UPEK Recognized as 2006 Laureate by the Computerworld Honors Program; Company Selected by Global Program for Leadership in Biometrics Security Solutions to Benefit Society

Business Wire, May 15, 2006

BERKELEY, Calif. -- UPEK(R), Inc., one of the world's leading brands of fingerprint authentication security solutions, today announced that it has been recognized by IDG's Computerworld Honors Program as an Honors Laureate for 2006. The company received the award for its TouchChip(R) and TouchStrip(TM) silicon fingerprint sensors and for its ProtectorSuite(TM) security software applications.

Established in 1988, The Computerworld Honors Program brings together the principals of the world's foremost information technology companies to recognize and document the achievements of the men, women, organizations and institutions around the world, whose visionary applications of information technology promote positive social, economic and educational change.

Each year, members of the Computerworld Honors Chairmen's Committee, a group of 100 Chairmen/CEOs from leading global IT companies, submit nominations for organizations they feel demonstrated extraordinary use of information technology in 10 distinct categories of industry-related endeavor. The categories are: Business & Related Services; Education & Academia; Environment; Energy & Agriculture; Finance; Insurance & Real Estate; Government & Non-Profit Organizations; Manufacturing; Media, Arts & Entertainment; Medicine; Science and Transportation.

"We're proud and delighted to receive this acknowledgement," stated Alan Kramer, UPEK President and CEO. "It is an honor for all UPEK employees to have our leadership recognized in this manner, and to be included with other innovative market leaders in such a diverse variety of industries."

"The Computerworld Honors Program seeks to recognize organizations from a variety of sectors each year for their efforts to utilize technology to benefit society," said Bob Carrigan, Chairman of the Computerworld Honors Program Chairmen's Committee and President of IDG Communications. "We are proud to provide this platform to publicly acknowledge these contributions."

UPEK's legacy of technology innovation and leadership spans ten years and includes development of one of the first commercially viable silicon-based biometric sensors; the first end-to-end biometric subsystem, performing all biometric processes in a secure hardware architecture; and the only complete solution for the PC market, which has been adopted by four of the top five notebook PC manufacturers.

About UPEK, Inc.

UPEK, Inc., a global leader in biometric fingerprint security solutions, offers integrated end-to-end solutions including comprehensive design & integration services to the world's leading consumer and industrial products companies. UPEK solutions enable the strongest fingerprint authentication security available, packaged for high user convenience and rapid integration into existing products and network architectures. The company has been pioneering biometric fingerprint technology since 1996 and shipping product in volume since 1999. UPEK is headquartered near Berkeley, California, with offices in Prague, Singapore, Taipei and Tokyo. For more information, please visit www.upek.com.

About Computerworld

Computerworld, the "Voice of IT Management," is the most trusted source for the critical information needs of senior IT management. Computerworld's integrated offerings form the U.S.-based hub of the world's largest (58-edition) global IT media network through its weekly publication, Computerworld.com Web site, focused conference series and custom research. In the past five years alone, Computerworld has won more than 100 print and online awards for editorial and design excellence, surpassing its direct competition by an order of magnitude. Recognition includes the 2004 Magazine of the Year Award from the American Society of Business Publication Editors and a Jesse H. Neal Award for "Best News Coverage." In print since 1967, Computerworld is the source for information technology management, with a guaranteed rate base of 180,050, a total print audience of 1,138,000 (IntelliQuest CIMS 2004 Business Influencer Study) and an online audience of over 1.1 million unique monthly visitors (Omniture).

Computerworld is a business unit of International Data Group (IDG), the world's leading technology media, research and events company. A privately held company, IDG publishes more than 300 magazines and newspapers, including CIO, CSO, Computerworld, GamePro, InfoWorld, Network World and PC World. The company features the largest network of technology-specific Web sites, with more than 400 around the world. IDG is also a leading producer of more than 170 computer-related events worldwide, including LinuxWorld Conference & Expo(R), Macworld Conference & Expo, DEMO(R) and IDC Directions. IDC provides global market research and advice through offices in 50 countries. Company information is available at http://www.idg.com.

UPEK, the UPEK logo, TouchChip, TouchStrip and ProtectorSuite are registered trademarks or trademarks of UPEK, Inc. in the United States and other countries. All other trademarks or registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners.