HONG KONG, February 28, 2008 – Valence Semiconductor Design Limited, a Hong Kong based leading provider of integrated circuits for consumer electronics, today announced achieving a significant milestone of becoming certified to the ISO 9001:2000 Quality Management Systems standard. Valence has achieved the ISO 9001:2000 accreditation from SGS. ISO 9001 is accepted worldwide as an international standard that defines quality.

Valence offers professional IC design capabilities through custom design ASIC and a wide range of standard consumer electronics IC. ISO certification is issued only after a rigorous review to determine whether an organization meets or exceeds global quality management standard. From system and specification development, to design and simulation, to physical verification, to fabrication, to packaging, to testing and finally to mass production, Valence has demonstrated its commitment and ability in ensuring product integrity through execution.

“Earning this certification, customers can be confident that Valence is dedicated to maintaining the highest quality, efficiency and responsiveness in achieving guaranteed customer satisfaction while committing to innovation excellence,” said Valence President, Lionel Cheng. “Following certification, we will continue to review and identify additional improvements to ensure quality levels are constantly raised.”

About Valence Semiconductor Design Limited
Valence, an award-winning fabless IC design company, designs, develops, and markets analog, digital, and mixed signal integrated circuits (IC) for the consumer electronics market as well as providing custom design ASIC services. With over 20 years of IC design experience, Valence has proven capabilities of designing exceptionally complex chips in short development cycle while ensuring high level of chip quality. Many world-class customers count on Valence’s IC to bring their products to the competitive markets. For more information, visit www.valencetech.com.

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Valence Semiconductor Design Limited
Unit 2001, 20/F, APEC Plaza,
49 Hoi Yuen Road, Kwun Tong,
Kowloon, Hong Kong