The company offers unique and differentiated SiGe BiCMOS technology providing RF designers with increased flexibility, greater levels of integration and higher analog performance than what is currently available with CMOS technology. Tower and Jazz also provide industry renowned design enablement kits that allow customers to realize optimal performance of their designs while reducing design cycle time.

“During these challenging economic times, we are even more committed to providing our customers with the advanced and customized process technologies they need to continue to meet their critical product requirements and better sustain their business,” said Russell Ellwanger, Chief Executive Officer of Tower Semiconductor. “We are confident that our differentiated process offerings will continue to be embraced by companies in Japan even during this period of economic contraction.”

Mr. Ellwanger will provide the keynote address to present the corporate overview and strategic initiatives of Tower and Jazz. For more information or to register for the technology conference in Yokohama, Japan, please visit www.jazzsemi.com.

About Tower Semiconductor, Ltd. and Jazz Semiconductor, Inc.
Tower Semiconductor Ltd. (NASDAQ: TSEM, TASE: TSEM) is a pure-play independent specialty wafer foundry and its fully owned U.S. subsidiary Jazz Semiconductor, Inc., is a leader in Analog-Intensive Mixed-Signal (AIMS) foundry solutions. Tower and Jazz manufacture integrated circuits with geometries ranging from 1.0 to 0.13-micron and provide complementary technical services and design support. In addition to digital CMOS process technology, Tower offers advanced mixed-signal and RF CMOS, Power Management, CMOS image-sensor, non-volatile memory technologies and Flash MTP and OTP solutions.  Jazz’s comprehensive process portfolio of modular AIMS technologies includes RFCMOS, Analog CMOS, Silicon and SiGe BiCMOS, SiGe C-BiCMOS, Power CMOS and High Voltage CMOS. To provide world-class customer service, Tower maintains two manufacturing facilities in Israel; Jazz maintains a fab in the U.S. and additional manufacturing capacity in China through partnerships with ASMC and HHNEC. For more information, please visit www.towersemi.com and www.jazzsemi.com.