~ Fiscal Year 2006 Revenues Grow 27% ~

Sunnyvale, California, June 15, 2006 – OmniVision Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: OVTI), a leading supplier of CMOS image sensors, today reported financial results for the fiscal fourth quarter and year ended April 30, 2006.

Revenue for the fourth quarter was $131.8 million, compared to $137.3 million in the third quarter of fiscal 2006, and $103.0 million in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2005. Net income in the fourth quarter was $22.5 million, or $0.39 per diluted share, compared to net income of $29.6 million, or $0.53 per diluted share, in the third quarter, and net income of $17.7 million, or $0.30 per diluted share, in the prior year period.

Revenue for the 2006 fiscal year was $491.9 million, compared to $388.1 million in fiscal 2005. Net income for the 2006 fiscal year was $89.1 million, or $1.56 per diluted share, compared to net income of $76.4 million, or $1.24 per diluted share, in fiscal 2005.

Gross margin for the fourth quarter was 36.8% compared to 40.3% the third quarter. The decrease in gross margin in the April quarter was primarily the result of a product mix shift toward lower-margin VGA products. During the quarter, the Company booked additional provisions for excess and obsolete inventory of approximately $3.1 million. Revenue from the sale of previously reserved inventory was $1.2 million.

The Company ended the period with cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments totaling $354.5 million.

“We are delighted to conclude our 2006 fiscal year by posting another quarter of strong yearover-year growth,” said Shaw Hong, OmniVision’s president and chief executive officer. “During the fiscal year, we were able to take advantage of a strong demand environment with our customers enjoying the benefits of sensors made on our OmniPixel® architecture. We also took the next step forward by introducing our OmniPixel®2 architecture, which enabled the world’s first 2 megapixel sensor on a ¼ inch form factor. Going forward, we expect this technology will be the basis for the majority of our new products.”

“With multiple design wins in both mainstream and advanced product markets, we anticipate a return to solid sequential growth in the July quarter, throughout the second half of calendar 2006 and beyond,” concluded Hong.

The unit volume of OmniVision’s image sensors shipped in the quarter increased 15.8% sequentially to over 48 million, in part due to volume growth in VGA sensors sold to an increasing number of mobile handset customers based in emerging markets in Asia.

OmniVision is leading the industry’s transition to 2 megapixel products with its quarter-inch solution, which will begin shipping during the second half of the July quarter. Additionally, the Company is currently ramping its production of ultra thin VGA and 1.3 megapixel sensors to meet increasing demand in the handset market.

Also during the fourth quarter, OmniVision continued to achieve success in several emerging advanced products markets. The Company announced its first design win for a lane departure warning system for the automotive market. Building on its success in video game consoles, OmniVision extended its reach into board games and other toys, and the Company continues to make progress in multiple medical market opportunities. An example of this opportunity was a recent demonstration at the 2006 Digestive Disease Week conference of a single-use camera device designed to improve identification of polyps in colonoscopy procedures.

Outlook

Based on current trends, the Company expects fiscal first quarter 2007 revenue will be in the range of $135-$145 million. To be comparable with previously reported periods, excluding the estimated expense and related tax effects associated with stock-based compensation in accordance with FAS123(R), the Company expects earnings will be in the range of $0.38 to $0.43 per share. The Company will adopt FAS123(R) in the July quarter, and expects GAAP earnings will be between $0.27 and $0.34 per share.

Conference Call

OmniVision Technologies will host a conference call today to further discuss these results at 2:00 p.m. Pacific Time. This conference call may be accessed by dialing 866-277-1184 or 617-597-5360 and indicating passcode 95088364. The call can be accessed via a webcast at www.ovt.com.

A replay of the call will be available approximately one hour after the call and last for seven days. To access this replay, dial 617-801-6888 and enter passcode 93732224. A Web replay will be available for approximately 90 days at www.ovt.com.

Safe Harbor Statement

Certain statements in this press release, including statements relating to the Company’s expectations regarding its OmniPixel®2 architecture becoming the basis for the majority of its new products, its anticipated growth throughout calendar 2006, the timed shipment of certain of its products, its ability to meet the increasing demand of the handset market, and revenue and earnings per share for the quarter ending July 31, 2006. These forward-looking statements are based on management’s current expectations, and important factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements. These important factors include, without limitation, competition in current and emerging markets for image sensor products, including pricing pressures; the Company’s ability to obtain design wins from various image sensor device manufacturers including manufacturers of mobile phone, digital still cameras and automobile manufacturers; wafer manufacturing yields and other manufacturing processes; the Company’s ability to accurately forecast customer demand for its products; the development, production, introduction and marketing of new products and technology; the potential loss of one or more key customers or distributors; the continued growth and development of current markets and the emergence of new markets in which the Company sells, or may sell, its products; the acceptance of the Company’s products in such current and new markets; the Company’s strategic investments and relationships, and other risks detailed from time to time in the Company’s Securities and Exchange Commission filings and reports, including, but not limited to, the Company’s most recent annual report filed on Form 10-K, and its most recent quarterly report filed on Form 10-Q. The Company expressly disclaims any obligation to update information contained in any forward-looking statement.

Use of Non-GAAP Financial Information

To supplement our outlook, we use a non-GAAP measure of future earnings per share which excludes stock-based compensation and related tax effects to allow for a better comparison of results in the July quarter to those in prior periods that did not include FAS 123(R) stock-based compensation. We believe the non-GAAP measure that excludes stock-based compensation and related tax effects enhances the comparability of results against prior periods. Estimating stock-based compensation expense and the related tax effects for a future period is subject to inherent risks and uncertainties, including but not limited to the Company’s stock price and the number of option exercises and sales during the quarter. In addition, we intend to use this nonGAAP financial measure for internal management purposes, when publicly providing our business outlook and as a means to evaluate period-to-period comparisons. This non-GAAP financial measure should be considered as a supplement to, and not as a substitute for, or superior to, the financial measure prepared in accordance with GAAP.

(1) Reflects estimated adjustment for expense and related tax effects associated with stock-based compensation in accordance with FAS123(R).