For more informationvisit Sigma Designs Inc

For more information,visit Sigma Designs, Inc.Sigma Designs is a leading fabless provider of highly integratedsystem-on-chip, or SoC, solutions that are used to deliver multimediaentertainment throughout the home. Sigma's SoC solutions combine itssemiconductors and software and are a critical component of multiplehigh-growth, consumer applications that process digital video and audiocontent, including internet protocol TV, or IPTV, high definition DVDplayers, high definition TVs, or HDTVs, and portable media players.Headquartered in Milpitas, Calif., Sigma Designs also has salesrepresentatives in the United States, Belgium, China, Japan and Taiwan andsells its products through a third-party distributor in Korea. For moreinformation, please visit Sigma Designs' web site at Contacts:Susan CainCain Communications for SidenseTel: 503-538-2747Email: Email ContactJim LipmanSidenseTel: 925-606-1370Email: Email ContactAllyson StinchfieldAtomic PR for Sigma DesignsTel: 415-402-0230Email: Email ContactKen LoweSigma Designs, Inc.Tel: 408-957-9850Email: Email ContactCopyright 2009, Market Wire, All rights reserved.-0-. NEW YORK, NY, Jan 06 (MARKET WIRE) FRSGlobal, the only global provider of risk and regulatory compliancesolutions with coverage for over 30 countries, today announced that ithas released a validation and audit platform for the advanced approach toBasel II.FRSGlobal has taken the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council(FFIEC) 101 templates and mapped them to their data integration platformto provide an automated advanced approach to Basel II reporting solution.The FRSGlobal advanced approach to Basel II reporting solution isavailable now.Richard Ferrari, Vice President - Americas, FRSGlobal, commented:"Banks looking to implement an advanced approach to Basel II solution thatmeets the requirements of the FFIEC now have an automated solution basedon proven technology. The FRSGlobal reporting solution is currently beingused by over 1,500 financial organizations around the world."About FRSGlobal is the only provider of global risk management and regulatorycompliance reporting solutions on a unified platform with a single globaldata model that has coverage for over 30 countries.The firm is dedicated to risk and regulatory compliance and suppliesfinancial organisations worldwide with an independent and cost-effectivemulti-country risk management and regulatory reporting platform.Subscribing clients benefit from the FRSGlobal Guarantee "to keep thereports up-to-date with regulators' requirements" and the FRSGlobalREPORTINGCentre which provides reports that meet regulators' requirements,covering all the major financial instruments, and has the ability tocreate and run ad-hoc (internal/prescriptive-style) reports using datastored in the centralised risk management and regulatory data repository.FRSGlobal RISKCentre encompasses the RiskProfessional (riskpro(TM)) whichcovers Asset Liability Management (ALM), market and credit risk analyticsincluding exposure analysis, value at risk, funds transfer pricing,dynamic simulation, limits, historisation, Basel I and II, risk-adjustedperformance analysis, credit exposure, credit loss and IFRS 39 andRiskResolve is highly configurable enterprise operational risk solutionthat provides a unified, consistent framework for defining, measuring andmanaging risks, internal controls.FRSGlobal has nearly 20 years of industry expertise and its solutions areused in over 1500 financial organisations including 41 of the top 50global banking institutions.

FRSGlobal dedicates 25 of R&D annualexpenditure to researching regulations and meeting with regulators, whichresults in an unparalleled Centre of Risk & Regulatory Excellence (CoR2E)that supports the FRSGlobal Guarantee.FRSGlobal is headquartered in Brussels with a further 19 other offices inNorth America (Boston, New York and Toronto), Europe (Amsterdam, Brussels,Dublin, Lisbon, London, Luxembourg, Madrid, Paris, Zurich, Lausanne,Warsaw and Cluj-Napoca (Romania)), Dubai and Asia Pacific and Japan (HongKong, Pune and Singapore).COMPANY CONTACTFRSGlobalRebecca BondGlobal Director of MarketingTel: 44 (0) 20 7539 6548Email:Email ContactUS PR Contact:Michael KaneTel: (978) 698-7602Email: Email ContactPRESS CONTACTPenrose FinancialAndrew NicollsSenior PartnerTel: 44 (0) 20 7786 4881Email:Email ContactCopyright 2009, Market Wire, All rights reserved.-0-. U.S. Soccer has announced its Male, Female, Young Male and Young Female Athletes of the Year for 2009, with the Female honoree being Saint Louis Athletica and U.S Women's National Team's No. 1 goalkeeper Hope Solo.Solo is the first goalkeeper to be named the U.S Soccer Female Athlete of the Year.The U.S. Soccer Athlete of the Year award is the highest honor granted to a soccer player in the United States The voting consisted of ballots from the media, fans, U.S Soccer representatives and Board of Directors. Solo kicked off the year by winning MVP honors at the Algarve Cup in Portugal.

After a rocky start in the inaugural season of the Women's Professional Soccer league (WPS), she proved to not only be a top-notch goalkeeper, but a commanding defensive leader as she helped lead Athletica from the bottom of the standings to finish second place and secure a playoff spot.Aside from being named the Coast Guard Goalkeeper of the Year and winning the most fan votes for the All-Star Game, Solo made WPS history by becoming the first goalkeeper in the league to assist in a goal (watch the video here and proceed to the 40th second mark).Her spectacular save at the playoff game against Sky Blue FC made it to No. 1 in the league's top five saves, shown at the WPS All-Star Game pre-show (below is a highlight reel of the aforementioned match, with Solo's save at the beginning of the clip) Solo was instrumental in the U.S. Women's National Team's undefeated record in 2009, allowing only one goal the whole year The friendly against Germany, the No. 2-ranked team in the world, had the Germans gain possession of the ball most of the match but could not score, thanks to the efforts of Solo and her back four.Other winners of the U.S.