Tvia Inc. Schedules Earnings Conference Call

Tvia Inc. Schedules Earnings Conference Call

Fourth Quarter Ended March 31, 2005

SANTA CLARA, Calif., April 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Tvia Corporation (NASDAQ:TVIA), a leading provider of multimedia display processors for the advanced television and emerging display markets, announced today that a conference call is scheduled for May 17, 2005 at 2:00 p.m. pacific time, to report on the results for the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2005, ended March 31, 2005. Eli Porat, Tvia's president and chief executive officer, and Diane Bjorkstrom, Tvia's chief financial officer, are the scheduled speakers on the call. The company's news release announcing the results will be available on the business wire prior to the start of the conference call.

The live audio conference call will be accessible at URL: www.actioncast.acttel.com (event code is 28244), or by calling 303-262-2130, or toll-free at 1-800-219-6110. After the event, a replay of this call will be available by dialing 303-590-3000 (access code 11027948#), or on Tvia's website, www.tvia.com.

About Tvia

Tvia, Inc. is a fabless semiconductor company focused on designing and producing display processors for the digital and interactive TV market. The Company offers a family of flexible, high-quality display processors to TV manufacturers, creating next-generation digital LCD, HD, progressive-scan TVs and Interactive Set Top Boxes. Tvia provides customers with the foundation for building the most cost-effective TVs and STBs on the market.

Tvia provides customers the foundation for building the most cost-effective display solutions and at the same time raises the bar by enhancing the viewer experience through simultaneous presentation of multiple, independent media streams, and high resolution graphics on one or more displays. More information about Tvia is available at www.tvia.com.

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Information in this release that involves Tvia's expectations, beliefs, hopes, plans, intentions or strategies regarding the future are forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. Forward-looking statements in this press release include statements as to Tvia's focus, strategy and progress, Tvia's development of new products, the features and benefits of Tvia's products, and product acceptance and introduction by customers. All forward-looking statements included in this release are based upon information available to Tvia as of the date of this release, and Tvia assumes no obligation to update any such forward-looking statements. These statements are not guarantees of future performance, and actual results could differ materially from our current expectations. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences or risks associated with our business are discussed in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended March 31, 2004 filed on June 22, 2004, and Form 10-Q for the quarter ended December 31, 2004 filed on February 14, 2005, with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"), and in other reports filed from time to time with the SEC. These risks include, but are not limited to, the slower than anticipated emergence of the interactive television market, our ability to specify, develop or acquire, complete, introduce, market and transition to volume production new products and technologies in a timely manner, and the extent and duration of the current economic and business environment.

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CONTACT: Diane Bjorkstrom, Chief Financial Officer of Tvia Corporation, +1-408-982-8593, or diane@tvia.com

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

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