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TRPH News Tripath Announces ISO 9001:2000 Certification
SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 26, 2006--Tripath Technology Inc. (OTCBB:TRPH), creators of Class-T(R) 1-bit digital audio amplifiers with Digital Power Processing (DPP(R)), has received the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 9001:2000 Certification.
ISO 9001:2000 is recognized with worldwide acceptance as the comprehensive international standard that defines quality. It provides independent periodic auditing to ensure compliance as well as monitoring continuous improvement initiatives. ISO 9001:2000 defines, validates, and measures compliance on work processes at Tripath including engineering, project management, production, customer satisfaction, and quality.
"We are very proud of this achievement," said Dr. Adya S. Tripathi, president & CEO. "To be registered as an ISO 9001:2000 Certified Manufacturer, Tripath redefined and documented best practices pertaining to our work processes to become more efficient and responsive in achieving our end goal -- guaranteed customer satisfaction. It is one thing to have the commitment to quality -- it is quite another to have the comprehensive processes and innovative procedures that provide consistency of implementation across all projects, by all employees, with checks and balances to ensure project success, which we have accomplished. ISO 9001:2000 emphasizes Tripath's commitment to quality and best practices."
About Tripath Technology Inc.
Based in San Jose, California, Tripath Technology Inc. is a fabless semiconductor company that focuses on providing highly efficient power amplification to the digital media, consumer electronics and communications markets. Tripath owns the patented technology called Digital Power Processing(R) (DPP), which leverages modern advances in digital signal processing and power processing. Tripath markets audio amplifiers with DPP under the brand name Class-T(R). Tripath's current customers include, but are not limited to, companies such as Alcatel, Alpine, Hitachi, JVC, Sanyo, Sharp, Sony and Toshiba. For more information on Tripath, please visit Tripath's web site at www.tripath.com.
Safe Harbor Statement
Certain statements in this release concerning Tripath's ISO 9001 Certification are forward-looking statements that involve a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those described in such statements. The risks and uncertainties include many factors, such as silicon wafer pricing and the availability of foundry and assembly capacity and raw materials, availability and pricing of competing products and technologies that would affect sales and pricing of our products. We may experience fluctuations in the manufacturing yields of our third-party semiconductor foundries and other problems or delays in the fabrication, assembly, testing or delivery of our products. We may not be able to specify, develop or acquire, complete, introduce, market and transition to volume production new products and technologies in a timely manner. Further information regarding these and other risks and uncertainties is included in the Company's United States Securities and Exchange Commission filings, particularly our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended September 30, 2005.
