TSMC (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company). The CMOS compatible 0.35ym Silicon-Germanium BiCMOS technology enables designs of RF circuits with an operating frequency of up to 10 GHz combined with high-density digital parts on one single ASIC. The 0.35ym High-Voltage CMOS process family with a 20V CMOS option, ideally suited for power management products and display drivers, and a 50V CMOS process, optimized for automotive and industrial applications serve customers demand on high-voltage applications and products. The advanced High-Voltage CMOS process with embedded Flash functionality completes austriamicrosystems' MPW service.

About austriamicrosystems

austriamicrosystems is a leading designer and manufacturer of high performance analog ICs, combining more than 25 years of analog design capabilities and system know-how with its own state-of-the-art manufacturing and test facilities. austriamicrosystems leverages its expertise in low power and high accuracy to provide industry-leading customized and standard analog products. Operating worldwide with more than 1,000 employees, austriamicrosystems focuses on the areas of power management, sensors & sensor interfaces, portable audio and car access in its markets Communications, Industry & Medical and Automotive, complemented by its Full Service Foundry activities. austriamicrosystems is listed on the SWX Swiss Exchange in Zurich (ticker symbol: AMS). For more information, please visit the web site at www.austriamicrosystems.com.