Microsemi Acquires VT Silicon

IRVINE, Calif. -- MicrosemiCorporation (Nasdaq:MSCC), a leading manufacturer of high performanceanalog mixed signal integrated circuits, high reliabilitysemiconductors, and radio frequency (RF) subsystems, today announcedthat it has acquired all of the assets of VT Silicon.

VT Silicon, located in Atlanta, GA, designs and manufactures multi-bandradio frequency integrated circuit (RFIC) solutions for the mobilewireless broadband market. VT Silicon's products leverage linearizationand efficiency-enhancement technologies to enable highly efficient,low-cost and small-footprint intelligent Front-End RFIC solutions.

"We are pleased to extend our industry leading RF product offering tonext generation WLAN and WiMax markets with the acquisition of VTSilicon," said James J. Peterson, President and Chief Executive Officerof Microsemi Corporation. "As the first supplier in the world todevelop a monolithic front end RFIC in Silicon Germanium (SiGe), VT'stechnology caliber is designed to enable Microsemi to deliverinnovative, highly-integrated front-end modules to our customers. Theacquisition of VT Silicon extends Microsemi's technology leadership inthe RF business and reflects our continuing commitment to thisimportant market."

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