SYXI Ixys

IXYS Corporation (NASDAQ:SYXI) announced today that it was listed again in the San Jose Mercury News "SV150," Silicon Valley's Largest Publicly Traded Companies. The Silicon Valley 150 ranks public companies that are headquartered in Silicon Valley on the basis of worldwide yearly revenues, mostly for calendar 2005. It took about $111 million in 2005 revenues to make the list this year. The report was published in the Business section of the San Jose Mercury News on Monday, April 10, 2006. IXYS Corporation has climbed in this list for the last four years, making it to the top 100 ranked companies. In this year's report, IXYS was ranked as the 97th largest company, moving up from the 100th place earned last year. "We are pleased to be part of this honor roll, which includes Hewlett Packard, Intel and Cisco at the top. We are proud of our Silicon Valley heritage, which dates to the founding of IXYS here in Santa Clara in 1983. We have tripled our revenues during the last four fiscal years, surpassing companies like Micrel, Actel, and Power Integration," commented Dr. Nathan Zommer, CEO of IXYS. "It's a tribute to our global management team, and it reaffirms our growth strategy." IXYS develops and markets primarily high performance power semiconductors and control ICs that are used in controlling and converting electrical power efficiently in power systems for telecommunications infrastructure, motor drives, medical systems and transportation. IXYS also serves emerging markets with a combination of digital and analog integrated circuits to control flat panel displays, medical instruments and telecommunications products. Additional information may be obtained by visiting IXYS' website at http://www.ixys.com, or by contacting IXYS directly.