Cites High Quality, Reliability of Verplex Formal Verification Software

MILPITAS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 20, 2002--Applied Micro Circuits Corporation (AMCC) last month presented Verplex(TM) Systems Inc., the electronic design automation (EDA) formal verification market and technology leader, with its annual supplier award for excellence in the category of Quality and Reliability for Engineering Services. Verplex Applications Engineer Clay McKittrick was honored for providing superior on-site technical support.

"AMCC has quickly come to rely upon the quality of Verplex software for independent verification, ensuring that our chips are functioning correctly before they are fabricated," says Bill Carrigan, AMCC director of VLSI engineering. "We, in turn, are able to ensure that we provide quality products to our customers. It is always a challenge to keep pace with ever-increasing design complexities, but Verplex's dedicated verification focus enables us to stay well ahead of the curve."

"Verplex is number one in formal verification because we were the first EDA vendor to field a reliable solution for complex SOC designs," adds Dino Caporossi, vice president of corporate marketing at Verplex. "It is gratifying that AMCC has recognized us for the quality of solutions and the support that we provide."

About Verplex

Verplex Systems Inc. is an electronic design automation (EDA) company focused on delivering the highest-speed, highest-capacity and easiest-to-use formal verification products for complex system-on-chip (SOC) design. Founded in 1997, it is privately held and funded by leading venture capital firms. Corporate headquarters is located at 300 Montague Expressway, Suite 100, Milpitas, Calif. 95035. Telephone: (408) 586-0300. Facsimile: (408) 586-0230. Email: Email Contact. Online information is found at its web site: http://www.verplex.com.

About AMCC

AMCC designs, develops, manufactures, and markets high-performance, high-bandwidth silicon solutions empowering intelligent wide area networks. AMCC utilizes a combination of digital, mixed-signal and high-frequency analog 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 switch fabric, traffic management, network processor, framer/mapper, PHY and PMD devices that address the high-performance needs of the evolving intelligent optical network. AMCC's corporate headquarters are located in San Diego, California. Sales and engineering offices are located throughout the world. For further information regarding AMCC, please visit our Web site at http://www.amcc.com.

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