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November 21, 1995
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE


Analog IC Leader élantec Semiconductor Achieves ISO 9001 Certification


MILPITAS, Calif., Nov. 21, 1995 -- élantec Semiconductor, Inc., (NASDAQ: ELNT) today announced that the company's IC manufacturing process has achieved ISO 9001 certification effective at the end of the corporate fiscal year, October 31.

Certification was completed in just nine months, a significantly shorter time than required by other IC manufacturers, in part because élantec has been committed to clear and concise documentation of its designs and manufacturing programs and to maintaining the highest achievable quality, according to David O'Brien, élantec President and Chief Executive Officer.

"Our commitment to high quality programs and processes and our compliance with military qualification standards such as MIl-STD-1772 allowed us to meet most of the ISO 9000 requirements for the past decade," said O'Brien. "We were well prepared for the ISO certification process, and have been able to achieve it rapidly and efficiently."


   élantec Semiconductor, Inc., designs, manufactures and markets
high performance analog integrated circuits primarily for the video/
multimedia, data processing, instrumentation and communications markets. 
The Company targets high growth commercial markets in which advances in 
digital integrated circuit technology are driving increasing demand for 
high speed, high performance and low power consumption analog circuits.



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