MILPITAS, CA, October 8, 2008 – Intersil Corporation (NASDAQ Global Select: ISIL), a world leader in the design and manufacture of high-performance analog solutions, will announce its third quarter 2008 financial results on Wednesday, October 22, 2008. Intersil’s President and Chief Executive Officer, Dave Bell, and Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Dave Zinsner, will provide details on the Company’s third quarter 2008 financial performance and an outlook for the fourth quarter of 2008.

A press release will be transmitted to the news media immediately following the close of the market on October 22nd. The Company will hold a conference call to discuss the results at 4:45 pm ET / 1:45 p.m. PT. Those wishing to participate in the conference call should dial (800) 295-3991; international participants please dial (617) 614-3924, using the password “Intersil” at approximately 1:40 p.m. PT. A replay of the call will be available for two weeks by dialing (888) 286-8010; international participants dial (617) 801-6888, using the access code “14406063.” A webcast replay of the conference call will be available for two weeks on the company’s Web site at http://www.intersil.com/investor.

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.

This release may include “forward-looking statements” that are subject to risks and uncertainties. For information identifying economic, political, climatic, currency, regulatory, technological, competitive and some other important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated in the forward looking statements, see Intersil’s Safe Harbor Forward Looking Statement disclaimer found at http://www.intersil.com/legal.asp, as well as Intersil’s SEC filings as updated from time to time, found at http://www.sec.gov