Vimicro Corporation (Nasdaq:
VIMC), a leading and the first fabless semiconductor
company publicly listed on NASDAQ from China,
is invited by the Fabless Semiconductor Association
(FSA) to participate in the closing bell ceremony
at the NASDAQ MarketSite on Thursday, July 27,
2006. Vimicro is invited as the representative
of the developing Chinese fabless semiconductor
industry.
Founded in 1994, FSA is the voice of the global
fabless business model in the semiconductor
industry. Many of the FSA members such as Broadcom,
Marvell, and nVIDIA are listed on NASDAQ. "FSA
is invited to participate in the closing bell
ceremony on NASDAQ. This unique opportunity
provides FSA with the reinforcement of the importance
of Fabless Semiconductor companies and their
supply chain partners within the financial community,
demonstrating the further growth and importance
of companies within the sector," said Jodi Shelton,
Executive Director of FSA.
NASDAQ China Chief Representative Lawrence Pan
said: "NASDAQ is excited that the Chinese leading
semiconductor design company -- Vimicro -- will
attend this prestigious ceremony. Vimicro is
widely recognized as a leader in the fabless
semiconductor industry in China, a key player
in digital multimedia semiconductor space globally,
and more importantly, a strong proponent of
innovation and intellectual property in global
technology markets."
About the NASDAQ Closing Bell
The NASDAQ Stock Market rings the closing bell
at 4 p.m. and the ceremony will be available
for viewing through NASDAQ's web cam: http://www.nasdaq.com/reference/marketsite_about.stm.
To watch the ceremony, beginning at 3:50 p.m.,
viewers can scroll to the bottom of the page
to access the MarketSite Live Web cam link.
Windows Media Player is necessary to view the
web cam.
Local television stations may pick up the feed
of the ceremony. The closing bell is available
from 3:50 to 4:05 p.m. on uplink IA-6 C-band/transponder
17. The downlink frequency is 4040 Vertical;
Audio 6.2-6.8. The feed can also be found on
Waterfront fiber 1623.
About FSA
FSA is the voice of the global fabless business
model. Industry leaders incorporated FSA in
1994 on the premise that the fabless business
model would be a viable, long-term business
model. Today, the viability of outsourcing as
a sustainable business model for the industry
has been proven, and FSA is focused on the perpetuation
of this business model throughout the worldwide
semiconductor industry.
http://www.fsa.org
About Vimicro
Vimicro International Corporation is a leading
fabless semiconductor company in China that
designs, develops and markets proprietary embedded
multimedia signal processing chips and solutions
that enable multimedia applications for mobile
phones over 2.5G/3G networks and PCs over broadband
Internet.
http://www.vimicro.com/english
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