World's Smallest, Thinnest Real-Time Clocks

MILPITAS, CA, Jul 14 (MARKET WIRE) --
Intersil Corporation (NASDAQ: ISIL), a world leader in the design and
manufacture of high-performance analog and mixed-signal semiconductors,
today introduced three tiny, razor-thin real-time clock (RTC) products
that are ideal for low-voltage and portable applications.

The smallest of these breakthrough products, the ISL12057 and ISL12058,
require just 2mm x 2mm, a 73% reduction in board space versus their
closest competitors. And at only 0.55mm thick, these new 8-lead devices
are 45% percent thinner than similar products on the market. The ISL12057
is available in this 2mm x 2mm 8-lead uTDFN plastic package, which offers
enhanced ruggedness and durability in portable applications. For added
design versatility, the devices are also available in a 3mm x 3mm 8-lead
TDFN, and popular MSOP and SOIC package choices.

In addition, the ISL12058 offers package choices in the 2mm x 2mm uTDFN,
3mm x 3mm TDFN, 8-lead MSOP and 8-lead SOIC options.

The ISL12059 is
available in the industry-standard SOIC package.

With operation from 1.4V to 3.6V, these new RTCs are ideally suited for
battery-powered, portable applications such as remote utility meters,
copy/fax/scanner/printers, digital photo albums and hundreds of other
applications.

The real time clock and calendar uses an external 32.768 kHz crystal that
tracks time by date, year, months, week, and hour, minute or seconds.
Multiple selectable alarms allow a flexibility of alarm choices, with
outputs for beepers or lights. The calendar is accurate through 2099, with
automatic leap-year correction. The two-wire I2C interface in the
ISL12057/8/9 is widely used around the world, which simplifies design-in
and enhances ease of manufacturability.

The ISL12057/8/9 family of products is Pb-free (RoHS-compliant), pin, and
software-compatible with legacy devices for easy design-in.

Pricing and Availability

Pricing starts at $0.92 each in 1,000-piece quantities in all package
types for the IS12057, ISL12058 and ISL12059.

For more information please visit:
http://www.intersil.com/products/deviceinfo.asp?pn=ISL12058

To view a high-resolution downloadable photo, please visit Intersil's
photo room at: http://www.intersil.com/pressroom/photoarchives.asp.

About Intersil

Intersil Corporation is a leader in the design and manufacture of
high-performance analog and mixed signal semiconductors. The Company's
products address some of the industry's fastest growing markets, such as,
flat panel displays, cell phones, other handheld systems, and notebooks.
Intersil's product families address power management functions and analog
signal processing functions. Intersil products include ICs for battery
management, hot-swap and hot-plug controllers, linear regulators, power
sequencers, supervisory ICs, bridge drivers, PWM controllers, switching
DC/DC regulators, Zilker Labs Digital Power ICs and power MOSFET drivers;
optical storage laser diode drivers; DSL line drivers; D2Audio products;
video and high-performance operational amplifiers; high-speed data
converters; interface ICs; analog switches and multiplexers; crosspoint
switches; voice-over-IP devices; and ICs for military, space and
radiation-hardened applications. For more information about Intersil or
to find out how to become a member of our winning team, visit the
Company's web site and career page at www.intersil.com.

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