Open-Silicon Achieves ISO 9001:2008 Certification

MILPITAS, CA--(Marketwire - June 25, 2009) - Open-Silicon, Inc., a leading open market semiconductor manufacturer and provider of spec-to-silicon System-on-Chip (SoC) design services, today announced that the company was recently certified for the ISO 9001:2008 standard as part of their overall strategic plan for implementing best business practices and procedures. ISO 9000 is a family of standards for Quality Management Systems that was updated to ISO 9001:2008 on November 15, 2008.

"Quality is the foundation of our business. By certifying to the newest version of the ISO standards, we are confident that our processes are of the highest quality and that the continual improvement process to our systems is automatically implemented," said Dr. Shafy Eltoukhy, vice president of manufacturing operations. "This adherence to quality translates to excellence in our SoC services and products that deliver on our promise of reduced design and development times, reduced costs and improved product reliability and performance."

The International Organization for Standards (ISO) is the largest standards organization in the world, with a network of standards institutes from 159 countries. The ISO 9001 is a set of procedures covering all key processes within a business and ensures that these processes are efficient, effective and are monitored consistently allowing the company to continuously improve on its processes.

About Open-Silicon

Open-Silicon, Inc. is a leading semiconductor company focused on setting new standards for predictable, reliable and flexible custom IC development. Open-Silicon provides leading edge SoC design, proven open market IP integration and high quality silicon manufacturing services to customers worldwide. Through the MAX Technologies, Open-Silicon continues to introduce technology advantages in the areas of low power design, high performance processor implementation, variability management, and low cost test that help customers increase their market success. In 2008, Open-Silicon was recognized by the GSA as the Most Respected Private Semiconductor Company. For more information, visit Open-Silicon's website at www.open-silicon.com or call 408-240-5700.

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