MILPITAS, CA--(MARKET WIRE)--Oct 29, 2008 -- Intersil Corporation (NasdaqGS:ISIL - News), a world leader in the design and manufacture of high-performance analog semiconductors, today announced that Chief Executive Officer and President Dave Bell will be a keynote speaker at the 2008 Global Semiconductor Alliance Leaders Forum at the Ambassador Hotel in Hsinchu, Taiwan on November 5, 2008.

In his remarks to the GSA Leaders Forum, Bell plans to review the many changes in the analog market and will suggest approaches for combining the strengths of U.S. and Asian companies.

Bell recently addressed a conference in Washington, D.C. sponsored by the American Chemical Society on the topic of funding basic scientific research.

The 2008 GSA Leaders Forum will also feature a workshop focused on designing for low-power technologies. Intersil Corporation is a leader in providing low-power analog semiconductor solutions.

In April 2007, Bell was named the company's chief operating officer and was named CEO in February 2008. He is a member of the Board of Directors for the Semiconductor Industry Association.

Bell earned a B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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About Intersil

Intersil Corporation is a leader in the design and manufacture of high-performance analog semiconductors. The Company's products address some of the industry's fastest growing markets, such as, flat panel displays, cell phones, other handheld systems, and notebooks. Intersil's product families address power management functions and analog signal processing functions. Intersil products include ICs for battery management, hot-swap and hot-plug controllers, linear regulators, power sequencers, supervisory ICs, bridge drivers, PWM controllers, switching DC/DC regulators and power MOSFET drivers; optical storage laser diode drivers; DSL line drivers; video and high-performance operational amplifiers; data converters; interface ICs; analog switches and multiplexers; crosspoint switches; voice-over-IP devices; and ICs for military, space and radiation-hardened applications. For more information about Intersil or to find out how to become a member of our winning team, visit the Company's web site and career page at www.intersil.com.

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