"The new TL12W02-D surface mount white LED is ideally suited for many residential and commercial lighting applications that have previously used incandescent lamps," said Roger Shih, business development engineer for the optoelectronics group at TAEC. "Demand for white LEDs is increasing for general lighting applications because they offer long operating life, low power consumption and compact size compared to incandescent lamps."

With regards to production quality and expertise, "Toshiba has brought its world class manufacturing capabilities into the high power LED market and is able to provide a consistent selection of white LEDs with only a few bins," said Steve Hubert, director of purchasing, for Marktech. "As a result, we are able to offer luminosity sorting to enable our customers to focus more attention on their application than on the LED they have selected for their design." Marktech Optoelectronics has been an industry leader in the application and design of LEDs for more than 20 years and has been selected by TAEC to handle North American technical sales and marketing for Toshiba LEDs and Constant Current LED Drivers.

The new 90 lm white LED has a low thermal resistance package that provides improved heat release characteristics, and the forward voltage for the new device is rated at 6.8V (typical) at 250mA. Its surface-mount package measures 10.5mm x 5.0mm x 2.1mm (including leads).

The Toshiba family of white LED products features low power consumption, wide operating temperature range of -40 degrees Celsius to 100 degrees Celsius, compact size and long operating life, which meet the requirements for a broad range of commercial, residential and industrial applications.

    TL12W02-D Technical Specifications
    Maximum ratings

    Product Characteristics             Symbol        Rating
     Forward Current                     I(F)          300mA
     Power Dissipation                   P(D)          2.4W
     Junction Temperature                T(j)          110 degrees Celsius
     Operating Temperature             T(opr)      -40~100 degrees Celsius
     Storage Temperature               T(stg)      -40~100 degrees Celsius

    Typical Characteristics (Ta=25 degrees Celsius, I(F)=250mA)

    Optical Characteristics             Symbol             Typ.
     Luminous Flux                        F               90 lm(1)
     Chromaticity                         C(x)             0.32
                                          C(Y)             0.31
    Electrical Characteristics
     Forward Voltage                      V(F)             6.8V
     Thermal Resistance             R(th)(j-s)2           10 degrees Celsius/W


    (1)113 lm (max.)
    (2)Thermal resistance from junction of LED to solder pad

Pricing and Availability

Samples of Toshiba's TL12W02-D will be available now, priced at $2.90 each in 10,000 piece quantities. Mass production is scheduled for July 2008. The TL12W02-D is available in the US through Marktech, Toshiba's optoelectronic partner in the US for 23 years. For more information, please visit http://www.marktechopto.com.

Toshiba's Discrete Products

Since 1986, Toshiba Corp. has ranked as the top discrete supplier on a worldwide basis, based on annual revenue from international shipments of total discrete products. According to the most recent annual report from market research firm Gartner Dataquest (San Jose, CA), Toshiba remained the top discrete semiconductor supplier. (Source: "2007 Worldwide Semiconductor Market Share Report," Gartner, released April 2008). More specifically, Toshiba is a leading supplier in a number of discrete product categories, including power transistors, rectifiers and thyristors, LMOS logic, CMOS logic, photocouplers, TOSLINKs, LEDs, small signal diodes and transistors. The company's discrete devices are designed to meet the growing demand for high-performance and lower voltages in today's wireless telecommunications and consumer electronics applications, while emphasizing its strength in the automotive and industrial markets.

*About TAEC and Toshiba Corp.

Through proven commitment, lasting relationships and advanced, reliable electronic components, Toshiba enables its customers to create market-leading designs. Toshiba is the heartbeat within product breakthroughs from OEMs, ODMs, CMs, distributions and fabless chip companies worldwide. A committed electronic components leader, Toshiba designs and manufactures high-quality flash memory-based storage solutions, discrete devices, displays, advanced materials, medical tubes, custom SoCs/ASICs, digital multimedia and imaging products, microcontrollers and wireless components that make possible today's leading cell phones, MP3 players, cameras, medical devices, automotive electronics and more.

Toshiba America Electronic Components, Inc. is an independent operating company owned by Toshiba America, Inc., a subsidiary of Toshiba Corporation, Japan's largest semiconductor manufacturer and the world's third largest semiconductor manufacturer (Gartner, 2007 WW Semiconductor Revenue, April 2008). For additional company and product information, please visit http://www.toshiba.com/taec/.

Information in this press release, including product pricing and specifications, content of services and contact information, is current and believed to be accurate on the date of the announcement, but is subject to change without prior notice. Technical and application information contained here is subject to the most recent applicable Toshiba product specifications. In developing designs, please ensure that Toshiba products are used within specified operating ranges as set forth in the most recent Toshiba product specifications and the information set forth in Toshiba's "Handling Guide for Semiconductor Devices," or "Toshiba Semiconductor Reliability Handbook." This information is available at http://www.chips.toshiba.com, or from your TAEC representative.

SOURCE Toshiba America Electronic Components, Inc.

http://www.toshiba.com/taec

"This agreement symbolizes Cymer's strong commitment to Toshiba's business model and long-term success, as well as the rising adoption of our next-generation XLR technology among top global chipmakers," said Ed Brown, president and chief operating officer for Cymer. "We look forward to supporting Toshiba's aggressive productivity improvement objectives for years to come."

Released in July 2007, the prevalence of Cymer's XLR platform as the technology of choice for scanner and chipmaker customers has increased steadily in 2008. The XLR 500i systems to be selected by Toshiba will offer significant advances in performance, availability and extendibility, providing a path for Toshiba to attain high-volume production while lowering operating costs at the leading-edge of lithography. Additionally, the XLR 500i lasers feature Cymer's advanced bandwidth stabilization (ABS) technology, delivering superior bandwidth performance that achieves predictable and repeatable wafer-level process-control.

