WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif., March 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Diodes Incorporated (Nasdaq: DIOD), today updated its guidance for the first quarter of 2007.

As a result of greater than anticipated pressure on selling prices, the Company narrowed its guidance range for first quarter 2007 revenue to $91 to $93 million, and expects gross margin to be comparable to 100 basis points lower than the 33.4% recorded in the fourth quarter 2006.

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 sales, marketing, engineering and logistics headquarters 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 fluctuations in product demand, the introduction of new products, the Company's ability to maintain customer and vendor relationships, technological advancements, impact of competitive products and pricing, growth in targeted markets, risks of foreign operations, and other information detailed from time to time in the Company's filings with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

    CONTACT:  Carl Wertz, Chief Financial Officer, Diodes Incorporated
              (805) 446-4800
              e-mail:  carl_wertz@diodes.com

              or

              Crocker Coulson, President, Coffin Communications Group,
              (310) 231-8600, e-mail: crocker.coulson@ccgir.com

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.

SOURCE  Diodes Incorporated
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    /CONTACT:  Carl Wertz, Chief Financial Officer of Diodes Incorporated,
+1-805-446-4800, carl_wertz@diodes.com; or Crocker Coulson, President of
Coffin Communications Group, +1-310-231-8600, crocker.coulson@ccgir.com, for
Diodes Incorporated/
    /Web site:  http://www.diodes.com /
    (DIOD)

CO:  Diodes Incorporated
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