IXYS Gets Selected Into The Silicon Valley 150 List; Progressing In The Top 100

IXYS Corporation (NASDAQ:SYXI) announced today that it
was listed again in the San Jose Mercury News "SV150," Silicon
Valley's Largest Publicly Traded Companies. The Silicon Valley 150
ranks public companies that are headquartered in Silicon Valley on the
basis of worldwide yearly revenues, mostly for calendar 2005. It took
about $111 million in 2005 revenues to make the list this year. The
report was published in the Business section of the San Jose Mercury
News on Monday, April 10, 2006.
   IXYS Corporation has climbed in this list for the last four years,
making it to the top 100 ranked companies. In this year's report, IXYS
was ranked as the 97th largest company, moving up from the 100th place
earned last year.
   "We are pleased to be part of this honor roll, which includes
Hewlett Packard, Intel and Cisco at the top. We are proud of our
Silicon Valley heritage, which dates to the founding of IXYS here in
Santa Clara in 1983. We have tripled our revenues during the last four
fiscal years, surpassing companies like Micrel, Actel, and Power
Integration," commented Dr. Nathan Zommer, CEO of IXYS. "It's a
tribute to our global management team, and it reaffirms our growth
strategy."

   IXYS develops and markets primarily high performance power
semiconductors and control ICs that are used in controlling and
converting electrical power efficiently in power systems for
telecommunications infrastructure, motor drives, medical systems and
transportation. IXYS also serves emerging markets with a combination
of digital and analog integrated circuits to control flat panel
displays, medical instruments and telecommunications products.
   Additional information may be obtained by visiting IXYS' website
at http://www.ixys.com, or by contacting IXYS directly.