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Frontier Silicon is first UK company to win prestigious Fabless Semiconductor Association (FSA) award

London, 13th December 2004: At the fabless semiconductor industry’s tenth annual awards dinner held last Thursday in Santa Clara (California, USA), Frontier Silicon – the leading fabless manufacturer of semiconductors for digital radio, TV and mobile TV products – was announced as winner of the start-up to watch award by the Fabless Semiconductor Association (FSA). The award is recognition by the FSA venture capital advisory board that Frontier Silicon demonstrates the greatest likelihood of achieving its next phase of growth.

The awards programme celebrates leadership in the semiconductor industry and recognises public and private fabless companies demonstrating excellence through their success, vision, strategy and future opportunity in the fabless industry. Anthony Sethill, CEO of Frontier Silicon said, "We are extremely delighted to have won this prestigious international award. It is recognition of both our achievement in pioneering and commercialising low cost technology for mass market digital radio products in Europe, and our intent on achieving similar results in the emerging mobile TV sector." He added, "To win this accolade from our industry peers who are part of global association is very satisfying."

"Since its inception in 2001, Frontier Silicon has achieved significant milestones in providing solutions for digital multimedia products," said Jodi Shelton, co-founder and executive director of the FSA. "The company has impressive growth potential, and as such, has been selected by the FSA Venture Capital Advisory Board as the start-up to watch."

The FSA represents fabless companies and their supply chain and service partners from more than 21 countries spanning North America, Asia-Pacific, Europe and the Middle East. Incorporated in 1994, the association positively impacts the growth and return on invested capital of this business model to enhance the environment for innovation. The FSA provides a platform for meaningful global collaboration between fabless companies and their partners, and identifies, debates, and discusses business and technical issues.

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Editor's notes: About Frontier Silicon

Frontier Silicon, winner of the PricewaterhouseCoopers hottest technology company of 2004 award, is at the forefront of the digital revolution with a range of semiconductor solutions for digital TV, digital radio and other emerging consumer multimedia products. As a fabless semiconductor business, Frontier Silicon’s core products include complete DAB modules, DVB-T solutions and the underlying system-on-chip (SoC) devices. Key customers for these products include consumer electronic, automotive entertainment and PDA/mobile phone manufacturers. In digital radio (DAB), the company’s chips are found in the world’s leading brands including Bush, Cambridge Audio, Goodmans, Grundig, Hitachi, Ministry of Sound, Philips, PURE Digital, Roberts Radio, Sharp, Sony and TEAC.