DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 31, 2008--Diodes Incorporated (Nasdaq: DIOD), a leading manufacturer and supplier of high-quality application specific standard products within the broad discrete and analog semiconductor markets, today announced that it has been named among "America's 25 Fastest-Growing Tech Companies" by Forbes, Inc., ranking 22nd based on its five-year sales growth rate of 28 percent according to their special report at www.forbes.com.

"We are delighted to be recognized by Forbes, a widely respected business and financial news organization, as the 22nd fastest growing technology company in America," commented Dr. Keh-Shew Lu, President and CEO of Diodes Incorporated. "Diodes is the only semiconductor company honored this year, which we believe further validates our core business strategy based on profitable growth."

To determine "America's 25 Fastest-Growing Tech Companies," Forbes measured public technology companies' five-year annualized sales growth rates. Criteria for consideration included a minimum of 10 percent annualized sales growth over the last five years, profitability in the preceding twelve-month period, Thomson IBES consensus earnings forecasts reflecting a minimum of 10 percent annualized earnings growth over the next three to five years and a minimum of $25 million sales during the preceding twelve months. The study also excluded companies with significant legal problems or possible accounting or corporate governance issues.

About Diodes Incorporated

Diodes Incorporated (Nasdaq: DIOD) an S&P SmallCap 600 Index company, is a leading global manufacturer and supplier of high-quality application specific standard products within the broad discrete and analog semiconductor markets, serving the consumer electronics, computing, communications, industrial and automotive markets. Diodes' products include diodes, rectifiers, transistors, MOSFETs, protection devices, functional specific arrays, power management devices including DC-DC switching and linear voltage regulators, amplifiers and comparators, and Hall-effect sensors. The Company has its corporate offices in Dallas, Texas, with a sales, marketing, engineering and logistics office in Southern California; design centers in Dallas, San Jose and Taipei; a wafer fabrication facility in Missouri; two manufacturing facilities in Shanghai; a fabless IC plant in Hsinchu Science Park, Taiwan; engineering, sales, warehouse and logistics offices in Taipei and Hong Kong, and sales and support offices throughout the world. With its recent asset acquisition of APD Semiconductor, a privately held U.S.-based fabless semiconductor company, Diodes acquired proprietary SBR(R) technology. Diodes, Inc.'s product focus is on high-growth end-user equipment markets such as TV/Satellite set-top boxes, portable DVD players, datacom devices, ADSL modems, power supplies, medical devices, wireless notebooks, flat panel displays, digital cameras, mobile handsets, DC to DC conversion, wireless 802.11 LAN access points, brushless DC motor fans, and automotive applications. For further information, including SEC filings, visit the Company's website at http://www.diodes.com.

Safe Harbor Statement Under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995: Any statements set forth above that are not historical facts are forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements. Potential risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, such factors as Company's present and future business strategy, Company's ability to maintain customer and vendor relationships, continue introduction of new products, fluctuations in product demand and supply, future technological advancements in relation to Company products and product manufacturing process, impact of competitive products and pricing, growth in targeted markets, successful integration of acquired companies and/or assets with Diodes' existing operations, the Company's ability to successfully make additional acquisitions, risks of domestic and foreign operations, availability of tax incentives, and other information detailed from time to time in the Company's filings with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

Recent news releases, annual reports, and SEC filings are available at the Company's website: http://www.diodes.com. Written requests may be sent directly to the Company, or they may be e-mailed to: diodes-fin@diodes.com.

    CONTACT: Diodes, Inc.
             Carl Wertz, Chief Financial Officer, 805-446-4800
             carl_wertz@diodes.com
             or
             Investor Relations:
             Shelton Group
             Leanne Sievers, Executive Vice President, 949-224-3874
             lsievers@sheltongroup.com

    SOURCE: Diodes Incorporated