TSMC™ Honors Marvell With Advanced Technology Partner Award
Marvell Receives Award During Technology Roadshow in Taiwan
Taipei, Taiwan and Sunnyvale, California
(June 17, 2002) —
Marvell® (NASDAQ: MRVL), a technology leader in the development of extreme broadband communications solutions, today announced that it was honored as a partner in advanced technology development by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company™ (TSMC). Dr. Kenneth Kin, Senior Vice President of Worldwide Marketing and Sales for TSMC, recognized Marvell during the Company's technology roadshow in Taiwan for its achievements in the development of cutting-edge products on the most advanced process technologies.
The award recognizes some of Marvell's most notable achievements including:
- Marvell Alaska® Octal 8-port Gigabit transceiver (0.13-micron)
- Marvell Alaska X 10 Gigabit Ethernet transceiver (0.15-micron)
- Marvell Prestera™ family of Gigabit and 10 Gigabit Ethernet switches (0.15-micron)
- Marvell Libertas™ wireless LAN baseband and RF transceiver (0.15 and 0.25-micron)
Furthermore, Marvell highlighted other recent product introductions, indicating the breadth of its communications product portfolio, and commitment as a complete communications solutions provider:
- Marvell 88C7500 read channel physical layer device (0.13-micron)
- Marvell 88i8030 Serial ATA bridge chip (0.18-micron)
- Marvell/Promise® Technology 2- and 4-port Serial ATA RAID controller (0.18-micron)
- Marvell Discovery™ family of MIPS® and PowerPC® system controllers (0.18-micron)
- Marvell 88E6052 5-port integrated SOHO switch (0.22-micron)
"Marvell is honored to be recognized by TSMC," stated Gary Smerdon, Marvell's Vice President of Marketing for the Communications Business Group. "We are proud that we have earned their trust and loyalty for advanced technology partnering in the broadband communications market. We look forward to a continued, long-term partnership throughout generations of process development. This recognition also underscores our commitment to continue to provide innovative and industry-leading broadband communications solutions to our customers."
About Marvell
Marvell, a technology leader in the development of extreme broadband system-level IC solutions for Internet connectivity and infrastructure, comprises Marvell Technology Group Ltd. and its subsidiaries, including Marvell Semiconductor, Inc. (MSI), Marvell Asia Pte Ltd. (MAPL), Marvell Japan K.K., Marvell Taiwan Ltd., Marvell International Ltd. (MIL), and Galileo Technology Ltd. (GTL). On behalf of MIL, MSI designs, develops and markets integrated circuits utilizing proprietary Communications Mixed-Signal Processing (CMSP) and digital signal processing technologies for communications signal processing markets. MAPL is headquartered in Singapore and is responsible for production, distribution and design operations. GTL develops high-performance communications Internetworking and Switching products for the broadband communications market. As used in this release, the terms "Company" and "Marvell" refer to the entire group of companies. The Company applies its technology to the extreme broadband communications market where its products are used in network access equipment to provide the interface between communications systems and data transmission media. MSI is headquartered at 700 First Ave., Sunnyvale, Calif., 94089; phone: (408) 222-2500, fax: (408) 752-0588. Marvell's common stock is traded on the NASDAQ under the symbol MRVL. More information on Marvell is available on the Internet at www.marvell.com.
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This release may contain forward-looking statements based on our current expectations, estimates and projections about our products, our industry, our markets, management's beliefs, and certain assumptions made by us. Words such as "anticipates," "expects," "intends," "plans," "believes," "seeks," "estimates," "may," "will," "should," and variations of these words or similar expressions, are intended to identify forward-looking statements. In addition, any statements that refer to expectations, projections or other characterizations of future events or circumstances, including any underlying assumptions, are forward-looking statements. These statements are not guarantees of future performance and are subject to certain risks, uncertainties and assumptions that are difficult to predict. Therefore, market results may differ materially and adversely from those expressed in any forward-looking statements in this release.
Important risks, uncertainties and assumptions that may cause such a difference for Marvell in connection with the introduction of its data communications products and for Marvell's customers in connection with their commercial exploitation of this product's potential advantages as highlighted herein include, but are not limited to, the timing, cost and successful completion of technology and product development through volume production; the timing, rescheduling and/or cancellation of significant customer orders; general economic conditions and specific conditions in the markets we address, including periodic downturns in the integrated circuit industry; the rate at which our present and future customers and end-users adopt our products; and the timing and results of customer-industry qualification and certification of our products.
For other factors that could cause Marvell's results to vary from expectations, please see the section titled "Additional Factors That May Affect Future Results" in Marvell's annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended February 2, 2002 and Marvell's subsequent quarterly reports on Form 10-Q. We undertake no obligation to revise or update publicly any forward-looking statements for any reason.
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