Vimicro International Corporation : Vimicro to Present at the 15th Annual Needham Growth Conference

BEIJING, Jan. 8, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Vimicro International Corporation (NASDAQ: VIMC) ("Vimicro" or the "Company"), a leading PC-camera processor and IP-based surveillance solution provider, today announced that the Company will present at the upcoming 15th Annual Needham Growth Conference to be held at the New York Palace Hotel. Dr. John Deng, Vimicro's Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, and David Tang, Vimicro's Chief Financial Officer, will discuss the Company's business and outlook.

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The details of Vimicro's presentation at the conference are as follows:

        Date:                   Thursday, January 17, 2013
    Time:                    2:50 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
                             Eastern Standard Time
    Venue:                   The Stanford Room, Villard
                             Mansion
                            The New York Palace
                            455 Madison Avenue
                            New York, NY 10022

Investors attending the conference and interested in a one-on-one meeting with the Company should contact their Needham representative, or one of the IR representatives listed on this release.

The Needham Growth Conference (NGC) gives institutional investors, private equity firms and venture capitalists access to 350 growth companies from a broad range of industries including Clean Technology, Communications, Consumer, Enterprise Infrastructure, Healthcare, Internet & Digital Media, Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment and Software & Services sectors. In addition to presentations by senior executives, the NGC features three outstanding keynote speakers, and a variety of thematic panels. These panels feature senior managers and industry experts discussing critical topics that will impact technology stock valuations in 2013 and beyond. A key goal of the NGC is to deliver investable choices coupled with a better understanding of the rapidly changing environment in which each company operates. The NGC's early January timing makes it the perfect way to start the year, with a critical eye toward creating the ideal portfolio for 2013. The 3-day NGC features public and private company presentations, Q&A sessions, and 1-on-1 meetings for qualified institutional investors and venture capital firms.

About Vimicro International Corporation

Vimicro International Corporation is a leading multimedia semiconductor and solution provider that designs, develops and markets mixed-signal semiconductor products and system-level solutions that enable multimedia capabilities in a variety of products for PC/Notebook, consumer electronics and surveillance markets. Vimicro is aggressively expanding business into the surveillance market with system-level solutions and semiconductor products to capitalize on China's domestic demand. Vimicro's ADSs, each of which represents four ordinary shares, are currently trading on the NASDAQ Global Market under the ticker symbol "VIMC."

        Company Contact:                        Investor Contact:
    Vimicro International Corporation       CCG Investor Relations
    Mr. David Tang, Chief Financial Officer Mr. John Harmon, CFA, Sr. Account Manager
    Phone: [phone] ext. 8811     Phone: [phone] (Beijing)
    E-mail: [e-mail]          E-mail: [e-mail]

    Ms. Na Zhang, Assistant to the CFO      Mr. Roger Ellis, Senior Partner & SVP for M.I.
    Phone: [phone] ext. 7552     Phone: [phone] (Los Angeles)
    E-mail: [e-mail]             E-mail: [e-mail]
    www.vimicro.com                         www.ccgir.com
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