SEMICON West 2008 will be held July 15-17 at Moscone Center in San Francisco. To schedule a briefing with a Cymer executive, please contact Kelly Hamor at (619) 549-3473 or hamor@formulapr.com, or drop by booth No. 5357 in the North Hall.

(a) Cymer Japan Ltd. is a subsidiary of Cymer, Inc.

Forward Looking Statements

Statements in this press release that are not strictly historical in nature are forward-looking statements. These statements include, but are not limited to references to growing adoption of Cymer's XLR technology by chipmakers; anticipated advances and benefits relating to Cymer's products and services; and Toshiba's anticipated purchases and benefits resulting from its agreement with Cymer. These statements are based only on current information and expectations that are inherently subject to change and involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Actual events or results may differ materially from those projected in these statements due to various factors, including but not limited to: the demand for semiconductors in general, and, in particular, for leading-edge devices with smaller geometries; cyclicality in the semiconductor equipment industry; rapid technological change; new and enhanced product offerings by competitors; delays or cancellations by customers of their orders; inability by the company to meet its production and/or product development schedules; inability of the company to secure adequate supplies of critical components for its advanced products. For a discussion of these and other factors which may cause our actual events or results to differ from those projected, please refer to the company's most recent annual report on Form 10-K and quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, as well as other subsequent filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. You are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this press release. All forward-looking statements are qualified in their entirety by this cautionary statement, and the company undertakes no obligation to revise or update any forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this press release.

About Cymer

Cymer, Inc., with more than two dozen global offices and company headquarters in San Diego, is the market leader in developing laser light sources, used by nearly every major chipmaker around the world as the essential light source for DUV lithography systems. Cymer's newly launched products enable double patterning in an effort to facilitate 32nm lithography and the company is also leading the industry in the research, development and transition to extreme ultra-violet lithography (EUV) sourced by laser-produced plasma. Cymer is committed to developing and introducing new technologies that reduce cost of ownership for chipmakers while simultaneously improving productivity. Additional information on Cymer may be found at www.cymer.com.

SOURCE: Cymer, Inc.

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Analysts polled by Thomson Financial had forecast operating profit of 230 billion yen.

Net profit fell 7.3 percent to 127.41 billion yen. Revenue rose 7.8 percent to 7.7 trillion yen thanks to brisk sales of flash memory chips.

Flash memory chips are widely used in digital music players such as iPods, as well as in other digital consumer products.

The company is proposing annual dividend of 12 yen per share, up from the 11 yen it paid in the previous year.

For the current year to March 2009, it forecasts net profit of 130 billion yen, operating profit of 290 billion yen and revenue of 8.0 trillion yen.

yasuhiko.seki@thomsonreuters.com

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Analysts polled by Thomson Financial had forecast operating profit of 230 billion yen.

Net profit fell 7.3 percent to 127.41 billion yen. Revenue rose 7.8 percent to 7.7 trillion yen thanks to brisk sales of flash memory chips.

Flash memory chips are widely used in digital music players such as iPods, as well as in other digital consumer products.

"The selling price of NAND flash memory chips fell by over 50 percent in the past fiscal year from a year earlier, whereas we had earlier projected a 40 percent drop," Toshiba director Fumio Muraoka told a news conference.

As a result, Toshiba booked an operating profit of just 89 billion yen at its semiconductor chip business last fiscal year, much lower than the earlier estimate of 150 billion yen, and below the profit of 128.3 billion yen earned in the year to March 2007.

The market price of an 8-gigabit NAND-type flash memory chip has continued to drop after hitting a high of $9 in August 2007.

"We expect the selling price of NAND flash memory chips to fall by 40 percent to 50 percent again this fiscal year," Muraoka said.

Toshiba is now expecting to post an operating profit of 90 billion yen at its semiconductor business this fiscal year.

Despite chip price weakness, the company has earmarked more than 1 trillion yen for investment in its semiconductor business between now and March 2011, as it seeks to catch up with industry leader Samsung Electronics Co. of South Korea.

"In addition, the cost related to the withdrawal from the HD-DVD business also weighed on profits, (as it) cost us a total of 108.5 billion yen," Muraoka said.

Earlier this year, Toshiba decided to withdraw from the business after its own format lost out to Sony Corp.'s rival Blu-ray format.

The company also struggled in the LCD business, posting an operating loss of 12 billion yen, a reversal from the profit of 6.5 billion yen in the previous year.

Steady earnings ahead

On the other hand, its PC division did well, posting operating profit of 41.2 billion yen, up from 6.9 billion yen a year earlier.

"Thanks to strong sales especially in the United States and Europe, and cost cuts, our PC business can now make steady profits," Muraoka said.

Despite the profit downturn, the company is proposing an annual dividend of 12 yen per share, up from the 11 yen it paid in the previous year.

For the current year to March 2009, it forecasts net profit of 130 billion yen, operating profit of 290 billion yen and revenue of 8.0 trillion yen, thanks largely to reduced losses at the HD-DVD business.

"But we are looking at things cautiously because the subprime loan problem, which we had originally thought would shake only the financial service sector, is now beginning to affect actual economic activity in the U.S.," Muraoka said.

"As evidence, U.S consumers are now more inclined to buy compact (TV) products than previously," he said.

Ahead of the announcement, Toshiba shares closed Friday down 2 percent at 848 yen.

yasuhiko.seki@thomsonreuters.com

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