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NetLogic Microsystems Works With TSMC to Offer NL5000

Posted on: Monday, 21 June 2004, 06:00 CDT

Advanced Process Technologies on 300mm Lines Provide Solid Road Map for NL5000 Knowledge-Based Processor Family

NetLogic Microsystems, Inc., a leader in the design and development of knowledge-based processors, and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) (NYSE:TSM), a world-leading semiconductor foundry, today announced the extension of their close working relationship by collaborating on 0.13-micron process technology manufactured on 300mm wafers.

TSMC will manufacture NetLogic's NL5000 family of knowledge-based processors utilizing its 0.13-micron process technology on new 300mm lines at TSMC's Fab 12. Fab 12 has the capability to run 0.13-, 0.11-micron and 90nm technologies. This ability, coupled with the companies' existing strong manufacturing relationship on 200mm lines, will allow NetLogic to migrate its designs to smaller geometries in the future, providing customers with leading-edge technology.

"TSMC has been a proven, reliable foundry offering an aggressive, innovative technology roadmap," said Abe Korgav, senior vice president of manufacturing and business operations for NetLogic Microsystems. "Moving to 300mm wafers will allow NetLogic to increase capacity to support the production ramp of the NL5000 product family, as well as position NetLogic for future product development in 0.11-micron and 90nm technologies."

"TSMC's 0.13-, 0.11-micron and 90nm technologies, using 300mm wafers, provide customers with a competitive advantage," said David Keller, vice president of business management at TSMC North America. "Working with NetLogic's complex designs and high-performance, low power requirements demonstrate TSMC's commitment to supporting the most challenging semiconductor applications with next-generation process and manufacturing technology."

About TSMC

TSMC is the world's largest dedicated semiconductor foundry, providing the industry's leading process technology and the foundry industry's largest portfolio of process-proven library, IP, design tools and reference flows. The company operates one advanced 300mm wafer fab, five eight-inch fabs and one six-inch wafer fab. TSMC also has substantial capacity commitments at venture fab SSMC and at its wholly-owned subsidiary, WaferTech. TSMC's Nexsys Technology for SoC describes a suite of semiconductor process technologies and foundry services used in advanced technology semiconductor manufacturing. TSMC's corporate headquarters are in Hsinchu, Taiwan. For more information about TSMC see http://www.tsmc.com.

About NetLogic Microsystems

NetLogic Microsystems, Inc., a fabless semiconductor company located in Mountain View, Calif., designs, develops and markets high performance knowledge-based processors for a variety of advanced networking systems, such as routers, switches, access multiplexers and networked storage devices. NetLogic's knowledge-based processors use advanced processor architecture and a large knowledge database containing network and network user information to make complex decisions about individual packets of information traveling through the network. Knowledge-based processors significantly enhance the ability of OEMs, to supply network service providers with systems offering more advanced functionality for the Internet, such as voice over Internet Protocol, or VoIP, virtual private networks, or VPNs, and streaming video and audio. NetLogic also provides NPU interface knowledge-based processors solutions to Intel and AMCC network processors that accelerate design and development of leading-edge networking equipment. For more information about products offered by NetLogic, call 650-961-6676 or visit the NetLogic Microsystems Web site at http://www.netlogicmicro.com.

NetLogic is an Affiliate Member with the Intel(R) Communications Alliance, a community of communications and embedded developers and solution providers. For more information, please visit www.intel.com/go/ica.

NetLogic Microsystems and the NetLogic Microsystems logo are trademarks of NetLogic Microsystems, Inc. All other trademarks are properties of their respective owners.

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