GREENVILLE, S.C., March 28, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- KEMET Corporation (NYSE: KEM), a leading manufacturer of tantalum, ceramic, aluminum, film, paper and electrolytic capacitors, today released the browser-based version of its KEMET Spice application. Spice is designed to show the behavior of a component with respect to frequency, ambient temperature and DC bias levels.

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"KEMET has combined many key features of the Spice desktop software with the speed and portability of a browser-based application," stated John Prymak, KEMET Director, Advanced Applications and author of KEMET Spice. "This web-based version is compatible with Windows, Mac and iPad platforms, and because it runs on a server, file downloads to the operating computer are not necessary," continued Prymak.

Features and Benefits of Spice for the Web:


    --  Runs on the server with no downloads to the operating computer. The
        screens show selected plots and the applications allows for printing or
        saving the data.
    --  Evaluates typical KEMET capacitor performance versus frequency
        (Impedance and ESR, Capacitance and ESL, Ripple Currents and Ripple
        Voltage, S-Parameters s11 or s21) and time (dv/dt and Cap/dt)
    --  Change the ambient temperature, bias voltage and frequency range of the
        plots
    --  Plot 10 different part types, 10 different temperatures and 10 different
        bias voltages
    --  Plot temperature rise versus ripple current for 10 discreet frequencies
        for one part type
    --  Generate NetList types of EDA model files for each plot
    --  Pick-and-select part numbers from a list or enter the KEMET part number
        directly

To learn more about the new web-based Spice, please visit http://www.kemet.com:8080/webspice/.

Glossary

ESR Equivalent Series Resistance
ESL Equivalent Series Inductance

About KEMET

KEMET's common stock is listed on the NYSE under the symbol "KEM." At the Investor Relations section of our web site at http://ir.kemet.com/, users may subscribe to KEMET news releases and find additional information about our Company. KEMET applies world class service and quality to deliver industry leading, high performance capacitance solutions to its customers around the world and offers the world's most complete line of surface mount and through-hole capacitor technologies across tantalum, ceramic, film, aluminum, electrolytic, and paper dielectrics. Additional information about KEMET can be found at http://www.kemet.com.

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Contact:
Dean W. Dimke
Senior Director, Marketing Communications and Investor Relations
deandimke@KEMET.com
954.766.2806

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