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6-month report

23.07.2007

Key financial data for the second quarter and first six months of
2007

Unterpremstaetten, Austria (July 23, 2007) - austriamicrosystems
(SWX: AMS), a leading global designer and manufacturer of analog ICs
for communications, industrial, medical and automotive applications,
reports solid results for the second quarter and first half year
2007. The first six months of 2007 reflect effects from expected
product transitions as well as customer ramp-up and order patterns,
with the second quarter and first half year 2007 showing a restrained
development of revenues, operating profit and net income, compared to
last year.

Consolidated group revenues in the second quarter 2007 reached EUR
43.9 million, compared to EUR 45.9 million for the same quarter 2006.
Group revenues for the first six months 2007 reached EUR 83.3
million, slightly below the EUR 84.6 million recorded in the first
half 2006. The restrained revenue development in the second quarter
and first half year resulted from certain slower than expected
ramp-up activities and delays in continuing order patterns, mainly in
the communications business, which were not fully compensated by
positive developments across a range of areas in austriamicrosystems'
industrial, communications and automotive markets.

In the second quarter, gross margin reached almost 50% compared to
47% in the same quarter last year, driven by positive product mix
effects and improvements in our manufacturing costs. For the first
half of 2007, gross margin reached 49%, an increase of three
percentage points from 46% in the same period 2006. Taking into
account expected R&D costs for important platform developments, the
result from operations (EBIT) for the second quarter was EUR 4.3
million, decreasing by EUR 1.8 million from EUR 6.1 million in the
second quarter last year. The result from operations (EBIT) for the
first half-year 2007 was EUR 8.0 million compared to EUR 10.4 million
in the same period last year.

Net income for the second quarter 2007 was EUR 4.1 million compared
to EUR 5.7 million in the same period last year. Earnings per share
for the second quarter were CHF 0.62 / EUR 0.38 (basic and diluted).
Net income for the first half 2007 was EUR 7.6 million (CHF 1.15 /
EUR 0.70 per share), compared to EUR 9.6 million (CHF 1.37 / EUR 0.87
per share) for the same period last year. Total backlog reached EUR
54.5 million on June 30, 2007, compared to EUR 54.2 million at the
end of the first quarter and EUR 64.6 million on June 30, 2006.

austriamicrosystems' business performance in the second quarter and
first half- year confirms its attractive market position in high
performance analog semiconductors. In the communications business,
austriamicrosystems remains strongly positioned in advanced
integrated power management for mobile devices. Its lighting
management business is growing strongly as SonyEricsson continues to
announce and introduce handset models incorporating advanced lighting
management solutions. Global handset leader Nokia just released the
first two handset models - the 6120 and 6121 - using
austriamicrosystems' high performance LED camera flash solutions.
Both OEMs are expected to announce additional high volume handset
models with austriamicrosystems' lighting management and other
products over the course of 2007 and well into 2008.

In mobile entertainment, austriamicrosystems continues to be
successful with its market-proven integrated audio and power
management ICs as well as complete system solutions for high quality
personal media players and related devices. New product generations
in this product area will offer significantly lower power
consumption, even higher audio quality and improved processing
capabilities.

austriamicrosystems' industrial and medical business continued to
deliver very positive results given attractive demand for its
industrial automation, sensor interface, encoder and healthcare IC
solutions from important OEMs worldwide. austriamicrosystems
continues to expand its product portfolio in these areas, leveraging
its extensive sensor interface expertise. In the automotive market,
austriamicrosystems experiences good demand for its sensor
interfaces, car access and position measurement devices with leading
global automotive suppliers relying on its complex automotive sensor
interfaces.

austriamicrosystems' foundry segment showed continued attractive
performance serving a range of high quality customers with clear
focus on specialty process technologies such as High Voltage and
Silicon Germanium. Validating austriamicrosystems' analog process
expertise, the recently announced development partnership with IBM
for an advanced 0.18µm analog high voltage technology includes IBM
licensing the high voltage process technology from
austriamicrosystems.

Looking forward, austriamicrosystems continues to be very well
positioned in its target markets. However, due to lower order and
revenue expectations for select customers and the continuing strength
of the Euro, austriamicrosystems now expects full year revenue growth
for 2007 to be around 5% compared to last year, based on currently
available information. Full year gross margin for 2007 is anticipated
to improve meaningfully over last year. Intending to maintain its
strong investment in R&D as a foundation for future growth,
austriamicrosystems as a result expects full year earnings for 2007
to show a flat to slightly negative development compared to last
year.

The complete half-year report 2007 including detailed financial
information is available on austriamicrosystems' website under
http://www.austriamicrosystems.com/08ir/report.htm

About austriamicrosystems austriamicrosystems is a leading designer
and manufacturer of high performance analog ICs, combining more than
25 years of analog design capabilities and system know-how with its
own state-of-the-art manufacturing and test facilities.
austriamicrosystems leverages its expertise in low power and high
accuracy to provide industry-leading customized and standard analog
products. Operating worldwide with more than 1,000 employees,
austriamicrosystems focuses on the areas of power management, sensors
& sensor interfaces, portable audio and car access in its markets
Communications, Industry & Medical and Automotive, complemented by
its Full Service Foundry activities. austriamicrosystems is listed on
the SWX Swiss Exchange in Zurich (ticker symbol: AMS). For more
information, please visit the web site at
www.austriamicrosystems.com.

end of announcement euro adhoc 23.07.2007 18:00:00
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Email: investor@austriamicrosystems.com

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