Press Release July 12, 2001
NVE Appoints National Sales Manager

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn.--July 12, 2001--NVE Corporation (OTBB: NVEC) announced today that Anthony F. Leali has been appointed to the newly-created position of National Sales Manager for Isolator products.

Leali has nearly 15 years of sales and engineering experience. Prior to joining NVE, he held sales management positions with Unique Technologies and Future Electronics, Inc., both distributors of semiconductor devices. Leali holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Minnesota and an M.B.A. from the University of St. Thomas.

"Filling this position is a key step in bringing NVE's revolutionary products to a broad market," added NVE President and Chief Executive Officer Daniel A. Baker, Ph.D. "Anthony is well-qualified to advance our Isolator Business Unit's mission of replacing opto-electronics in high-speed data transfer applications."

NVE announced its revolutionary IsoLoop® family of digital Isolators in early 2001. IsoLoops have a data rate of up to 100 megabaud, five times faster than the fastest opto-electronic devices. The IsoLoop family includes single- and multi-channel products, and is ideally suited for industrial data bus, analog to digital conversion and telecommunications. NVE estimates its addressable Isolator market is over $600 million per year.

NVE Corporation designs and manufactures isolator and sensor components with the potential to revolutionize data transfer. Its devices allow networks to run at much higher speeds than otherwise possible, and unprecedented precision in industrial control and robotics. NVE is also widely recognized as a leading-edge developer of nonvolatile MRAM technology.

This release contains forward-looking statements as defined in Section 21E of the Security and Exchange Act of 1934, including statements about future business operations, financial performance and market conditions. Such forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties inherent in business forecasts as further described in our filings under the Security and Exchange Act.

NVE Corporation, 11409 Valley View Road, Eden Prairie, MN 55344-3617
Phone: 952-996-1636; Fax: 952-829-9189