A live webcast will be available on Friday January 9th 2009 at 800 a

A live webcast will be available on Friday, January 9th, 2009 at 8:00 a.m PT. Areplay of the webcast will be available one hour after the webcast presentationends and will be accessible for 90 days. Interested parties can access the livewebcast and replay using the following URL: About Silicon Image, Inc.Silicon Image, Inc. is a leading provider of semiconductor and intellectualproperty products for the secure distribution, presentation and storage ofhigh-definition content.

With a rich history of technology innovation thatincludes creating industry standards such as DVI and HDMI, the companyssolutions facilitate the use of digital content amongst consumer electronics,personal computer (PC) and storage devices, with the goal to securely deliverdigital content anytime, anywhere and on any device. Founded in 1995, thecompany is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, with regional engineering andsales offices in China, Germany, Japan, Korea, Taiwan and the United Kingdom.For more information, please visit NOTE: Silicon Image and Simplay HD are trademarks, registered trademarks orservice marks of Silicon Image, Inc. in the United States and other countries.HDMI and High-Definition Multimedia Interface are trademarks or registeredtrademarks of HDMI Licensing, LLC in the United States and other countries, andare used under license from HDMI Licensing, LLC. All other trademarks andregistered trademarks are the property of their respective owners. TEMPE, Ariz.(Business Wire)Amtech Systems, Inc.

(NASDAQ:ASYS), a global supplier of production andautomation systems and related supplies for the manufacture of solar cells,semiconductors, and silicon wafers, today announced that its solar subsidiary,Tempress Systems, Inc., has received approximately $5 million in solar ordersfor its diffusion processing systems from two new customers, one in Asia and theother in Europe. The Asian order is for multiple systems and the European orderis to a solar research and development institute J.S. Whang, President and Chief Executive Officer of Amtech, commented, "Despitethese difficult economic times, we continue to see acceptance and demand for oursolar products, as demonstrated by these two orders, and are pleased to furtherexpand our global solar customer base. We continue to be optimistic about thelong-term growth opportunities in the solar market." About Amtech Systems, Inc.Amtech Systems, Inc. manufactures capital equipment, including silicon waferhandling automation, thermal processing equipment and related consumables usedin fabricating solar cells and semiconductor devices. Semiconductors, orsemiconductor chips, are fabricated on silicon wafer substrates, sliced fromingots, and are part of the circuitry, or electronic components, of manyproducts including solar cells, computers, telecommunications devices,automotive products, consumer goods, and industrial automation and controlsystems. The Companys wafer handling, thermal processing and consumableproducts currently address the diffusion, oxidation and deposition steps used inthe fabrication of solar cells, semiconductors, MEMS and the polishing of newlysliced silicon wafers.

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