For more information on Jazz and Tower`s process offerings and design enablementsolutions for the automotive and other industries

For more information on Jazz and Tower`s process offerings and design enablementsolutions for the automotive and other industries, please visit About ISO/TS 16949The ISO/TS 16949 standard is a technical specification defining quality systemrequirements for the design and development, production, installation andservicing of automotive-related products. The standard encourages the use of aprocess approach that is aimed at improving process efficiency and is designedto achieve the highest levels of product quality, productivity, competitiveness,and continual improvement. ISO/TS 16949 was jointly developed by the International Automotive Task Force(IATF) members and approved by the International Organization forStandardization (ISO). IATF members include leading automotive manufacturers andtheir trade associations. This standard, together with any customer-specificrequirements, defines the quality system requirements used in the automotivesupply chain. ISO/TS 16949 is based on ISO 9001:2000, but it includes a number of additionalspecific quality requirements About Tower Semiconductor, Ltd and Jazz Semiconductor, Inc.Tower Semiconductor Ltd. (NASDAQ: TSEM)(TASE: TSEM) is a pure-play independentspecialty wafer foundry and its fully owned U.S.

subsidiary Jazz Semiconductor,Inc., is a leader in Analog-Intensive Mixed-Signal (AIMS) foundry solutions.Tower and Jazzmanufacture integrated circuits with geometries ranging from 1.0to 0.13-micron and provide complementary technical services and design support.In addition to digital CMOS process technology, Tower offers advancedmixed-signal and RF CMOS, Power Management, CMOS image-sensor, non-volatilememory technologies and Flash MTP and OTP solutions. Jazz's comprehensiveprocess portfolio of modular AIMS technologies includes RFCMOS, Analog CMOS,Silicon and SiGe BiCMOS, SiGe C-BiCMOS, MEMS, Power CMOS and High Voltage CMOS.To provide world-class customer service, Tower maintains two manufacturingfacilities in Israel; Jazz maintains a fab in the U.S. and additionalmanufacturing capacity is available in China through partnerships with ASMC andHHNEC. For more information, please visit and. Safe Harbor Regarding Forward-Looking StatementsThis press release includes forward-looking statements, which are subject torisks and uncertainties. Actual results may vary from those projected or impliedby such forward-looking statements. A complete discussion of risks anduncertainties that may affect the accuracy of forward-looking statementsincluded in this press release or which may otherwise affect Tower`s and Jazz`sbusiness is included under the heading "Risk Factors" in Tower`s most recentfilings on Forms 20-F, F-3, F-4 and 6-K, as were filed with the Securities andExchange Commission (the "SEC") and the Israel Securities Authority and Jazz`smost recent filings on Forms 10-K and 10-Q, as were filed with the SEC.

Towerand Jazz do not intend to update, and expressly disclaim any obligation toupdate, the information contained in this release. Jazz Company Contact:Melinda Jarrell, orJazz Media Contact:Lauri Julian, Copyright Business Wire 2009. CARY, N.C.--(Business Wire)--Minot State University was accredited with the CEO Cancer Gold Standard?certification, recognizing the organization`s commitment to the health of theiremployees and family members by certifying their efforts to meet anexceptionally high standard of cancer prevention, screening and care guidelines.William C. Weldon, chairman and chief executive officer of Johnson & Johnsonchairs the CEO Roundtable on Cancer, the nonprofit organization ofcancer-fighting CEOs who created the CEO Cancer Gold Standard?, in collaborationwith the National Cancer Institute, many of its designated cancer centers, theAmerican Cancer Society, CDC and leading health professionals. "Our Gold Standard certification acknowledges that the commitment of Dr. DavidFuller and Minot State University to educating tomorrow`s leaders includes acommitment to supporting their health and well-being as well," said Weldon.