TAIPEI, Taiwan, July 23, 2008 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Silicon Motion Technology Corporation (Nasdaq:SIMO), a leading fabless semiconductor company that designs, develops, and markets high-performance, low-power semiconductor solutions for the multimedia consumer electronics market, today announced that it will participate in the following upcoming conferences:

  The 10th Anniversary Pacific Crest Technology Leadership Forum
  Tuesday, August 5, 2008 at 8:30 a.m. (Mountain Daylight Time)
  Sonnenalp Resort - Vail, CO

  Citi's 15th Annual Global Technology Conference
  Thursday, September 4, 2008 at 1:45 p.m. (Eastern Time)
  Hilton New York Hotel - New York, NY

  Deutsche Bank 2008 Technology Conference
  Wednesday, September 10, 2008 at 3:40 p.m. (Pacific Time)
  The Palace Hotel - San Francisco, CA

  The 9th Credit Suisse Asian Technology Conference
  Thursday & Friday, September 18-19 (meetings only; no webcast)
  Grand Hyatt Taipei Hotel - Taipei, Taiwan

Interested parties can listen to a live audio webcast of the Company's presentation on the Investor Relations section of Silicon Motion's website at www.siliconmotion.com. A replay of the webcast will be available for 90 days following the events.

About Silicon Motion:

We are a fabless semiconductor company that designs, develops and markets high performance, low-power semiconductor solutions for the multimedia consumer electronics market. We have three major product lines: mobile storage, mobile communications, and multimedia SoCs. Our mobile storage business is composed of microcontrollers used in NAND flash memory storage products such as flash memory cards, USB flash drives, SSDs, embedded flash applications, and card readers. Our mobile communications business is composed of mobile TV tuners, CDMA RF ICs, and electronic toll collection RF ICs. Our multimedia SoCs business is composed of products that support MP3 players, PC cameras, and embedded graphics applications.

CONTACT:  Silicon Motion Technology Corporation
          Investor Contact:
          Selina Hsieh, Investor Relations
            +886 3 552 6888 x2311
            Fax: +886 3 552 6988
            ir@siliconmotion.com
          Media Contact:
	  Sara Hsu, Project Manager
            +886 2 2219 6688 x3509
            Fax: +886 2 2219 6868
	    sara.hsu@siliconmotion.com.tw

          Christensen
          Tip Fleming, Vice President
          +852 9212 0684
          tfleming@ChristensenIR.com