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NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. and RICHARDSON, Texas, January 31, 2012 – TowerJazz, the
global specialty foundry leader, and Triune Systems LLC, an IC design and test development
provider, today announced that Triune has developed a proprietary analog/power management
technology using the TowerJazz TS35PM process on its state of the art 0.18um based power
management platform. Triune has trademarked this energy saving green technology, called
nanoSmart®, and is releasing two products currently ramping to volume production showcasing
this technology, the TS14001 and TS12001.

Triune’s TS14001 is an ultra-low-power LDO regulator which provides regulated output with
best-in-class ultra-low quiescent current losses of 20nA under no-load conditions which helps
reduce energy and heat. The TS12001 is an ultra-low-power under voltage load protect switch
that utilizes off-active™ technology. Off-active™ provides active control of turning off, and then
on, the control of the load with only 200pA losses, increasing efficiencies and resulting in less
power wasted. In addition to these two products, several more energy saving products are
planned to be launched this year to meet growing market demands. According to IDTechEx, the
energy harvesting device market is projected to grow exponentially this decade; 10B+ energy
harvesting devices are forecast to ship by 2019 – a 20x increase over ~500 million units that
shipped in 2009.

nanoSmart® technology has been designed to target portable and low power applications for
the consumer, industrial and medical markets as well as energy harvesting systems, off-grid
autonomous systems such as solar panels for electricity, and SmartCard applications.
Advantages of nanoSmart® technology include ultra-low power loss for light load conditions,
flexibility to work with a wide range of output loads, and a minimized bill of materials (BOM)
while still providing high-efficiency operation. Triune’s nanoSmart® and MPPT-lite™
technologies have also been leveraged for novel portable solar harvesting solutions through a
National Science Foundation small business innovation and research (SBIR) grant award (No.
1113400). In addition, nanoSmart® technology can eliminate standby power losses for many
systems and extend battery life on portable products. It expands the utility of alternate energy
harvesting sources such as micro-solar and enables new autonomous systems.

“We chose to develop this ultra-low power technology for analog and power management
applications with TowerJazz because they offered the best process for our needs, and were
willing to work with us on differentiated out-of-the-box solutions,” said Ross Teggatz, President
of Triune Systems. “Our nanoSmart® technology further leverages TowerJazz’s processes to
provide truly unique solutions that can virtually eliminate the carbon footprint of any product
while in standby mode, and we look forward to developing several new and exciting products
around this.”

“TowerJazz continually draws on our customers’ needs to drive our technology offerings. And,
the fact that power management experts such as Triune’s engineers chose TowerJazz’s power
platform is proof of our technology superiority. Triune has been a valued partner for several
years and their inputs have contributed to the best-in-class power management technology we
have today. The device performance capability of nanoSmart® demonstrates what cooperation
and flexibility can achieve in implementing new ideas,” said Dr. Avi Strum, Vice President and
General Manager of the Specialty Business Unit at TowerJazz.