Teridian Named as Finalist in Harvey Mudd and Semiconductor Categories for TechAmerica High-Tech Innovation Awards

IRVINE, CA, May 11 (MARKET WIRE) --
Teridian Semiconductor Corporation, a company with a long history in
energy measurement and over 20 years of innovation in the smart metering
arena, has been named a finalist in the Harvey Mudd College Green
Engineering Award and Innovative Product/Technology - Semiconductor
categories for the TechAmerica High-Tech Innovation Awards. Now in its
16th year, this premier business event celebrates excellence and
achievement in the region's technology industry, and honors local
companies, individuals and products that drive innovation in Orange County
and the Inland Empire. This year's winners will be announced at a dinner
on May 14, 2009, at the Hilton Hotel in Costa Mesa, Calif.

"From the utility grid to the enterprise network to consumers -- energy
efficiency impacts all facets of our economy, and Teridian is very proud
to have our efforts in this space recognized by receiving two finalist
nominations," said Gerald Fitch, President & CEO for Teridian. "Teridian
is committed to helping enable the smart energy movement, and measurement
is the key to energy efficiency and control. Our energy measurement IC
solutions play an integral role in maximizing power measurement and
control."

"We wish to thank all of the companies that prepared nominations for this
year's awards, and we congratulate Teridian for being named a finalist,"
said Don Hicks, executive director, TechAmerica Orange County. "This
region boasts many noteworthy companies, like Teridian, that continue to
influence technology development through out the rest of the world, and
we're excited to help highlight them."

The awards categories this year include Harvey Mudd College Green
Engineering Award, Innovative Product/Technology In 2008, Outstanding CEO
In Technology, Outstanding Company In Medical Technologies, Outstanding
Technology Company, and Outstanding Woman In Technology.

In addition to the awards, TechAmerica Orange County will recognize
educators and students for their innovative use of science, math and
technology in the classroom and the community in conjunction with Project
Tomorrow, the nation's leading education nonprofit group focused on
preparing today's students to be tomorrow's innovators.

For more information, please visit http://www.aeanet.org/ocawards.

About Teridian Semiconductor

Teridian Semiconductor designs, manufactures and provides engineering
support for its system-on-chip integrated circuits used in the energy
measurement, control and communication markets, networking, and secure
access systems.

Teridian's products are used in smart utility meters, as well as
enterprise based solutions such as servers, power distribution units and
outlet monitoring devices to measure power dissipation with high
accuracy, and enable communication processing of recorded energy data.
Teridian has created five generations of products enabling the global
trend of increasing energy efficiency through the introduction of smart
energy grid networks.

Additional company and product information can be found at
http://www.teridian.com.

About TechAmerica

TechAmerica is the leading voice for the U.S. technology industry, which
is the driving force behind productivity growth and jobs creation in the
United States and the foundation of the global innovation economy.
Representing approximately 1,500 member companies of all sizes from the
public and commercial sectors of the economy, it is the industry's largest
advocacy organization and is dedicated to helping members' top and bottom
lines. It is also the technology industry's only grassroots-to-global
advocacy network, with offices in state capitals around the United States,
Washington, D.C., Europe (Brussels), and Asia (Beijing). TechAmerica was
formed by the merger of AeA (formerly the American Electronics
Association), the Cyber Security Industry Alliance (CSIA), the Information
Technology Association of America (ITAA), and the Government Electronics &
Information Technology Association (GEIA). Learn more at
www.techamerica.org.

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