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Frontier Silicon makes Europe's top 100 private firms list

London, 13 April 2005: Frontier Silicon - the leading fabless manufacturer of semiconductors for mobile digital television and DAB digital radio products - has been recognised as one of the top 100 private companies in Europe and Israel that play a leading role in innovation and technology. The list was produced by Red Herring and announced yesterday in London. It follows rigorous evaluation of over 800 companies, analysing financial data and subjective criteria such as quality of management, execution of strategy and dedication to research and development.

This is the first time that Red Herring has compiled a list focused exclusively on the most promising private firms in Europe. In the USA, the company's lists are part of a tradition of identifying new and innovative technology companies and entrepreneurs.

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Editor's notes: About Frontier Silicon

Frontier Silicon is an award-winning company at the forefront of the digital multimedia revolution with a range of semiconductor solutions for mobile digital television, digital TV and digital radio. The company develops and delivers both the broadcast signal receiver modules and digital processing circuits as individual chips and complete system modules to leading consumer electronics and mobile phone brands. As a fabless semiconductor business, Frontier Silicon's core products include complete DAB modules, DVB-T solutions, DMB (digital multimedia broadcasting) solutions, and the underlying system-on-chip (SoC) devices and receiver chips.

Key customers for the company's products include consumer electronic, automotive entertainment and PDA/mobile phone manufacturers such as Bang & Olufsen, Cambridge Audio, Goodmans, Grundig, Hitachi, Ministry of Sound, Philips, PURE Digital, Roberts Radio, Samsung, Sharp, Sony and TEAC. Frontier Silicon has won a number of awards and its products have also enabled award-winning consumer products. The company's awards include the Fabless Semiconductor Association's start-up to watch award, PricewaterhouseCoopers hottest technology company of 2004 award, the World Economic Forum's technology pioneers to watch 2005, and the Tornado T100 award for one of the best-performing and innovative high-tech private companies.