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24.07.2006

Unterpremstaetten, Austria (July 24, 2006) — austriamicrosystems
(SWX: AMS) continued to grow profitably in the second quarter and
first six months of 2006. The second quarter and first half of 2006
show substantial increases in revenues, margins and earnings,
compared to the previous year.

Consolidated group revenues in the second quarter reached EUR 45.9
million, growing by 14% compared to the same quarter in 2005, in-line
with expectations. Group revenues for the first six months of 2006
increased by 12% to EUR 84.6 million compared to the first half of
2005. In the second quarter austriamicrosystems recorded a gross
margin of 47% compared to 44% in the same quarter of last year, as a
result of improvements in our product mix and manufacturing costs.
For the first half of the current year, gross margin reached 46%, an
increase of two percentage points compared to the first six months of
2005.

The result from operations (EBIT) for the second quarter rose to EUR
6.1 million, an increase of 39% from EUR 4.4 million in the second
quarter of 2005, taking into account expected R&D costs for major
platform developments and SG&A expenses to support
austriamicrosystems’ growing business. The result from operations
(EBIT) for the first half-year 2006 reached EUR 10.4 million compared
to EUR 8.5 million in the same period last year, an increase of 22%.

Net income for the second quarter 2006 grew by 61% to EUR 5.7 million
from EUR 3.5 million in the comparable period last year. Earnings per
share for the second quarter were CHF 0.81 / EUR 0.51 (basic and
diluted). Net income for the first half of 2006 reached EUR 9.6
million (CHF 1.37 / EUR 0.87 per share) growing by 51% compared to
EUR 6.4 million (CHF 0.90 / EUR 0.58 per share) for the same period
last year. Total backlog increased further reaching EUR 64.6 million
on June 30, 2006, compared to EUR 58.3 million at the end of the
first quarter 2006 and EUR 54.1 million on June 30, 2005.

austriamicrosystems’ strong business performance in the second
quarter demonstrates its attractive market position in high
performance analog semiconductors. Illustrating its leadership in
integrated power management and lighting for handsets,
austriamicrosystems concluded a significant long-term agreement with
a worldwide leader in mobile communications. In portable audio,
leading North American satellite radio provider XM Satellite launched
several portable receivers built around our MP3 and/or power
management solutions while SanDisk, a leader in the MP3 market,
successfully introduced high-capacity video-enabled MP3 players based
on an integrated audio front-end from austriamicrosystems. These
successes confirm austriamicrosystems’ excellent position in
integrated solutions for the MP3 and portable media player market.

In the industrial and medical markets, austriamicrosystems saw
further business expansion in metering and industrial automation and
continuing growth from healthcare IC solutions. In the automotive
area, austriamicrosystems was invited to join the consortium defining
next-generation data bus systems in Japan and launched an automotive
rotary encoder product based on its highly successful encoder
technology. The foundry segment continued to perform well serving a
variety of high quality customers with increasing focus on specialty
processes such as High Voltage and Silicon Germanium.

The new design center in Hyderabad, India, commenced operations in
the second quarter, focusing on embedded software and analog-related
digital design. The new Asian test center in the Philippines set up
to support the growing business in Asia-Pacific and shorten supply
chains also started production in the second quarter. To support
future business growth and manufacturing requirements,
austriamicrosystems has begun preparations for the next capacity
build-out step in its 200 mm wafer fab. The modular expansion is
envisaged to increase manufacturing capacity from 6,500 WSPM to
approx. 8,000 WSPM (wafer starts per month) and to be fully
operational at the end of the first quarter 2007.

Looking forward, austriamicrosystems is excellently positioned for
further growth. Based on available information, austriamicrosystems
confirms the expectation for 2006 full year revenues to increase by
between 10 and 15% compared to last year, accompanied by a
significantly higher growth in earnings.

The complete half-year report 2006 including detailed financial
information is available on austriamicrosystems’ website under
http://www.austriamicrosystems.com/08ir/report.htm

end of announcement euro adhoc 24.07.2006 18:15:00
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Further inquiry note:
Moritz M. Gmeiner
Director Investor Relations
Tel: +43 3136 500-5970
Fax: +43 3136 500-5420
Email: investor@austriamicrosystems.com

Branche: Technology
ISIN: AT0000920863
WKN: 632638
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