May 8th, 2012 — Black Sand Technologies, Inc, a fabless semiconductor company specializing in advanced power amplifier (PA) technology for wireless applications, today announced that it has been selected to provide silicon PA technology for integrated RF front end products by Murata Manufacturing Co, Ltd (TOKYO:6981) (ISIN:JP3914400001). The products will be used to increase integration and improve the performance of 3G smartphones, tablets and datacards.