Dialog wins NMI award for its innovative SmartXtend™ technology

Kirchheim/Teck, Germany, 13th November 2008 – Dialog Semiconductor plc (FWB: DLG), a leading provider of Power Management Semiconductor solutions, announces it has won the 2008 National Microelectronics Institute (NMI) award for Innovation. Honoured by the NMI for Innovation with its SmartXtend ™ passive matrix OLED Display Technology, Dialog was presented the award by the Electronics Leaderships Council Chairman Harry Lee at the annual NMI Awards Dinner and Ceremony on November 6th in London.

The NMI Awards Ceremony is a prestigious annual event that brings together stakeholders from across the microelectronics industry. The NMI Innovation award is given to the company that can demonstrate a significant business impact through innovation.

In making the award, the remarks from the independent panel of judges stated, “Matching your own innovation to the needs of another is a smart move, and that's exactly what this year’s winner Dialog has done. The idea is focused on exploiting the critical market requirements in mobile displays for low power and low cost. OLED technology has for some time been viewed as the successor to LCD, bringing advantages in low power and better picture and video quality. Introducing a new innovation in Passive Matrix technology, Dialog is pushing forward with a semiconductor product innovation that will enable the benefits of OLED to meet the aggressive cost requirements of the mobile phone market. This is an innovation that can have significant impact in one of the largest global markets.”