Fab Owners Association Jumps to 30 Members & Associates; Philips Semiconductors and MagnaChip Semiconductors Join as Voting Members, Along with Seven New Associates

Business Wire, April 24, 2006

CUPERTINO, Calif. -- The Fab Owners Association (FOA), the association of semiconductor manufacturing executives and suppliers, has announced that Philips Semiconductors (Fishkill, NY) and MagnaChip Semiconductor (Seoul, Korea) have joined the organization as voting members. Applied Mechanical Corporation; CAE Online, Inc.; CIMAC, Inc.; Entrepix, Inc.; FabTime, Inc.; Toppan Photomasks, Inc.; and Vistec Semiconductor Systems have joined as associate members.

"The FOA's value proposition is that semiconductor fabs are a strategic selling and marketing advantage," stated L.T. Guttadauro, executive director of the FOA. "This organization provides the forum for device makers and suppliers to advance this business model and to find commonalities that can be leveraged through their combined strengths."

The benefits of joining are significant. The FOA, a nonprofit, mutual-benefit, international corporation, promotes cooperative efforts between member companies, exploring methods to improve manufacturing efficiencies.

Major efforts include exploring manufacturing efficiencies by:

--Working closely with best in industry providers and products

--Pursuing collaborative purchasing efficiencies

--Providing a member to member marketplace for used manufacturing equipment

--Collaborating on developing solutions for common manufacturing problems

--Looking over the horizon at the future of our industry and the welfare of our member companies

Associate members are critical to our association's success. They are the suppliers to the semiconductor industry, representing the latest information, products, and practices that provide substantial efficiencies for our device-maker members.

The FOA provides our associate members:

--Direct and personal access to senior manufacturing executives from device-maker member companies

--Exclusive presentation opportunities

--Participation in pooled purchasing and marketplace activities

The FOA's device maker members are the following companies: AMI Semiconductor, Cypress Semiconductor, Delphi Microelectronics Center, Fairchild Semiconductor, Intersil, Jazz Semiconductor, LSI Logic, MagnaChip Semiconductor, Micrel Semiconductor, ON Semiconductor, Philips Semiconductors, Spansion, and ZMD AG.

FOA device maker member companies represent approximately 700,000 8-inch-equivalent monthly wafer starts and US$15.5 Billion in annual revenue.

About FOA:

Fab Owners Association (FOA) is an international, nonprofit, mutual benefit corporation, founded in 2004 and headquartered in Cupertino, California. The FOA provides a forum for semiconductor manufacturing executives and industry suppliers to discuss common manufacturing issues often leading to company wide cost savings. Full Membership companies must own and operate a semiconductor or MEMS fabrication facility. Other membership levels are available. Please visit http://www.waferfabs.org/. "Fab Owners Association" and the "FOA" logo are trademarks of Fab Owners Association, a California corporation. References to other companies and their products use trademarks owned by the respective companies and are for reference purposes only.