Exhibit 99.1

      PERICOM SEMICONDUCTOR ELECTS DR. SIMON WONG TO ITS BOARD OF DIRECTORS

     SAN JOSE, Calif., Aug. 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Pericom Semiconductor
Corporation (Nasdaq: PSEM) today announced the election of Dr. Simon Wong to its
Board of Directors. He will begin serving on the board on September 1, 2006.

     Dr. Simon Wong is a Professor of Electrical Engineering at Stanford
University and is a Fellow of the IEEE. He is an expert in CMOS devices and
integrated components for RF operations. In 1998, he was a member of the team
that founded Atheros Communications (ATHR), a fables semiconductor company
focusing on WiFi products. Between 2001 and 2003, he was the CEO of the Hong
Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute. He currently serves on
the advisory boards of a few fabless semiconductor companies. He received his
PhD from the University of California, Berkeley.

     Alex Hui, President and CEO, said of Dr. Wong's appointment, "We are very
pleased to have Dr. Wong join our Board of Directors. His background and
experience in the semiconductor field should prove to be a vital resource to
help us formulate our future strategy in technology and product development."

     Pericom Semiconductor Corporation offers customers worldwide the industry's
most complete silicon and quartz-based solutions for the Computing,
Communications, and Industrial market segments. Our broad portfolio of
leading-edge analog, digital, and mixed-signal integrated circuits and SaRonix
frequency control products are essential in the timing, transferring, routing,
and translating of high-speed signals as required by today's ever-increasing
speed and bandwidth demanding applications. Company headquarters are in San
Jose, California, with design centers and sales offices located globally.
http://www.pericom.com

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