Crocus Technology Strikes $300 Million Financing Deal with RUSNANO to Build Advanced MRAM Manufacturing Facility in Russia

SUNNYVALE, California, May 17, 2011 - Crocus Technology, a leading developer of MRAM technology, and RUSNANO, a
premier nano-technology investment fund, today announced that they have
closed an agreement to create an MRAM manufacturing company, with a combined
investment totaling $300 million. Under the terms of the agreement, Crocus
and RUSNANO will form Crocus Nano Electronics (CNE), to build an advanced
MRAM facility in Russia, capable of manufacturing medium to high density MRAM
products based on Crocus' Thermally Assisted Switching(TM) (TAS) MRAM
technology at 90nm and 65nm lithographies.

Approximately $125 million will be invested in the first year for setting
up CNE's MRAM facility in Russia. In addition, RUSNANO along with Crocus'
existing investors CDC Innovation, Ventech, IDInvest Partners, NanoDimension,
and Sofinnova Ventures will make an equity investment of $55 million into
Crocus. An additional $120 million is slated to be deployed in subsequent
years to increase production capability of the MRAM facility. Further
investment to support upgrades to 45nm and finer lithographic processing is
also incorporated into this agreement.

"RUSNANO's investment reflects their commitment to breaking down
international divides to stimulate the global nano-technology industry," said
Bertrand F. Cambou, executive chairman of Crocus Technology. "We are pleased
that RUSNANO has chosen to invest in Crocus' technology and is actively
participating in building a unique Russian-based manufacturing facility that
will serve a global market."

"We selected Crocus because we believe their technology is best-in-class
and promises to bring differentiated MRAM products to market", said Anatoly
Chubais, CEO and chairman of the Executive Board of RUSNANO. "Crocus'
executive team has a rich history of cooperation with Russian researchers.
CNE and Crocus will be important elements of RUSNANO's strategy for
establishing the microelectronics industry in Russia based on the world's
best technology."

The Russia-based CNE facility will utilize Crocus' technology to create
the first dedicated magnetic memory wafer fab in the world capable of high
volume manufacturing of MRAM devices on 300mm wafers with 90nm and 65nm
feature sizes. The factory will be designed to add MRAM specific processing
layers to standard CMOS foundry wafers. The production facility is scheduled
to be in operation within two years and will be capable of producing up to
500 wafers per week. Expanded capacity of up to 1000 wafers per week is
anticipated under a second phase of investment. In addition, CNE and Crocus
plan to create a Learning Center and a Development Ecosystem for advanced
memory design and production in the Russian Federation. Crocus will invest
over $5 million initially into Russian research organizations to develop
advanced manufacturing solutions. This research investment will expand over
time to include system-on-chip (SOC) capabilities for secure memory, network
processing, and advanced computing.

CNE's 90nm & 65nm manufacturing capability will enable Crocus to offer
much higher density MRAM devices than currently available. Products
manufactured by CNE will be marketed and sold worldwide by Crocus, excluding
Russia and other former CIS states, while CNE will market directly within the
former CIS. Crocus products sourced by CNE will address key markets such as
storage, mobile communications, networking and cloud computing. In addition
to general purpose memory applications, Crocus' TAS MRAM technology will
serve specific uses in smartcards, network processing, biometric
authentication, near-field communications (NFC), and secure memory. The
unlimited endurance, non-volatility, and fast read/write performance of
Crocus' MRAM technology are extremely valuable for many of these
applications. Crocus' technology will be available for use in both standalone
and embedded applications, addressing a total market opportunity of more than
$40 billion per year.

The CNE joint venture will be complementary to Crocus' previously
announced wafer foundry partnership with TowerJazz, which has successfully
entered the final qualification stage, with production ramp of 130nm MRAM
devices planned for late 2011. In addition, Crocus will continue to work with
SVTC, its process integration R&D partner in San Jose, CA, to develop key
manufacturing process steps to be used by CNE.

In this transaction Crocus was represented by Pinot de Villechenon &
Associes in matters of French law and by CMS in matters of Russian law.

About Crocus Technology

Crocus is a leading developer of magnetoresistive random access memory
(MRAM) technology for dense, non-volatile, high-speed, scalable chip
solutions for general and special purpose applications. The company's MRAM
innovation originated in the Grenoble-based Spintec laboratory, a
world-leading R&D center in Spintronics, affiliated with French national
laboratories CEA and CNRS. The company will offer discrete, high density MRAM
chips that target a wide variety of telecommunication, networking, storage,
computing and handheld applications. The company also licenses its technology
for both standalone and embedded chip applications. Crocus' MRAM technology
is covered by a comprehensive patent portfolio. Find Crocus at:
www.crocustechnology.com.

About RUSNANO

RUSNANO's mission is to develop the Russian nanotechnology industry
through co-investment in nanotechnology projects with substantial economic
potential or social benefit. RUSNANO was established in March 2011 as an open
joint-stock company through the reorganization of state corporation Russian
Corporation of Nanotechnologies, which was founded in 2007. With this
reorganization, the establishment of nanotechnology infrastructure and
training of nanotechnology specialists, which was formerly conducted by the
Russian Corporation of Nanotechnologies, is now entrusted to the newly
created non-commercial Fund for Infrastructure and Educational Programs. The
government of the Russian Federation owns 100 percent of the shares in
RUSNANO. Anatoly Chubais is chairman of the Executive Board of RUSNANO. To
date, RUSNANO has committed 165 billion rubles ($US5.9 billion) to 110
projects with aggregate investments of 368 billion rubles ($US13.2 billion).
More than 67 billion rubles ($US2.4 billion) has already been invested. For
more information, please visit www.rusnano.com

Kerry Elliott of Crocus Technology, +1-408-893-8554, crocuspr at crocus-technology.com; or Michael Popov of RUSNANO, +7-495 988-5388, ext. 1417, cell, +7-985-770-1264, michael.popov at RUSNANO.com; or Crocus Business Press Contact, Virginia Jamieson, +1-650-279-8619, Vjamieson7 at yahoo.com