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SST Appoints New Independent Member to Board of Directors SUNNYVALE, Calif., April 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- SST (Silicon Storage Technology, Inc.), (NASDAQ:SSTI), a leader in flash memory technology, today announced the appointment of Terry M. Nickerson to its Board of Directors, effective April 18, 2005, bringing the board membership to six. Mr. Nickerson is expected to assume chairmanship of SST's Audit Committee following the 2005 Annual Meeting of Shareholders and is an audit committee financial expert, as such term is defined by SEC rules and regulations. "We are excited to welcome Terry as an instrumental member of our strategic leadership team. He brings additional financial expertise and management savvy to our well-rounded Board of Directors. His appointment is indicative of the company's desire to maintain a highly-qualified and professional Board," said Bing Yeh, SST's president and chief executive officer. From 2001 to 2005 Nickerson was the chief financial officer of ATI Technologies Inc. From 1988 to 1990, he was chief financial officer of Northern Telecom Ltd. While with Northern Telecom, he was also president of Northern Telecom Electronics, a subsidiary responsible for the company's ASIC and Printed Circuit Board manufacturing. Nickerson spent more than 18 years at IBM, primarily in finance and planning roles. He also managed the IBM plant in Don Mills, Ontario, which later became Celestica Inc. While with both IBM and Northern Telecom, he served on international assignments covering Asia, Europe, and Latin America. Nickerson has a Bachelor of Science degree in Metallurgy Engineering from Queen's University and a MBA from Harvard. About Silicon Storage Technology, Inc. Headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, SST designs, manufactures and markets a diversified range of nonvolatile memory solutions, based on proprietary, patented SuperFlash technology, for high volume applications in the digital consumer, networking, wireless communications and Internet computing markets. SST's product families include various densities of high functionality flash memory components, flash mass storage products and flash microcontrollers. SST also offers its SuperFlash technology for embedded applications through its world-class manufacturing partners and technology licensees including 1st Silicon (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd., Grace Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation (Grace), IBM, Motorola, Inc., National Semiconductor Corporation, NEC Corporation, Oki Electric Industry Co. Ltd., Powerchip Semiconductor Corp., Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., SANYO Electric Co., Ltd., Seiko Epson Corp., Shanghai Hua Hong NEC Electronics Co., Ltd., Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (TSMC), Toshiba Corporation, Vanguard International Semiconductor Corporation and Winbond Electronics Corp. TSMC offers embedded SuperFlash under its trademark Emb-FLASH. Further information on SST can be found on the company's Web site at http://www.sst.com/ . Forward-Looking Statements Except for the historical information contained herein, this news release contains forward-looking statements regarding flash memory market conditions, the company's future financial performance, the performance of new products and the company's ability to bring new products to market that involve risks and uncertainties. These risks may include timely development, acceptance and pricing of new products, the terms and conditions associated with licensees' royalty payments, the impact of competitive products and pricing, and general economic conditions as they affect the company's customers, as well as other risks detailed from time to time in the company's SEC reports, including the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2004. For more information about SST and the company's comprehensive list of product offerings, please call 1-888-SST-CHIP. Information can also be requested via email to or through SST's Web site at http://www.sst.com/ . SST's head office is located at 1171 Sonora Court, Sunnyvale, Calif.; telephone: 408-735-9110; fax: 408-735-9036. NOTE: The SST logo and SuperFlash are registered trademarks of Silicon Storage Technology, Inc. Emb-FLASH is a trademark of TSMC. All other trademarks or registered trademarks are the property of their respective holders. For More Information Contact: Jack K. Lai Vice President & Chief Financial Officer Silicon Storage Technology, Inc. 408-735-9110 Leslie Green Stapleton Communications Inc. 650-470-0200 DATASOURCE: Silicon Storage Technology, Inc. CONTACT: Jack K. Lai, Vice President & Chief Financial Officer of Silicon Storage Technology, Inc., +1-408-735-9110, or ; or Leslie Green of Stapleton Communications Inc., +1-650-470-0200, for Silicon Storage Technology, Inc. Web site: http://www.sst.com/

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