Semicoa Fortifies Optoelectronics Silicon Foundry Leadership

COSTA MESA, Calif. September 6, 2005 - Semicoa today announced the hiring of George Papadopoulos as the Director of Wafer Fabrication Engineering and Operations. In this new role for Semicoa, George will be responsible for ramping the companys emerging optoelectronics technology in addition to managing the wafer fabrication expansion efforts.

We are delighted to have George join our team, said Rich Moore, Semicoa President and CEO. His 15 years of diverse semiconductor experience, specifically with optoelectronics manufacturing, will help accelerate our expanding product offerings aimed at the visible and near-infrared silicon applications.

Prior to joining Semicoa, Mr. Papadopoulos held both Director of Manufacturing Engineering and Process Development positions at IQC, a biophotonics start-up and NanoOpto, a nanotechnology start-up. George held various Product Engineering positions during his 11-years with Perkin Elmer Optoelectronics with the most recent 3-years being the silicon wafer fab Engineering Manager for PEs III V technologies.

Mr. Papadopoulos academic background includes a Masters in Electrical Engineering from Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada with Bachelors of Science in Physics from Concordia University in Montreal, Canada.

George Papadopoulos may be reached by phone directly at 714-242-3077, or by email at gpapadopoulos@semicoa.com.

About Semicoa

Semicoa simplifies the process of measuring and interpreting visible and near-infrared light by designing, manufacturing and marketing silicon optoelectronics. The company’s growing product line of photodetectors is used in medical imaging, homeland security and military aerospace applications. Semicoa was recently ranked among the Top 10 Semiconductor Makers by Orange County Business Journal. Semicoa has successfully capitalized upon its proven high reliability transistor heritage by bringing this level of expertise and quality to emerging applications.

Semicoa is headquartered in Costa Mesa, California within Orange County's technology center. More information may be obtained by contacting Semicoa directly at (714) 979-1900 or by visiting its website at www.Semicoa.com.

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