Tundra and Future Electronics sign distribution agreement for the Americas

Global Partnership Will Extend Tundra's Market Reach

OTTAWA, ON, Aug. 18 /CNW Telbec/ - Tundra Semiconductor Corporation
(TSX: TUN), the leader in System Interconnect, today announced a new
distribution agreement with Future Electronics. Future will promote, supply
and support Tundra products throughout North and South America, expanding
product access and support options for customers in the region. Building on
relationships established in Africa, Asia, Europe and the Middle East, this
agreement now extends the partnership to provide seamless global customer
support, a key factor for success in the evolving electronics industry.
The partnership blends Tundra's industry-leading System Interconnect
portfolio with Future's regional strength, technical resources and portfolio
of complementary product lines, such as that from Freescale Semiconductor.
Tundra's portfolio of host bridges for PowerPC(R) are the industry's leading
companion chips for Freescale Semiconductor's high performance PowerPC
processors, so customers can now benefit from the ability to source Tundra
products as part of comprehensive system solutions supported by Future and
their extensive portfolio of relationships.
"We are confident of the potential surrounding this expanded partnership
with Tundra," said Gerry Duggan, President and COO of Future Electronics, "Our
broad base of customers, including those in high-growth markets using
RapidIO(R) and PCI, will benefit from Future Electronics' strong engineering
alignment and Tundra's industry-leading System Interconnect products." He
added, "With Tundra's successful new portfolios of host bridges for PowerPC
and RapidIO switch products, portfolios that span across virtually all market
segments, we have found that Tundra is a great fit for our global customer
base."
"Tundra is continually evaluating ways to better serve its customers as
well as to meet its business growth objectives, by reaching out to new
customers," said Joe Connelly, Vice President, Sales of Tundra. "With the
extension of the relationship with Future to provide support around the globe,
we have teamed with a strong partner to ensure continued growth of our System
Interconnect business across a wide customer base."

ABOUT TUNDRA

Tundra Semiconductor Corporation delivers standards-based System
Interconnect for use by the world's leading vendors of wireless
infrastructure, networking, storage and pervasive computing systems. Tundra
System Interconnect allows customers to link critical system components while
compressing development cycles and maximizing performance. For more
information, please visit www.tundra.com .

ABOUT FUTURE ELECTRONICS

Future Electronics, a global leader in electronics distribution, ranks
3rd in component sales worldwide. Founded in 1968, the company has emerged as
one of the most important entities in the electronics distribution industry
and today, is recognized around the globe as one of the industry's most
innovative organizations. This position is built upon Future's commitment to
maintain close business partnerships with both suppliers and customers,
coupled with the strength of its commercial and technical competencies through
all stages of the design-production cycle. The company employs 5,000 employees
in 157 offices in 37 countries around the world. Future Electronics' web site
can be accessed at www.FutureElectronics.com .

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