WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 13, 2004--Diodes Incorporated (Nasdaq:DIOD), a leading manufacturer and supplier of high quality discrete semiconductors, announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Diodes Incorporated Taiwan Co., Ltd., was named the outstanding supplier of discrete components by Samsung Electronics Taiwan Co., Ltd for 2003.

Diodes, Inc. was recognized as one of the ten outstanding suppliers of Samsung for excellent sales and marketing performance that contributed to the enhancement of Samsung's position in the worldwide electronics industry. The evaluation standards included general management performance, product development, quality control, cost control and customer satisfaction.

"We are honored to receive Samsung's award which validates our strong partnership developed in the past several years and our ability to meet Samsung's discrete components needs," said Steven Ho, General Manager of Diodes-Taiwan. "According to Samsung's customer satisfaction survey Diodes, Inc. was ranked #1 or #2 in the majority of the Samsung divisions we service. Diodes' sales with Samsung have grown more than six fold in the past two years."

"In the past few years, Diodes, Inc. has made a significant investment in developing next-generation discrete semiconductor products," said Mark King, Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Diodes, Inc. "Diodes' applications engineers have worked closely with Samsung in order to deliver solutions such as our BAT750 performance Schottky device, and our QZX series Zener array to Samsung's Visual Display division. We look forward to a successful collaboration with Samsung in the future and to strengthening Diodes' position in the Asian market."

About Samsung Electronics

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. is a global leader in semiconductor, telecommunication, and digital convergence technology. Samsung Electronics employs approximately 75,000 people in 89 offices in 47 countries and business performance for 2002 was record 49.6 billion US$ in sales and 5.9 billion US$ in net income. Samsung Electronics is the world's leading company of advanced semiconductors, TFT-LCDs, CDMA mobile phones, monitors and VCRs. Samsung Electronics consists of four main business units: Device Solution Network, Digital Media Network, Telecommunication Network and Digital Appliance Network Businesses.

About Diodes Incorporated

Diodes Incorporated (Nasdaq:DIOD) is a leading manufacturer and supplier of high-quality discrete semiconductor products, primarily to the communications, computing, industrial, consumer electronics and automotive markets. The Company operates three Far East subsidiaries, Diodes-China (QS-9000 and ISO-14001 certified) in Shanghai, Diodes-Taiwan (ISO-9000 certified) in Taipei, and Diodes-Hong Kong. Diodes-China's manufacturing focus is on subminiature surface-mount devices destined for wireless devices, notebook, flat panel display, digital camera, mobile handset, set-top box, DC to DC conversion, and automotive applications, among others. Diodes-Taiwan is our Asia-Pacific sales, logistics and distribution center. Diodes-Hong Kong covers sales, warehouse and logistics functions. The Company's 5" wafer foundry, Diodes-FabTech (QS-9000 certified), specializes in Schottky products and is located just outside Kansas City, Missouri. The Company's ISO-9001:2000 corporate sales, marketing, engineering and logistics headquarters is located in Southern California. For further information, including SEC filings, visit the Company's website at www.diodes.com.

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             Carl Wertz, 805-446-4800
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             or
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