SST Appoints James R. Boyd as Chief Financial Officer

SST (Silicon Storage Technology, Inc., NASDAQ: SSTI), a leader in flash memory technology, today announced that it has appointed James R. Boyd as chief financial officer, effective June 20, 2007.

Boyd joins SST with more than thirty years of finance experience, including most recently, nine years as a public company CFO. Before joining SST, Boyd spent seven years as chief financial officer for ESS Technology, a manufacturer of DVD and image sensor chips, where he was responsible for all financial and legal functions. Prior to that, Boyd was chief financial officer for Gatefield Corp., a manufacturer of non-volatile reprogrammable FPGAs. He has also held finance positions at companies ranging in size from Fortune 100 firms to start-ups. Boyd holds a bachelor of science degree and master’s degree in business from the University of Wisconsin and a law degree from Golden Gate University School of Law.

“We are very pleased to welcome Jim to SST,” said Bing Yeh, president and CEO. "He has extensive experience in finance, including a number of years as a public company CFO. He brings unique expertise and energy to our management team and we look forward to leveraging his experience as we work through our near-term challenges and execute our diversification strategy into new products and new markets that hold tremendous potential for SST.”