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World's Leader in Military and Hi-Rel Analog Solutions Offers Latest Technologies Through Cost-effective VID Compliance Program

— Intersil’s First Vendor Item Drawing (VID) PWM Controllers Offer Full Military Traceability, Change Notification, Conformance Certification and Enhanced End-of-Life Product Support

MILPITAS, CA, November 9, 2007 – Intersil Corporation (NASDAQ Global Select: ISIL), a world leader in the design and manufacture of high-performance analog semiconductors, today announced the launch of a Vendor Item Drawing (VID) compliance program with several power management devices for the military/high-reliability marketplaces that meet Defense Supply Center Columbus (DSCC) requirements for Vendor Item Drawing certification.

All Intersil devices are now available with a warranty of performance over the full temperature range as defined in the vendor’s individual DSCC VID drawing. For systems requiring full military temperature range products, Intersil’s military-temperature VID devices eliminate logistics, product maintenance and additional testing costs associated with upscreening lower grade parts. All of Intersil’s new military-grade controllers offer full traceability and change notification with enhanced end-of-life support.

The new program offers design flexibility while still meeting military/hi-rel standards at a fraction of the cost of traditional SMDs.

The first products announced under the program include the ISL884xA, a family of six unique pulse-width modulator (PWM) controllers that feature fast signal switching and output switching and operate at 30V with a 2MHz switching frequency. They are ideal for applications such as non-isolated boost, isolated flyback and forward DC-DC converters.

Also produced through the new VID program is the ISL6420BMAEP, a rugged, single sync buck PWM controller that features a wide input voltage range (4.5V to 28V), wide output voltage range (0.6V to 27.5V) and can handle the wide extremes of the military temperature range.

Finally, the ISL65426MREP is also fully-VID compliant. It is a dual sync buck PWM controller with a wide temperature range and space-saving features like independent enable pins, digital soft-start and 1MHz switching frequency. In addition, this product features the ability to program the output voltage and current through logic pins. For example, the part can be programmed for 1.5V and 4A on one output channel and 1.8V and 2A on the other channel. Output voltage and current options are ideal for powering FPGAs and CPLDs.

To discuss bringing any Intersil product to a design through the VID program, please contact Intersil Military/Hi-Rel Marketing Manager Josh Broline at 321-724-7978.

Pricing and Availability (for Product Press Release)
The ISL8840AMBEP is available now in an 8-ld SOIC package and is priced at $2.20 each in 1,000-unit quantities. More information on the ISL8840AMBEP is available at http://www.intersil.com/cda/deviceinfo/0,1477,ISL8840AMBEP,0.html

The ISL8841AMBEP is available now in an 8-ld SOIC package and is priced starting at $2.20 each in 1,000-unit quantities. More information on the ISL8841AMBEP is available at http://www.intersil.com/cda/deviceinfo/0,1477,ISL8841AMBEP,0.html

The ISL8842AMBEP is available now in an 8-ld SOIC package and is priced starting at $2.20 each in 1,000-unit quantities. More information on the ISL8842AMBEP is available at http://www.intersil.com/cda/deviceinfo/0,1477,ISL8842AMBEP,0.html

The ISL8843AMBEP is available now in an 8-ld SOIC package and is priced starting at $2.20 each in 1,000-unit quantities. More information on the ISL8843AMBEP is available at http://www.intersil.com/cda/deviceinfo/0,1477,ISL8843AMBEP,0.html

The ISL8844AMBEP is available now in an 8-ld SOIC package and is priced starting at $2.20 each in 1,000-unit quantities. More information on the ISL8844AMBEP is available at http://www.intersil.com/cda/deviceinfo/0,1477,ISL8844AMBEP,0.html

The ISL8845AMBEP is available now in an 8-ld SOIC package and is priced starting at $2.20 each in 1,000-unit quantities. More information on the ISL8845AMBEP is available at http://www.intersil.com/cda/deviceinfo/0,1477,ISL8845AMBEP,0.html

The ISL6420BMAEP is available now in a 20-ld QSOP package and is priced at $4.81 each in 1,000-unit quantities. More information on the ISL6420BMAEP is available at http://www.intersil.com/cda/deviceinfo/0,1477,ISL6420BMAEP,0.html

The ISL65426MREP is available now in a 50-ld QFN package and is priced at $13.17 each in 1,000-unit quantities. More information on the ISL6420BMAEP is available at http://www.intersil.com/cda/deviceinfo/0,1477,ISL65426MREP,0.html

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About Intersil’s Military Products
Intersil has a strong heritage of supplying memory, microprocessor peripherals and analog products to the Hi-Rel marketplace. For over 40 years, Intersil has continued to develop new SMD products offered in hermetic packaging for guaranteed performance from -55°C to +125°C. All Intersil’s SMD products are MIL-PREF-38535 compliant and are 100% burned in. To learn more about Intersil’s broad military and space portfolio, visit Intersil’s Military/Space page at http://www.intersil.com/military/. About Intersil
Intersil Corporation is a leader in the design and manufacture of high-performance analog 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 and power MOSFET drivers; optical storage laser diode drivers; DSL line drivers; video and high-performance operational amplifiers; 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.