Teridian Wins Innovative Product/Technology of the Year, Semiconductor Category, at TechAmerica High-Tech Innovation

IRVINE, CA, May 19 (MARKET WIRE) --
Teridian Semiconductor Corporation has been awarded the top prize in the
Innovative Product/Technology - Semiconductor category for the 2009
TechAmerica High-Tech Innovation Awards. For 16 years, this premier
business event has celebrated excellence and achievement in the region's
technology industry, honoring local companies, individuals and products
that drive innovation in Orange County and the Inland Empire.

"We are proud to be honored by TechAmerica," said Gerald Fitch, President
& CEO for Teridian. "Teridian is committed to building a smarter grid, one
meter at a time, and this recognition of our innovations in energy
measurement is a strong indicator that we are on track to achieving true
energy efficiency for data centers, enterprises and consumers."

The awards categories this year included, 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.

For more information, please visit www.teridian.com

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, as well as 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, and is working with
manufacturers to enable the global trend toward improving energy
efficiency via a smart energy grid network.

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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