About Integrated Silicon Solution, Inc. (ISSI)

A technology leader, designs, develops and markets high performance integrated circuits for the following key markets: (i) digital consumer electronics, (ii) networking, (iii) mobile communications, and (iv) automotive electronics. And (v) industrial/medical electronics. Our primary products are high speed and low power SRAM and low and medium density DRAM. They also design and market EEPROM and Smartcards, and we are developing selected non-memory products focused on our key markets. We target high growth markets with our low costcost-effective, high quality semiconductor products and seek to build long-term relationships with our customers. We have been a committed long-term supplier of memory products, including lower density and smaller volume products, even through periods of tight manufacturing capacity.

Their outsourced manufacturing model is based upon a history of joint technology development relationships with key Asian and domestic foundries. For example, they had a technology development program for a 0.13 micron process with TSMC. They also make strategic equity purchases in selected foundries and currently we have an investment in SMIC, the first 8-inch foundry in China. They have expanded their presence in the important Asian market by adding design groups in Shanghai, China and Hsinchu, Taiwan, where they now employ over 80 design, product, and test engineers. Their design groups in China and Taiwan complement their core engineering and product management team located at their Santa Clara San Jose, California headquarters.

In recent years, the need for sophisticated semiconductor memory has expanded beyond the personal computer market and into electronic systems in a wide variety of markets, including digital consumer electronics, networking, mobile communications, and automotive electronics., and industrial/medical electronics. Increased memory content is required in these products to manage large amounts of data that create images and sounds in a digital format. For example, virtually all digital consumer electronic systems incorporate semiconductor memory devices to enable and enhance system performance.

Their customers include leaders in each of their five our target markets, including Apex, Changhong, D-Link, Samsung, and Sony in digital consumer electronics; 3Com, Alcatel-Lucent, Ambit, Askey, Cisco, and Yahoo! Japan in networking; Bird, Ericsson, LG Electronics, Motorola, and Nokia in mobile communications; and Bose, Delphi, Philips, and Siemens in automotive electronics; General Electric, Siemens, Philips and Tyco in industrial/medical electronics. Due to their significant size and market influence, these customers generally drive memory volumes in their market segments and help define the direction of future memory needs.

The increasing demand for high performance memory devices across a variety of end markets provides a substantial opportunity for a focused supplier of high performance memory integrated circuits, such as ISSI. Key elements of our strategy to capitalize on this opportunity are:

• Build Collaborative Relationships with Leading Edge Foundries. They work in a highly collaborative mode with their principal wafer foundries to develop leading edge process technology and to gain more secure access to wafer capacity during industry up cycles.

• Commit to Being a Long-Term Supplier of our Products. Their fabless sourcing model allows them to accommodate smaller volume product runs and provide a source of long-term supply for customers' needs.

• " Continue to Develop and Offer High Performance Products. They work withcustomers to identify the memory requirements of their next generation products and then focus theirr development efforts accordingly.

• Expand their Low Cost Cost-Effective Asian-Based Development Teams Close to our Customers. They intend to continue to capitalize on their extensive experience in Asia by expanding their low cost engineering development teams in Taiwan and China.

• Further Penetrate Industry Leading Customers. They leverage our expertise in producing high quality memory products to penetrate target markets through industry leading accounts that they believe define the direction of future memory requirements.

• Develop Selected Non-Memory Products for Key Markets. In order to increase product diversification and to offer products that are synergistic with SRAM and DRAM expertise, they are developing selected non-memory products for use in key markets.

Company Summary

ISSI is headquartered in San Jose, California, with worldwide offices in China, Europe, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Korea, Singapore,and Taiwan and the U.S..

ISSI (Nasdaq: ISSI) was incorporated in October 1988 and completed its initial public offering in February 1995.

About West Coast Engineering

For over 23 years, West Coast Engineering (WCE) has been supplying electronics to OEMs, CEMs and distributors worldwide. Located in Hawthorne California, near the Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), West Coast Engineering has established itself as a premier independent distributor specializing in providing electronic components for the military, aeronautical, medical, automotive and commercial manufacturing industries. Integrated Silicon Solution, Inc. (ISSI) is one of the hundreds of manufacturers that WCE carries on its linecard.

WCE has the techology and resources to handle any size transaction, no matter how big or small.

Quick Facts

• Founded: 1984
• Headquarters: Hawthorne, CA
• Other Locations: Futain, Shenzhen ▪ China PRC ▪ Brazil

West Coast Engineering is committed to providing the highest quality service to customers with its large diverse inventory stocked in its ISO9001:2000 and ESD compliant 70,000 sq. ft. warehouse. Year after year, West Coast Engineering has been considered a top independent distributor because of its principled reputation built on longstanding relationships with a dedicated customer base.

WCE's strategies differ from any other independent distributors. Listed below are some of the added measures that WCE takes to make sure that OEMs, CEMs and distributors have peace of mind when placing orders for electornic components, selling excess inventory, forming strategic alliances, and purchasing RoHS or
non-RoHS parts.