Press Release
IDF, Moscone Center
San Francisco, Sept. 26-28, 2006
California Micro Devices Booth # 642

California Micro Devices Presents Latest ASIP™ and Analog Solutions at Intel Developer Forum
ESD Protection and Signal Integrity Solutions for HDMI 1.3, eSATA, and other High Speed Ports


SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., -- Sept. 25, 2006 -- California Micro Devices (NASDAQ: CAMD) today announced that it will be presenting its latest Application Specific Integrated Passive™ (ASIP™) and analog semiconductor solutions for high speed port protection at the Intel Developer Forum. California Micro Devices’ highly integrated, single chip solutions provide robust low capacitance ESD (electrostatic discharge) protection, along with other analog functions such as overcurrent protection, signal buffering, voltage level shifters, and active termination for improved signal integrity and lower system cost. They are designed into a broad range of leading personal computers, monitors, printers and networking cards, and into digital consumer electronics such as digital TVs, set top boxes and DVD players.

First Showing of Latest Third Generation HDMI™ 1.3 Port Protection Solutions with MediaGuard™
CMD will be showcasing its third generation port protection solutions for high speed HDMI™ (High-Definition Multimedia Interface™) 1.3 interfaces in digital consumer devices such as digital TVs, DVD and recordable DVD players, flat panel monitors, set top boxes, personal computers and video game consoles. These highly integrated devices feature ESD protection, backdrive and overcurrent protection, voltage level shifting, as well I2C accelerators and CEC active termination. The newly announced MediaGuard CM2030 and CM2031 multifunction ASIP (Application Specific Integrated Passive) devices support the latest advanced HDMI™ 1.3 capabilities including higher speeds, as well as CEC enhancements and extended length cable support. They provide up to 60 percent cost and space savings compared to discrete solutions.

Other Booth Highlights
Major applications that California Micro Devices will be presenting include:

  • ESD Protection for High Speed Data Ports:
    • Ideal for USB, Ethernet, IEEE 1394, Serial ATA;
    • High levels of protection: minimum 8kV contact per IEC61000-4-2;
    • Low capacitance: down to 0.8 pF, for best signal integrity;
    • Multichannel configuration for low part count and ease of layout.
  • High Speed Video Port Protection:
    • MediaGuard solutions for HDMI, UDI, DVI, DisplayPort.
  • Analog Video Port Protection:
    • Popular CM2009 and CM2006 for VGA ports.

About California Micro Devices Corporation
California Micro Devices Corporation is a leading supplier of application specific analog semiconductor products for the mobile handset, personal computer and digital consumer electronics markets. Key products include Application Specific Integrated Passive (ASIP) devices and selected high value mixed signal ICs. Detailed corporate and product information may be accessed at www.cmd.com.

ASIP, Application Specific Integrated Passive and MediaGuard are trademarks of California Micro Devices. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners.


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