Amulet Technologies Selects ISSI Memory for GUI Applications

The Companies Team-Up to Provide High-End Feature-Rich Color GUI Solutions


SAN JOSE, Calif., March 17, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Integrated Silicon Solution, Inc. (Nasdaq:ISSI), a leader in advanced memory solutions, today announced that Amulet Technology has selected ISSI as the Synchronous SDRAM and SRAM vendor of choice for use with its graphical user interface (GUI) processors for LCDs and touch panels. These high-end feature-rich GUI solutions provide 24-bit color and alpha-blending to provide photo-realistic graphics.

"We are pleased to work with Amulet, an innovator in GUI technology," said Sanjiv Asthana, ISSI senior vice president of sales. "Pairing Amulet's color GUI processor, the AGB75LC04, with ISSI's IS42S32200 64Mbit SDRAM, makes possible many colorful, reliable and cost effective GUI solutions for automotive, consumer, medical and industrial applications."

"ISSI's line of reliable and cost effective, low to medium density DRAMs and complete line of SRAMs provides us with an ideal set of memory options for our GUI processors," said Nicole Coleman, Amulet marketing director. "And the long term support they provide for their products ensures we will have the memory we need both today and in the future."

The AGB75LC04, the Graphical OS Chip(tm), is a color GUI processor which incorporates both hardware and software in a single chip. The IS42S32200 is a high performance 64Mbit SDRAM organized as 2M X 32 and is used as a frame buffer by the GUI processor. The IS42S32200 is available in extended temperature ranges to service applications in harsh environments.

About ISSI

ISSI is a fabless semiconductor company that designs and markets high performance integrated circuits for the following key markets: (i) digital consumer electronics, (ii) networking, (iii) mobile communications and (iv) automotive electronics. The Company's primary products are high speed and low power SRAM and low and medium density DRAM. The Company also designs and markets EEPROM, SmartCards and is developing selected non-memory products focused on its key markets. ISSI is headquartered in Silicon Valley with worldwide offices in Taiwan, Japan, Singapore, China, Europe, Hong Kong, India, and Korea. Visit our web site at http://www.issi.com.

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About Amulet Technologies

Founded in 1998, Amulet is a recognized industry leader in graphical user interface (GUI) solutions. Amulet's unique Graphical Operating System in Silicon(tm) enables manufacturers to cost-effectively implement a visually appealing GUI into their products to enhance the end user's experience. Amulet's display solutions -- which range from display controller chips to fully integrated modules -- simplify the product development cycle by separating GUI development from the application's development. This approach dramatically reduces time to market and overall system costs. For more information, visit www.amulettechnologies.com.



            

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