Jennic Announce ISO 9001:2000 Quality Accreditation

SHEFFIELD, UK – 31st January 2005 -- Based on nine years of semiconductor design, including working for companies such as Alcatel, Flextronics, IBM, Intersil, NEC, Nortel, ST and TI, Jennic has received ISO 9001:2000 accreditation for its engineering, operations and business practises. This is seen as an essential part of Jennic repositioning to be a fabless semiconductor company serving the wireless sensor network market, particularly IEEE802.15.4 and ZigBee standards based products.

"Given our intent to offer world-class silicon products in a professional customer-orientated manner we felt it essential to have a formal, accredited quality system that pervades the company." stated Jim Lindop, CEO Jennic Ltd. "Our nine year track record in design and the associated engineering and program management allowed us to achieve accreditation within a year".

As a further part of Jennic's semiconductor strategy it has also recently joined the Fabless Semiconductor Association.

About Jennic

Jennic is a fabless semiconductor company leading the wireless connectivity revolution into new applications. Jennic combines expertise in systems and software with world class RF and digital chip design to provide low cost, highly integrated silicon solutions for its customers and partners. Headquartered in Sheffield, UK, Jennic is privately held and has an 9 year track record of successful silicon chip development.