SEMICON WEST, SAN FRANCISCO, July 16 /PRNewswire/ -- The SOI Industry
Consortium announced today that NVIDIA (Nasdaq: NVDA), the world leader in
visual computing technologies, has joined the organization. The SOI
Industry Consortium, which was formed in October 2007 by a group of leading
companies from across the electronics industry, is aimed at accelerating
silicon-on-insulator (SOI) innovation into broad markets by promoting the
benefits of SOI technology and reducing the barriers to adoption.

    NVIDIA serves the entertainment and consumer market, the professional
design and visualization market, as well as the high-performance computing
market. Their products are transforming visually-rich and
computationally-intensive applications such as video games, film
production, broadcasting, industrial design, financial modeling, space
exploration, and medical imaging.

    NVIDIA brings the SOI Consortium membership to twenty three companies.
Other members include: AMD, Applied Materials, ARM, Cadence Design Systems,
CEA-Leti, Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing, Freescale Semiconductor,
IBM, Innovative Silicon, KLA-Tencor, Lam Research, Magma Design, Samsung,
Semico, Soitec, SEH Europe, STMicroelectronics, Synopsys, TSMC, Tyndall
Institute, UCL and UMC.

    "NVIDIA is pleased to join the SOI consortium. We are looking forward
in participating on the advancement of such an innovative technology and
its applications to future products," said John Chen, VP, Technology and
Foundry Operations at NVIDIA.

    "We are honored to partner with NVIDIA. Their unique insight and
perspectives as the world leader in visual computing will be very valuable
in articulating the technology direction of the consortium," says Horacio
Mendez, executive director of the SOI Industry Consortium. "NVIDIA' s entry
into the SOI Industry Consortium supports the momentum we are gaining
throughout the electronics industry from end-users and enablers to
suppliers and manufacturers," added Mendez.

    The SOI Industry Consortium is open to any company, organization or
academic institution with an interest in SOI.

    Visit the SOI Industry Consortium in San Francisco, at Semicon West,
West Hall, level 2 booth #L12.

    About the SOI Industry Consortium:

    The SOI Industry Consortium is chartered with accelerating
silicon-on-insulator (SOI) innovation into broad markets by promoting the
benefits of SOI technology and reducing the barriers to adoption.
Representing leaders spanning the entire electronics industry
infrastructure, SOI Industry Consortium members include: AMD, Applied
Materials, ARM, Cadence Design Systems, CEA-Leti, Chartered Semiconductor
Manufacturing Ltd, Freescale Semiconductor, IBM, Innovative Silicon,
KLA-Tencor, Lam Research, Magma Design, Samsung, Semico, Soitec, SEH
Europe, STMicroelectronics, Synopsys, TSMC , Tyndall Institute, UCL and
UMC. Membership is open to all companies and institutions throughout the
electronics industry. For more information, see
http://www.soiconsortium.org

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speaking on behalf of the Consortium should not be considered to be
speaking for the member company or companies they are associated with, but
rather as representing the views of the SOI Industry Consortium. Views and
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    Camille Darnaud-Dufour,
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