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Intersil's Endura Power Management ICs Selected by PC Giant Trigem for Next-Generation Pentium® 4 Processor Notebooks

-- Trigem among world's largest PC manufacturers with an annual production capacity of 10 million~-- Intersil's mobile Endura™ solutions selected for efficiency and reliability offering space and cost savings

IRVINE, CA, May 1, 2002 – Intersil Corporation (NASDAQ: ISIL), a leading provider of power management solutions for PCs, file servers and portable information appliances, today announced that Trigem Computers, Inc., one of the world’s largest manufacturers of personal computers, has selected Intersil’s Endura ICs to power its next-generation notebooks which are based on the Mobile Intel® Pentium® 4 Processor. Endura ICs offer improved efficiency and reliability along with space and cost savings.

“Trigem’s decision to integrate Intersil’s Endura mobile power management solutions in their next-generation notebook PCs is a significant design win,” said Rick Furtney, vice president and general manager of Intersil’s Analog Business Unit. “Being selected by one of the world’s largest PC manufacturers is confirmation that we are producing products that meet emerging portable appliance market requirements. Intersil’s Endura mobile power management products and total solutions offer innovations in efficiency and reliability that manufacturers seek.”

Intersil’s Endura Power Management Solutions for Portable PCs
The new line of Endura mobile power management products and solutions for notebooks includes core power management, complete DDR memory power control, system power management, graphics processor power, and USB hot plug power control. All products are optimized for portable applications to save space, reduce power consumption and extend battery run time. Each portable power solution is supported with reference designs, evaluation platforms, detailed technical data and technical support. Learn more about Intersil’s Endura notebook products at: http://www.intersil.com/notebook

Intersil Power Management Technology
The Intersil Endura product family consists of leading power management solutions for desktop and mobile PCs, workstations, Internet appliances, I/O cards, RAID systems and high-availability servers. The Endura family includes high-efficiency solutions that are used in portable PCs and mobile information appliances as well as residential gateway products. Intersil’s leadership position has grown, capturing over 50 percent of the AMD Athlon™ and Intel® Pentium® 4 processors and providing power management solutions for next generation desktop, portable and wireless communications devices. The company is the first to introduce a complete cost effective power solution for new and next generation PCs that uses a multiphase power configuration to achieve unparalleled precision and efficiency. Learn more about Intersil’s Endura products at: http://www.intersil.com/endura

About Trigem Computer, Inc.
Founded in South Korea in 1980, Trigem Computer is recognized worldwide as a manufacturer of superior quality, high value, PCs and information communications devices. In the years after its founding, the Company quickly developed into a leading supplier of PCs to the USA, Japan, and Korea and has recently established a strong presence in Europe and China. Part of Trigem’s success is attributable to its extremely efficient, high-volume, production capabilities. Current annual production capacity stands at approximately 10 million units from its plants in Korea, China, and Europe. Equally important are the company’s global reach, enabling rapid distribution to all of the world’s major markets, and its commitment to research, which keeps it in the vanguard of technological development. To learn more, visit Trigem’s Web site at: http://www.trigem.com

About Intersil
Intersil is a global leader in designing innovative wireless networking and high performance analog solutions that enable wireless access to video, data and voice in homes, offices and public places. Creating advanced power management products, Intersil provides reliable solutions for file servers, portable information appliances and over half of all computer microprocessors manufactured today. With a rich high performance analog and mixed signal portfolio, Intersil brings added value in providing complete silicon, software and reference design solutions to new products that bring portable connectivity to people wherever they live, work or travel. Headquartered in Irvine, California, Intersil has offices in cities throughout the US, Europe and Asia. 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

