Jeff Ball Joins Kilopass as VP of Corporate Development

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Mon May 11, 2009 10:00am EDT

Former JPMorgan Head of Semiconductor Investment Banking Joins Kilopass to Drive
Its Strategic Growth Plan
SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(Business Wire)--
Kilopass Technology, a leading provider of semiconductor logic non-volatile
memory (NVM) intellectual property (IP), today announced the appointment of Jeff
Ball as Vice President of Corporate Development, effective immediately. Jeff
will be responsible for evaluating investment opportunities, building the
company`s capital base, structuring corporate transactions, and driving the
overall development of Kilopass's strategic growth plan. He will report to
Kilopass CEO, Charlie Cheng. 

"Jeff is an excellent strategist and deal maker. He is an important addition to
the Kilopass team as we enter our next growth stage. He brings a wealth of
experience in mergers and acquisitions and contacts across the semiconductor
industry," said Kilopass CEO, Charlie Cheng. "Jeff`s appointment is very timely.
Given current capital market conditions, there are many technology companies
with attractive intellectual property looking to be acquired." 

Jeff Ball has 10 years of experience in the semiconductor industry. Most
recently, Jeff headed up JPMorgan`s semiconductor investment banking practice.
At JPMorgan, Jeff's clients included some of the largest technology companies in
the world, including Intel and Texas Instruments. Prior to JPMorgan, Jeff
practiced law in CA. Jeff received his JD and MBA from Santa Clara University.
He received his BA in Economics and Theology from Georgetown University. 

"I am excited to be part of the Kilopass team," said new VP of Corporate
Development, Jeff Ball. "Kilopass is a pioneer in embedded non-volatile memory
implemented in standard CMOS. I look forward to helping Kilopass further
establish itself as a leading provider of high value intellectual property
through business partnerships, acquisitions, and aggressive defense of
intellectual property." 

Kilopass has a solid patent portfolio that includes 19 fundamental bitcell
patents covering 1T, 2T, and 3.5T antifuse bitcells that cover over 230 claims.
The strong technology foundation has propelled Kilopass to be a leading deep
submicron embedded NVM vendor. Kilopass has 60+ customers implementing XPM from
0.18um to 40nm in over 150+ designs. Over 70% of the designs are in high volume
product. 

About Kilopass

Kilopass Technology, Inc., a fast-growing supplier of embedded NVM intellectual
property, leverages standard logic CMOS processes to deliver one-time
programmable (OTP) structures based on its extra-permanent memory (XPM)
technology. The memory can be used for the storage of firmware, security codes,
calibration data and other application-critical information. Kilopass is
headquartered in Santa Clara, CA. For more information, please visit
www.kilopass.com or email klptinfo@kilopass.com. 

XPM and XPM Xtend are trademarks of Kilopass Technology Inc. all other trade
names and trademarks are the property of their respective holders.



Kilopass Technology Inc.
Erika Duscha, 408-980-8808
Marcom Specialist
e.duscha@kilopass.com

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