Simtek Corporation Included in Russell Microcap Index

  
    
  
  
    
      Simtek Corporation (NASDAQ:SMTK), 
      the inventor, pioneer, and world’s leading 
      supplier of nonvolatile static random access memory (nvSRAM) integrated 
      circuits, today announced that the Company was added to the Russell 
      Microcap™ Index when Russell Investment Group 
      reconstituted its family of U.S. indexes on June 22, 2007.
    
    
      Membership in the Russell Microcap Index, which remains in place for one 
      year, means automatic inclusion in the appropriate growth and value 
      style indexes. Russell determines membership for its equity indexes 
      primarily by objective market-capitalization rankings and style 
      attributes.
    
    
      “Inclusion in the Microcap reflects our strong 
      financial position and our growing recognition in the investment 
      community,” said Harold Blomquist, president 
      and chief executive officer. “We’re 
      proud of the company’s accomplishments over 
      the past year, and look forward to this added exposure as we continue to 
      execute against our business plan.”
    
    
      Russell indexes are widely used by investment managers and institutional 
      investors for index funds and as benchmarks for both passive and active 
      investment strategies. An industry-leading $4 trillion in assets 
      currently are benchmarked to them.
    
    
      The official membership list can be found on www.russell.com.
    
    
      About Simtek Corporation
    
    
      Simtek Corporation designs and markets high-speed, re-programmable, 
      nonvolatile semiconductor memory products, for use in a variety of 
      systems including RAID servers, storage arrays, GPS navigational 
      systems, industrial controllers, robotics, copiers, avionics, metering, 
      consumer, UPS, and networking and broadcast equipment. Information on 
      Simtek products can be obtained from its web site: www.simtek.com; 
      email: [e-mail]. 
      The company is headquartered in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
    
    
      About Russell:
    
    
      Russell Investment Group aims to improve financial security for people 
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