Javelin Semiconductor Shipping in Samsung Galaxy Appeal

  Javelin Semiconductor Shipping in Samsung Galaxy Appeal

          Industry-Leading CMOS PA Available in Smartphone for AT&T

Business Wire

AUSTIN, Texas -- June 27, 2012

Javelin Semiconductor, Inc., innovator of the world’s first high-performance
CMOS 3G power amplifier (PA), today announced that Samsung Electronics Co.,
Ltd., is shipping Javelin’s PA in the new Galaxy Appeal for AT&T. The Galaxy
Appeal is an affordable Android-based 3G smartphone featuring a 3.2 inch
touchscreen, 800 MHz processor, side-slider QWERTY keyboard, 3 megapixel
camera, Bluetooth, GPS and Wi-Fi.

“Javelin’s proven monolithic CMOS PA technology is now shipping in numerous
handsets,” said Brad Fluke, president and chief executive officer of Javelin.
“The JAV550X PA family is in full production supporting the most popular 3G
bands for worldwide coverage. Javelin’s innovative solution brings both
performance and cost benefits to handset manufacturers.”

Javelin’s PAs deliver high efficiency across the wide range of required output
power levels to extend handset battery life. Additionally, with integrated
filtering and the best noise performance on the market today, the Javelin PA
can eliminate the cost of transmit surface acoustic wave (SAW) filters,
enhance wireless receiver sensitivity and improve overall smartphone
performance by minimizing interference with wireless radios such as Bluetooth,
GPS and Wi-Fi.

Using a standard CMOS process, Javelin has implemented an innovative
mixed-signal architecture that achieves the highest levels of quality,
reliability and robustness combined with supply assurance from the world’s
largest foundry. Javelin offers a family of CMOS 3G PAs for all major 3G bands
in a standard 3x3 mm package that are software compatible with existing 3G
baseband platforms. For more information, please visit www.javelinsemi.com.

About Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. is a global leader in semiconductor,
telecommunication, digital media and digital convergence technologies with
2011 consolidated sales of US$143.1 billion. Employing approximately 206,000
people in 197 offices across 72 countries, the company operates two separate
organizations to coordinate its nine independent business units: Digital Media
& Communications, comprising Visual Display, Mobile Communications,
Telecommunication Systems, Digital Appliances, IT Solutions, and Digital
Imaging; and Device Solutions, consisting of Memory, System LSI and LED.
Recognized for its industry-leading performance across a range of economic,
environmental and social criteria, Samsung Electronics was named the world's
most sustainable technology company in the 2011 Dow Jones Sustainability
Index. For more information, please visit www.samsung.com.

About Javelin Semiconductor

Javelin Semiconductor is an innovator of high-performance, mixed-signal ICs
for wireless communications. Developed by a world-class engineering team,
Javelin’s products are implemented in CMOS, the world’s most widely available
semiconductor process technology. Javelin was founded in 2007 and is based in
Austin, Texas.

Note to editors: Javelin Semiconductor and the Javelin logo are trademarks of
Javelin Semiconductor, Inc. Samsung and Appeal are trademarks of Samsung
Electronics Co., Ltd. Other trademarks or brandnames mentioned herein are
trademarks of their respective holders.

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Contact:

Javelin Semiconductor, Inc.
Robert Wagner, 512-684-6345
robert.wagner@javelinsemi.com