Altair Semiconductor to Host Training Seminar for Handheld Device Designers in Taiwan

Altair Semiconductor to Host Training Seminar for Handheld Device Designers in
Taiwan

Event will feature training on Altair's ALT2150 Mobile WiMAX chipset

HOD HASHARON, Israel, Feb. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Altair Semiconductor, a fabless
chip company developing the world's most advanced 4G mobile semiconductors for
handheld devices, today announced that it will host a training seminar in
Taiwan from February 9th-11th, 2009 for handheld device designers. 70
representatives from more than 15 handheld device companies will participate
in the event, which is intended to educate Altair customers about Altair's
award-winning, handheld optimized mobile-WiMAX chipset, the ALT2150.

"While Altair quickly moves ahead with its solutions addressing additional 4G
technologies like LTE and XG-PHS, we continue to be dedicated to mobile
WiMAX," said Oded Melamed, Altair's CEO. "Despite the difficult global
economic environment, there continues to be a tremendous amount of interest in
our WiMAX portfolio and we expect the upcoming training seminar will be
valuable for both Altair and our customers."

The comprehensive training seminar will cover all relevant RF, hardware and
software design and integration aspects which are important for developing
high-performance, low power and mass producible handheld devices based on the
ALT2150. The event will be hosted by Altair executives including Eran Eshed,
Altair's Co-Founder and Vice President of Marketing and Business Development
and Mark Rice, Altair's General Manager for the Americas.

"The number of companies scheduled to attend this training is an indication of
the strong momentum in the 4G handheld device market right now," said Haig
Sarkissian, Principal Consultant at Wireless 20/20. "Handheld device
designers are seizing the opportunity to study in detail how to design optimal
and mass producible hardware and software to maximize the ALT2150's unique
capabilities."

The ALT2150, which was released in March of 2008, is the world's smallest and
most power efficient mobile WiMAX processor. In October of 2008 at WiMAX
World 2008 in Chicago, Altair participated in the "WiMAX Live - Low Power CPE
Chipset Shootout." The ALT2150 not only exceeded a 3G power consumption
target, but also achieved lowest WiMAX power consumption in the independently
administered and monitored session. Also at the show, Altair was given the
Best of WiMAX World 2008 Chip Design Award for the ALT2150.

In addition to its existing products for WiMAX and XG-PHS, Altair is in a very
advanced development stage of an LTE chipset. Altair's LTE chipset, like its
mobile WiMAX product, will focus on being extremely power efficient, small and
cost effective. Altair's proven and market leading technology, and existing
OFDMA assets, put the company in a prime position to deliver a commercial
grade LTE chipset to the market early in its emergence, offering customers and
partners the ability to trial and deploy LTE User Equipment (UE) in commercial
card/dongle form-factors soon.

For more information about Altair's upcoming training seminar please contact:
marketing@altair-semi.com.

About Altair Semiconductor
Altair is the world's leading developer of ultra-low power, small footprint
and high performance 4G semiconductors that take broadband bandwidth beyond
notebooks and USB adaptors to un-tethered, battery-operated handheld devices.
The company's products provide handheld device manufacturers integrating 4G
technologies into their products with a highly power-optimized, robust and
cost-effective solution. Altair is privately held and has raised a total of
$48M in three rounds of financing from investors, including Bessemer Venture
Partners, BRM Capital, ETV Capital, Giza Venture Capital, Jerusalem Venture
Partners, and Pacific Technology Fund. The company was awarded the Best of
WiMAX World 2008 Chip Design Award for the ALT2150, Altair's mobile WiMAX
baseband processor.

For more information, visit www.altair-semi.com.

Media Contacts:
Dan Bingham / Todd Barrish
Dukas Public Relations
212-704-7385
Dan@dukaspr.com / Todd@dukaspr.com

Reader Contact Information
Ha'harash Street, P.O Box 7158, Hod Hasharon 45240 Israel
Tel: +972-9-7403045, Fax: +972-9-7403049
info@altair-semi.com
www.altair-semi.com

SOURCE Altair Semiconductor

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Public Relations, +1-212-704-7385, for Altair Semiconductor