This press release contains forward-looking statements as defined in Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Such forward-looking statements are based upon Intersil Corporation’s (“Intersil”) management’s current expectations, estimates, beliefs, assumptions, and projections about Intersil’s and Elantec Semiconductor, Inc.’s (“Elantec”) business and industry. Words such as "anticipates," "expects," "intends," "plans," “predicts,” "believes," "seeks," "estimates," "may," "will," “should,” ‘would,” “potential,” “continue,” and variations of these words (or negatives of these words) or similar expressions, are intended to identify forward-looking statements. In addition, any statements that refer to expectations, projections, or other characterizations of future events or circumstances, including any underlying assumptions, are forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and are subject to certain risks, uncertainties, and assumptions that are difficult to predict. Therefore, our actual results and Elantec’s could differ materially and adversely from those expressed in any forward-looking statements as a result of various risk factors. Important risk factors that may cause such material differences for Intersil in the power management market, some of which may apply to Elantec, include, but are not limited to: the economic slowdown in the technology sector; the rate at which consumers adopt small handheld Internet appliances and portable computing devices in enterprises and in homes; the rate at which consumers purchase notebook computers, PC’s and desktop computers; the rate at which our present and future customers and end-users adopt Intersil’s communications analog, and standard analog technologies and products; the timing, rescheduling or cancellation of significant customer orders; the ability of our customers to manage inventory; the loss of a key customer; the qualification, availability and pricing of competing products and technologies and the resulting effects on sales and pricing of our products; silicon wafer pricing and the availability and quality of our foundry capacity and raw materials; availability, pricing, and quality of third party foundry and assembly and test capacity and raw materials; fluctuations in the manufacturing yields of our third party foundries and assembly and test facilities, and other problems or delays in the fabrication, assembly, testing or delivery of our products; the risks of producing products with new suppliers and at new fabrication and assembly and test facilities; problems or delays that we may face in shifting our products to smaller geometry process technologies; the effectiveness of Intersil’s expense and product cost control and reduction efforts; the risks inherent in acquisitions, including the acquisition of Elantec (including integration issues; costs and unanticipated expenditures; changing relationships with customers, suppliers, and strategic partners; potential contractual, employment, and intellectual property issues; risks of not securing regulatory approvals; accounting treatment and charges; and the risks that the acquisition cannot be completed successfully, or that the anticipated benefits of the acquisition are not realized); intellectual property disputes, customer indemnification claims, and other litigation risks; Intersil’s ability to develop, market, and transition to volume production new products and technologies in a timely manner, as well as other risk factors. Intersil’s recently filed joint proxy statement/prospectus related to the merger with Elantec, Annual Report on Form 10-K and other Intersil filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) (which you may obtain for free at the SEC’s web site at www.sec.gov) discuss some of the important risk factors that may affect our business, results of operations, and financial condition. These forward-looking statements are made only as of the date of this communication and Intersil undertakes no obligation to update or revise these forward-looking statements.

Endura is a trademark of Intersil Americas Inc.
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All other trademarks mentioned are the property of their respective owners. About Intersil
Intersil is a global leader in designing innovative wireless networking and high performance analog solutions that enable wireless access to video, data and voice in homes, offices and public places. Creating advanced power management products, Intersil provides reliable solutions for file servers, portable information appliances and over half of all computer microprocessors manufactured today. With a rich high performance analog and mixed signal portfolio, Intersil brings added value in providing complete silicon, software and reference design solutions to new products that bring portable connectivity to people wherever they live, work or travel. Headquartered in Irvine, California, Intersil has offices in cities throughout the US, Europe and Asia. 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.

This press release contains information relating to certain projections and business trends concerning the standard analog market that are forward-looking statements as defined in Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Such forward-looking statements are based upon management’s current expectations, estimates, beliefs, assumptions, and projections about our business and industry. Words such as "anticipates," "expects," "intends," "plans," "believes," "seeks," "estimates," "may," "will," and variations of these words or similar expressions, are intended to identify forward-looking statements. In addition, any statements that refer to expectations, projections or other characterizations of future events or circumstances, including any underlying assumptions, are forward-looking statements. Furthermore, any forward-looking statements and projections made by others in this press release are not adopted by Intersil Corporation (“Intersil”) and Intersil is not responsible for the forward-looking statements and projections of others. These forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and are subject to certain risks, uncertainties and assumptions that are difficult to predict. Therefore, our actual results could differ materially and adversely from those expressed in any forward-looking statements as a result of various risk factors. Important risk factors that may cause such material differences for Intersil in connection with standard analog market include, but are not limited to: the rate at which consumers purchase portable appliances (cellular phones, pagers, notebooks, PDA), communications systems (radios, PBX, switches, routers), test equipment (logic analyzers, spectrum analyzers, multimeters, avionics), medical equipment ( ultrasound, electrocardiograph, MRI, patient monitoring, CAT heads-up displays), audio and video switching (production, surveillance); the rate at which our present and future customers and end-users adopt Intersil’s standard analog products; the timing, rescheduling or cancellation of significant customer orders; the loss of a key customer; the qualification, availability and pricing of competing products and technologies and the resulting effects on sales and pricing of our products; silicon wafer pricing and the availability of foundry and assembly capacity and raw materials; the effectiveness of Intersil’s expense and product cost control and reduction efforts; the risks inherent in acquisitions (including integration issues; costs and unanticipated expenditures; changing relationships with customers, suppliers, and strategic partners; potential contractual, employment, and intellectual property issues; risks of not securing regulatory approvals; accounting treatment and charges; and the risks that the acquisition cannot be completed successfully, or that the anticipated benefits of the acquisition are not realized); intellectual property disputes, customer indemnification claims, and other litigation risks; Intersil’s ability to develop, market, and transition to volume production new products and technologies in a timely manner, as well as other risk factors. Intersil’s recently filed Annual Report on Form 10-K, and other Intersil filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) (which you may obtain for free at the SEC’s Web site at www.sec.gov) discuss some of the important risk factors that may affect our business, results of operations, and financial condition. These forward-looking statements are made only as of the date of this press release and Intersil undertakes no obligation to update or revise these forward-looking statements.