TAHOE RF SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. WINS IBM PARTNERWORLD BEACON AWARD FOR BEST MICROELECTRONICS SOLUTION

Integrated Circuit Design Allows Customers to Bring Products to Market Faster

Auburn, CA, Mar. 13, 2006 – Tahoe RF Semiconductor, Inc., the leading Wireless Electronic Design Services (EDS) provider, has been named winner of the “Best Microelectronics Solution” award in the annual IBM PartnerWorld Beacon Awards competition, honoring IBM Business Partners for their innovation, customer satisfaction and outstanding achievements in providing on demand business solutions.

Tahoe RF brings over 200 man-years of analog/RF design experience to the wireless market specializing in high-frequency, low power transceiver and synthesizer design with experience from base band to excess of 12GHz. With a unique IC design capability combining system requirements with innovative circuit topologies and a wealth of silicon-proven IP blocks IBM foundry customers can transform their concepts into IC products in a consistently predictable manner. Leveraging its large intellectual property portfolio Tahoe RF’s solutions include system architecture, circuit design, physical design, characterization and testing, and pre-production support.

“Tahoe RF was chosen because it makes RF integration viable to a whole new category of customers, which is a major achievement. Judges selected Tahoe RF as the winner in this category based on its ability to deliver cutting edge innovative value to customers while working closely with IBM to both benchmark and extend those solutions and technologies,” said Donn Atkins, General Manager, IBM Global Business Partners. “Tahoe RF Semiconductor is combining technology expertise with business insight to help their clients innovate on important business issues and realize real efficiencies."

"We are extremely proud to be recognized by IBM with this award,” said Irshad Rasheed, President and CEO of Tahoe RF. “Our mutual customers benefit from IBM’s outstanding foundry processes, Tahoe RF’s technology solutions and the partnership that has developed between our companies. This combination ensures our customers have the best-in-class solution to their design requirements”.

About IBM PartnerWorld Beacon Awards:
862 nominations were judged by a team of leading industry journalists, analysts, and IBM executives, who selected winner and finalists in 36 award categories. These IBM Business Partners will be honored during the IBM PartnerWorld 2006 Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada, March 12 - 15. For more information about the IBM PartnerWorld Beacon Awards please visit
http://www-1.ibm.com/partnerworld/pwhome.nsf/weblook/pub_awards_pwbeacon_nom.html

About Tahoe RF Semiconductor:
Tahoe RF Semiconductor, Inc., provides world-class RFIC design services and IP blocks to SoC manufacturers in the wireless communications market. Tahoe RF was founded in 2002 by a group of key engineers and managers from IBM’s analog and mixed signal design center. Located in the Sierras near Lake Tahoe in California, this team provides everything from front-end architecture, design and simulation through to post-layout simulation and fully packaged fabrication support and management. For additional information call (530) 823-9786 or visit us at www.TahoeRF.com.

Contact: Irshad Rasheed
Company: Tahoe RF Semiconductor, Inc.
Title: President and CEO
Voice: (530) 368-2498
Email: irshad@tahoerf.com

Website: www.tahoerf.com
Head Offices: 12840 Earhart Avenue, Suite 140; Auburn, California 95602 USA