SHELTON, CT and HSINCHU, TAIWAN – June 28, 2010 –TranSwitch® Corporation (NASDAQ: TXCC), a leading provider of semiconductor solutions for the converging voice, data and video network, today announced that Global Unichip Corporation (GUC; TW:3443), the world’s-leading fabless ASIC service provider, adopted TranSwitch’s HD-PXL™-1.4 IP cores supporting the latest HDMI 1.4 specifications. Global Unichip will incorporate TranSwitch’s IP cores in its ASIC service offering for Consumer Electronics applications.

“We have selected TranSwitch’s IP for HDMI primarily because TranSwitch meets the full HDMI 1.4 rate requirement including support for full-rate 3D HDTV,” said Dr. Keh-Ching Huang, Director of Marketing and IP Sourcing of GUC. “TranSwitch’s field-proven track record in providing world-class intellectual property cores for high speed interfaces gives us high confidence that it will accelerate the silicon success for our customers, and we look forward to working closely with TranSwitch going forward on this and future technologies.”

“Our HD-PXL-1.4 cores have a major performance advantage over competitors as we are the only IP provider that meets the full requirement of HDMI 1.4 including full-rate 3-D television,” said Amir Bar-Niv, Vice President for Systems and Applications at TranSwitch Corporation. “The transmitter and receiver HD-PXL-1.4 cores are available today in the TSMC 65nm process, and will be offered in 40nm version later this year. In addition, we plan to introduce an HDMI 1.4 Ethernet Channel (HEC) offering based on our widely deployed industry standard Ethernet PHY IP cores,” concluded Bar-Niv.

Forward-looking statements in this release, including statements regarding management's expectations for future financial results and the markets for TranSwitch's products, are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Investors are cautioned that these forward-looking statements regarding TranSwitch, its operations and its financial results involve risks and uncertainties, including without limitation risks associated with acquiring new businesses; of downturns in economic conditions generally and in the telecommunications and data communications markets and the semiconductor industry specifically; risks in product development and market acceptance of and demand for TranSwitch's products and products developed by TranSwitch's customers; risks relating to TranSwitch's indebtedness; risks of failing to attract and retain key managerial and technical personnel; risks associated with foreign sales and high customer concentration; risks associated with competition and competitive pricing pressures; risks associated with investing in new businesses; risks of dependence on third-party VLSI fabrication facilities; risks related to intellectual property rights and litigation; risks in technology development and commercialization; and other risks detailed in TranSwitch's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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For More Information Contact:

TranSwitch Corporation
David Aquilino
Marcom Manager
203-929-8810 ext. 2257

Global Unichip Corporation
Eva Huang
Marcom Specialist
+886-3-5646600 ext. 6601