SUNNYVALE, CA — November 6, 2002 — OMNIVISION Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: OVTI), a market-leading independent supplier of CMOS CameraChip™ solutions for high-volume imaging applications, today announced availability of the OV519 JPEG compression chip targeted for mobile phones and PDA’s. Designed specifically to provide low cost compression and a USB interface, the OV519 provides standard JPEG compression capabilities with a serial or SPI port on the chip.

“This latest offering by OMNIVISION underscores our commitment to address the needs of our OEM and ODM customers developing add-on and embedded camera solutions for the PC,” said Kimble Dong, vice president of systems engineering for OMNIVISION. “The OV519 was designed to provide a lower cost and simpler solution for our customers, replacing both our OV511+ and our OV518+ chips.”

The OV519 works seamlessly with OMNIVISION’s standard and custom CameraChips™ and modules. It can be integrated into PC cameras and other consumer electronic imaging devices. Chip features include:

• Full USB support (v1.1) including 2 selectable default hardwired video/audio descriptors as well as options for additional customer-specific USB PIDs.
• High-performance video transfer rates of up to 20FPS for SVGA and up to 30FPS for VGA, CIF/SIF & QCIF/QSIF formats with selectable YUV 4:2:2 , 4:2:0, 4:1:1 or 4:0:0 formatting.
• Full USB audio interface (Class 1.0 compliance) incorporating a 16-Bit mono ADC for microphone usage with sampling rates of 8KHz, 16KHz and 24KHz.
• Low voltage 2.5V (Core) and 3.3V (I/O) operation.
• 8-Bit 8051-compatible microcontroller, with embedded 512-byte RAM.
• External system clock or independent crystal operation.
• Down-sampling, Clamping and Windowing (DCW) functions.
• YUV averaging and Y distribution with Y enhancement.
• Defect compensation up to 8 pixels in YUV input.

The OV519 supports up to SVGA (800 x 600 pixels) resolution. Depending on the configuration, the complete camera power consumption is approximately 100 mA at 2.5 Volts. The chip is available in 12×12 (mm) 64pin TQFP or 16×16 (mm) 100 pin TQFP package. The 100 pin TQFP packaged version of the chip can support external memory to expand the buffer capabilities of the camera design and allow for storage of more images prior to transfer to the host.

The OV519 is available immediately for sampling. Initial volume pricing will be below $4.00 US.

About OMNIVISION
OMNIVISION Technologies, Inc. is an independent CameraChip™ solutions provider. Utilizing proprietary design technology for its highly integrated still-photo and video camera solutions for high-volume imaging applications, OMNIVISION integrates multiple image processing and capture functions into a single CameraChip™ design. With the addition of only a lens, the result is a low-cost CameraChip™ that consumes less power, has a greater environmental functioning range and has a smaller footprint than typical CMOS multi-chip image sensor solutions. OMNIVISION’s CameraChip™ solutions are in cell phones, personal digital assistants, automobiles and industrial machine vision applications, as well as surveillance and biometric security applications. OMNIVISION is based in Sunnyvale, California. For more information about the company, visit our Website at www.ovt.com.

OMNIVISION and CameraChip™ are trademarks of OMNIVISION Technologies, Inc. All other trade, product or service names referenced in this release may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders.

Certain statements in this press release, including statements regarding the characteristics and functionality of the Company’s OV519 JPEG compression chip, the anticipated benefits which the OV519 JPEG compression chip will provide for camera manufacturers and customers and the initial pricing of the OV519 JPEG compression chip are forward looking statements that are subject to risks and uncertainties. These risks and uncertainties, which could cause the forward looking statements and OMNIVISION’s results to differ materially, include, without limitation: potential errors, design flaws or other problems with the Company’s OV519 JPEG compression chip; customer acceptance and demand for the OV519 JPEG compression chip; the Company’s ability to successfully address the functionality of the OV519 JPEG compression chip, including its performance and reliability; the growth of the markets for the OV519 JPEG compression chip and the other risks detailed from time to time in OMNIVISION’s Securities and Exchange Commission filings and reports, including, but not limited to, OMNIVISION’s quarterly reports filed on form 10-Q. OMNIVISION disclaims any obligation to update information contained in any forward looking statement.