SANTA CLARA,
Calif., April 12, 2004— IDT™ (Integrated Device Technology,
Inc.; Nasdaq: IDTI), a leading communications IC company, today announced
that it has received a green-partner certificate from Sony Corporation
for the development of environmentally sensitive products. Green partners
must develop products that comply with Sony’s environmental standards,
and Sony procures parts and materials for its products solely from green-partner
suppliers.
The Sony
green-partner standards were established in July 2001 with the goal
of encouraging suppliers to introduce green-partner environmental management
systems. As a green partner, IDT must:
IDT completed
the Sony green partner audit in April 2003 and received the official
green-partner certificate in September 2003.
“We
are pleased to receive this recognition from Sony as it represents our
success in working with customers to develop environmentally safe products,”
said Anne Katz, vice president of worldwide assembly and test operations
at IDT. “IDT recognizes global environmental issues and has established
a program beyond the Sony green-partner program to mandate green policies
and procedures across all of our products.”
IDT Green Initiatives
IDT has developed a strategy to ensure the production of environmentally
friendly products. The company is working to employ the various phases
of its plan, including the implementation of a lead-free plating process
and lead-free solder balls, and the utilization of green materials that
are consistent with the company’s internal assembly and external
assembly subcontractors. While the company’s long-term goal is
to convert all plastic package products to green product packaging,
IDT will continue to support customers who require non-green products
and will work closely with its customers to ensure a seamless conversion
to green products during the next several years. As customer criteria
and test methods emerge, IDT will update, revise and add to its qualification
testing. A significant number of IDT green products are currently available
with a greater number becoming available after April 2004.
About
IDT
IDT is a global leader in preemptive semiconductor solutions that accelerate
packet processing for advanced network services. IDT serves communications
equipment vendors by applying its advanced hardware and software technologies
to create flexible, highly integrated solutions that enhance the functionality
and processing of network equipment. IDT accelerates intelligent packet
processing with products such as network search engines (NSEs), programmable
content inspection engines (CIEs), flow-control management (FCM) ICs
and its family of Interprise™ integrated communications processors.
The portfolio also comprises products optimized for communications applications,
including telecom products, FIFOs, multi-ports, and clock-management
products. In addition, the product mix includes high-performance digital
logic and high-speed SRAMs to meet the requirements of leading communications
companies.
Headquartered
in Santa Clara, Calif., the company employs approximately 3,100 people
worldwide and has a wafer manufacturing facility in Oregon, and test
and assembly facilities in the Philippines and Malaysia. IDT stock is
traded on the Nasdaq Stock Market® under the symbol “IDTI.”
The company is included in the S&P 1000, which is a combination
of the S&P MidCap 400 and S&P SmallCap 600 Indices, and is also
part of the S&P SuperComposite 1500, which combines the S&P
500, MidCap 400, and SmallCap 600. Additional information about IDT
is accessible at www.IDT.com.
IDT,
Interprise and the IDT logo are trademarks of Integrated Device Technology,
Inc. All other brands, product names and marks are or may be trademarks
or registered trademarks used to identify products or services of their
respective owners.
