Techwell Announces Highly Integrated TW2835 Four Channel Video and Audio Controller Solution for CCTV Security Surveillance Systems

Techwell Announces Highly Integrated TW2835 Four Channel Video and Audio Controller Solution for CCTV Security Surveillance Systems

October 30, 2006

Techwell Will Demonstrate the TW2835 at the 2006 International Exhibition Show on Public Safety and Security in Beijing, China October 30-November 2, 2006

    SAN JOSE, Calif. and BEIJING, Oct. 30
/Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- Techwell, Inc. (Nasdaq: TWLL) a
leading designer of mixed signal video semiconductor
solutions for the security surveillance, automotive and
consumer electronics industries, today announced the
release of the TW2835 Four Channel Video and Audio
Controller. Building on the success of the TW2834, the
TW2835 integrates six major blocks into one chip including
four high quality NTSC/PAL video decoders, four audio
A-to-D converters, an audio multiplexer, dual color display
controllers, dual video encoders and an advanced OSD (On
Screen Display). In addition, TW2835 utilizes a single
SDRAM per chip, is available in an optional BGA package,
and has a pin-to-pin sister chip called TW2836 that offers
the same functionality as TW2835 but does not include
audio. Leveraging Techwell's extensive portfolio of
security surveillance IC product solutions, the TW2835 is
another step forward in helping DVR manufacturers improve
quality and functionality, increase time to market, and
reduce cost.  

    Among its many features, the TW2835 supports full
real-time D1 recording, adds channel ID information to the
video stream for auto decoding and display during playback,
and includes a five layer graphic overlay function that
displays character/bitmap for OSD, single box, 2D array
box, and mouse pointer. The TW2835 also contains a simple
interface to support up to 16 channel systems using a
cascading connection. In addition, the TW2835 embeds
several surveillance specific features including Motion
Detection, Zoom, and Horizontal and Vertical Scaling. With
built in anti-aliasing filters and high quality comb
filters to reduce cross-noise, TW2835 is a high performance
and cost effective solution for Digital Video Recorders
(DVR) and Quad/Multiplexers. 

    Amess Kwak, President of Techwell Korea stated,
"We are very pleased to expand our product line with
the introduction of the TW2835 and TW2836. We believe that
the TW2835 is the most feature rich and cost-effective
front end solution for 4, 9 and 16 channel Digital Video
Recorders and Quad/Multiplexers in the market today. We
look forward to continuing to support our customers with
this exciting new IC." 

    Pricing and Availability

    TW2835 and TW2836 are in mass production today. 
Manufactured by TSMC in Taiwan, the TW2835 and TW2836 come
in PQFP or BGA package.  Please contact your local sales
representative for pricing and availability or email
Techwell at [e-mail].  

    About Techwell

    Techwell is a fabless semiconductor company that
designs, markets and sells mixed signal integrated circuits
for multiple video applications in the consumer, security
surveillance and automotive markets. Techwell designs both
general purpose and application specific products that
enable the conversion of analog video signals to digital
form and perform advanced digital video processing to
facilitate the display, storage and transport of video
content. Headquartered in San Jose, CA, Techwell currently
has over 80 employees in the U.S., Korea, Taiwan, China and
Japan. Please visit http://www.techwellinc.com for more
information.

    Forward-looking Statements 

    This press release may contain information considered
to be forward-looking and reflects management's current
expectations. These forward-looking statements may be
identified by terminology such as may, will, could, should,
anticipate and expect and the negative of these terms or
other similar expressions. These are statements that relate
to future events and include, but are not limited to the
anticipated benefits and success of the TW2835 and TW2836. 
We remind you that these statements involve known and
unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may
cause our actual results, performance or achievements to be
materially different from any future results, performance or
achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking
statements. Such factors include, among others: our ability
to identify and retain key customers; our ability to
anticipate consumers' desires and design new products that
incorporate feature sets that are attractive to our
customers; our ability to manage and maintain our
suppliers; our dependence on key employees; and other risk
factors. Please refer to our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August
14, 2006 for a more detailed description of some of these
and other risks and uncertainties that could affect our
performance or achievements. You should not place undue
reliance on these forward-looking statements. Statements in
the release are based upon information known to Techwell as
of the date of this release, and Techwell assumes no
obligation to update this information contained in this
release. Techwell and the Techwell logo are trademarks of
Techwell. All other trademarks are the property of their
respective owners.

    For more information, please contact:

     Sabrina Joseph
     Morphoses
     Public Relations & Marketing Firm
     Tel:   [phone]
     Email: [e-mail]  

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