Synopsys Wins Supplier Award From Applied Micro Circuits Corporation

Business Wire,  August 1, 2001  

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MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 1, 2001

Synopsys' Predictable Quality and Support Help AMCC Meet

Productivity and Tapeout Goals

Applied Micro Circuits Corporation (Nasdaq:AMCC) recently presented Synopsys Inc. (Nasdaq:SNPS) with its Supplier Award for Predictability. This first annual award was established to honor key suppliers who help create a competitive advantage for AMCC. Over twenty AMCC participants in engineering, procurement, operations and the executive staff chose this year's winners.

Synopsys was measured against all major and startup EDA suppliers. According to award judges "Synopsys won for predictably delivering on time, first time, every time, and living up to commitments and its business model." The award was also granted because Synopsys tools performed as advertised, worked within AMCC's design flows and enabled the company to increase productivity and maintain tapeout schedules.

AMCC designs and manufactures high-performance, high-bandwidth silicon products for the world's optical networks and uses a wide array of Synopsys tools in all phases of its design cycle. The company uses Synopsys' SOC flow, choosing from an EDA suite that includes DC Ultra(TM), VCS(TM), TetraMAX(R) ATPG, DFT Compiler and other tools.

"In today's competitive optical networking market, we require our suppliers to deliver quality products on time," said Tom Tullie, senior vice president, worldwide sales and operations at AMCC. "Synopsys worked closely with AMCC's design centers to coordinate sales and support on multiple projects across diverse product development teams. Synopsys consistently provided expertise and cooperation, which enabled us to get our products to volume on schedule."

"We're honored that AMCC has given us this award in a category that highlights our commitment to delivering the technology and service that our customers need, on time, every time," said Jack Warecki, senior vice president, worldwide application services. "Our goal is to help customers meet their toughest design challenges. This award reinforces the fact that we are serious about working with our customers to help them develop cutting edge technology and meet tight time-to-market deadlines."

About AMCC

AMCC designs, develops, manufactures and markets high-performance, high-bandwidth silicon solutions for the world's optical networks. AMCC utilizes a combination of high-frequency analog, mixed-signal and digital design expertise coupled with system-level knowledge and multiple silicon process technologies to offer integrated circuit products that enable the transport of voice and data over fiber optic networks. The company's system solution portfolio includes PMD, PHY, framer/mapper, network processor, traffic management and switch fabric devices that address the high-performance needs of the evolving intelligent optical network. AMCC's corporate headquarters and wafer fabrication facilities are located in San Diego. Sales and engineering offices are located throughout the world.

About Synopsys

Synopsys Inc. (Nasdaq:SNPS), headquartered in Mountain View, California, creates leading electronic design automation (EDA) tools for the global electronics market. The company delivers advanced design technologies and solutions to developers of complex integrated circuits, electronic systems and systems on a chip. Synopsys also provides consulting and support services to simplify the overall IC design process and accelerate time to market for its customers. Visit Synopsys at http://www.synopsys.com.

AMCC Forward Looking Statements

The statements contained in this press release that are not purely historical are forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Such forward-looking statements including statements relating to the relationship with Synopsys, anticipated sales resulting from the relationship or new products derived from the relationship are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties, including the risk that the relationship would not result in such sales, that products derived from the relationship would not be timely or successfully developed or achieve market acceptance, risks associated with general market conditions as well as the other risks and uncertainties set forth in the "Factors That May Affect Future Results" detailed in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended March 31, 2001, and in other filings of the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission. As a result of these risks and uncertainties, actual results may differ materially from these forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements contained in this news release are made as of the date hereof and AMCC does not assume any obligation to any forward-looking statement.

Note to Editors: AMCC is a registered trademark of Applied Micro Circuits Corporation. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.