Innovasic Semiconductor® to Provide Replacement ICs for the Intel® 186/188 Family

Business Wire, Feb 12, 2007

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Innovasic Semiconductor, a leader in replacement integrated circuit (IC) and microcontroller solutions, today announced that they are going to provide replacements for Intel's 186/188 family of microcontroller products. The announcement is the first step in the company's development of a roadmap in response to Intel's end of life (EOL) notice in July 2006.

"As a result of our survey and discussions with key customers, it became clear that the 186/188 product line was in the highest demand," said Keith Prettyjohns, CEO of Innovasic Semiconductor. "We are now committed to the development of these products and will work with our key partners to ensure that their products perform flawlessly with our new devices."

All the chips will be available in current conventional and RoHS compliant packaging. The devices will be 100 percent form, fit and function compatible with the original. The IA186EB and IA188EB will be the first samples in the family, available in Q4, 2007.

Further information, including pricing, can be obtained by contacting sales.

About Innovasic Semiconductor

Innovasic Semiconductor is a fabless semiconductor company focused on serving the industrial market. The company has established a world-class reputation for solving obsolescence problems by developing microcontrollers and peripheral ICs that are 100 percent compatible with an original manufacturer's part in response to an End of Life notice. Having shipped over a million production ICs to the industrial market, Innovasic has become a trusted partner and an approved vendor to many of the leading industrial equipment manufacturers worldwide.

By developing close partnerships with its customers, the company has not only secured numerous wins for its growing line of replacement microcontrollers, but it has now launched its own family of industrial microcontrollers - specifically designed to solve problems typically overlooked by other semiconductor manufacturers. The new fido[TM] brand of microcontrollers have a novel architecture protected by multiple patent applications, while at the same time being compatible with one of the most widely used instruction sets.

For more information on Innovasic Semiconductor, please visit http://www.innovasic.com.

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