Ithaca, New York – Monday, March 30, 2009 – Kionix announced today its latest
product and leading innovation in motion-sensing user interfaces for consumer
electronics—the KXTF9 tri-axis accelerometer with Directional Tap/Double-Tap™. Made
possible by an algorithm embedded into the ASIC (Application Specific Integrated
Circuit) of the KXTF9 sensor, this feature creates up to 12, unique, tap-enabled
commands for customer-specified functions. The KXTF9’s feature set comes from a
deep understanding of, and extensive experimental work in, motion-based algorithms by
the Kionix application engineering organization.

KXTF9 Directional Tap/Double-Tap™ operates by the detection of a quick, light tap, or
double tap, on any of the six faces of an object (±X, ±Y, and ±Z). The embedded
algorithm allows the accelerometer to discern a single or double tap and the direction
from which the tap originated. Our customers can use these 12 tap/double taps as
commands to applications on their product thereby creating novel and intuitive user
experiences. \" We\'ll soon see users tapping away at their mobile devices,” said Greg Galvin, President and CEO of Kionix. “A single tap to the face of a cell phone could send the call to
voicemail or silence the ringing; a tap to the left could enable the navigation functionality;
a double tap on the bottom could provide a transition to internet access. The KXTF9
makes this excitingly-simple interface a reality.”

Eric Eisenhut, Vice President for Sales and Marketing, additionally points out, “The
KXTF9 not only carries our newest, fully programmable, Directional Tap/Double-Tap™
feature, but it maintains the orientation-detection and low-power motion interrupt
algorithms that premiered in our KXTE9 product. Kionix’s leading knowledge of sensors
and embedded algorithms allows us to address directly the market’s expectation for an
intuitive and natural interaction with the electronics we carry.”

With an industry-standard I2C interface, the KXTF9 features include a userprogrammable
Output Data Rate (ODR) with analog-to-digital conversions executed at
user-defined sampling rates, selectable 8-bit or 12-bit resolution, user-selectable g-range
(2g, 4g, and 8g), and a digital high-pass filter with a user-selectable cut-off frequency.
Packaged in a 3x3x0.9mm, 10-pin, LGA, the KXTF9 is pin compatible with Kionix’s
KXSD9 and KXTE9 sensors and operates at supply voltages from 1.8V to 3.6V DC. The
features of the KXTF9 can be evaluated by customers by using Kionix development
tools and software support.

About Kionix

Kionix, Inc. (Ithaca, NY), is a global leader in silicon-micromachined inertial sensors,
particularly in consumer electronics markets. The privately-held company was founded
in 1993 to pioneer high aspect-ratio silicon micromachining based on research originally
conducted at Cornell University. Consumer electronics leaders worldwide utilize Kionix\'s
technology for a wide variety of applications, including motion-based gaming, userinterface
and power-management functions in mobile handsets, personal navigation,
and hard disk drop protection in mobile products. Kionix’s MEMS products are further
diversified into the automotive, industrial, and health-care sectors. The Company offers
one of the industry’s broadest families of MEMS inertial sensors including single-, dual-,
and tri-axis accelerometers, gyroscopes, and unique combination sensors. Kionix is
ISO9001:2000 and TS16949 registered.

For more information, customers may visit Kionix\'s Web site at www.kionix.com or contact Mr. Johnny Lee at Seraphim,Taiwan distributor of Kionix, tel: 26984660 ext. 219 or email to johnnylee@seraphim.com.tw .

Vendor:

Kionix Inc.