Zoran Corporation Announces Completion of Emblaze Semiconductor Acquisition

SUNNYVALE, Calif., July 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Zoran Corporation, a leading provider of digital solutions on-a-chip for applications in the growing digital entertainment and digital imaging markets (NASDAQ: ZRAN), today announced the completion of its acquisition of Emblaze Semiconductor, a subsidiary of Emblaze Ltd. (LSE: BLZ) and a provider of semiconductor-based solutions for high volume multimedia mobile phones. Zoran does not anticipate that the transaction will have any impact on its current earnings forecast for the remainder of 2004.

About Zoran

Zoran Corporation, based in Sunnyvale, California, is a leading provider of digital solutions-on-a-chip for applications in the growing digital entertainment and digital imaging markets. With two decades of expertise developing and delivering digital signal processing technologies, Zoran has pioneered high-performance digital audio, video, and imaging applications. Zoran's proficiency in integration delivers major benefits for OEM customers, including greater capabilities within each product generation, reduced system costs, and shorter time to market. Zoran-based DVD, digital camera, DTV, and imaging products have received recognition for excellence and are now in millions of homes and offices worldwide. With headquarters in the U.S. and operations in Canada, China, Europe, Israel, Japan, Korea, and Taiwan, Zoran may be contacted on the World Wide Web at http://www.zoran.com/ or at 408-523-6500.

Forward Looking Statements

This press release includes a number of forward-looking statements that reflect Zoran's views with respect to future events and financial performance. These forward-looking statements are subject to a variety of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those currently projected. These uncertainties include the risk of potential problems related to the assimilation and integration of the operations, technologies and products of Emblaze Semiconductor with those of Zoran, as well as other risks and uncertainties associated with the rapidly evolving markets for the Company's products, intensive competition in those markets, the Company's reliance on independent foundries and contractors for its wafer supplies and product assembly and testing and its ability to ramp up manufacturing capacity to meet changing customer requirements; the effects of changes in revenue and product mix on the Company's gross margins; the Company's historic dependence on sales to a limited number of large customers and fluctuations in customer and product mix among those customers; the dependence on key Company personnel; the reliance on international sales and operations, particularly the Company's operations in Israel; and the effects of general business and changing economic conditions on the markets that the Company serves. Further information regarding these and other risks and uncertainties can be found in the Company's filings that have been made with the SEC.

CONTACT: Karl Schneider, Chief Financial Officer of Zoran Corporation,
+1-408-523-6500, or ir@zoran.com; or investors, Bonnie McBride,
+1-415-388-1635, or bonnie@mcbridegrp.com, for Zoran Corporation

Web site: http://www.zoran.com/