NetLogic Microsystems Named by AMD as a Strategic Acceleration Technology Partner at the 2006 AMD Technology Analyst Day

NetLogic Microsystems’ NETL7™ processor was highlighted as a compelling acceleration technology for the AMD64 platform targeted at computing, networking, communications and security markets

Mountain View, Calif. – June 2, 2006 – NetLogic Microsystems, Inc. [NASDAQ: NETL], the leader in the design and development of knowledge-based processors, today announced that Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD) has named NetLogic Microsystems as a strategic technology partner for its AMD64 Torrenza program that was launched yesterday at the 2006 AMD Technology Analyst Day in Sunnyvale, Calif.

The Torrenza program is the industry’s first x86 customer-centric innovation platform that allows customers to differentiate, innovate and take control of their brands by opening up the AMD64 architecture and by collaborating with silicon acceleration partners such as NetLogic Microsystems to provide enhanced functionality and performance for enterprise-class computing and high-end embedded systems.

NetLogic Microsystems’ NETL7™ knowledge-based processors accelerate Layer 7 content and application-aware processing, as well as complex network security functions on the AMD Opteron™ processor via a HyperTransport™ interface. The system solution that incorporates NetLogic Microsystems’ NETL7 processor and the AMD Opteron processor is targeted at high-growth opportunities in the datacenter server, networking, communications and security appliance markets.

“You improve the level of security for networking tenfold as a result of [NetLogic’s NETL7] technology … and it enables content inspection at a very high performance rate,” said Marty Seyer, AMD’s senior vice president of Commercial Segment during his speech at the 2006 AMD Technology Analyst Day. “This is a phenomenal solution that is going to change the dynamics of the typical server when you have this level of security on the networking side.”

The selection of NetLogic Microsystems’ NETL7 knowledge-based processor as a leading silicon partner for the AMD64 Torrenza program is a testament to NetLogic Microsystems’ worldwide market and technology leadership in knowledge-based processing, and to the significant value that the best-in-class NETL7 processor adds to the AMD64 ecosystem.

The NETL7 knowledge-based processor provides 10 Gigabits-per-second (Gbps) content processing and performs deep-packet inspection, intensive signature recognition and regular expression processing functions in conjunction with the AMD Opteron processor. The ability of the industry-leading NETL7 processor to accelerate such compute-intensive functions on the wide base of x86 systems enables customers to achieve the next level of functionality and performance while minimizing the redesign of customers’ existing software and hardware.

“We’re very excited about the Torrenza program as this is going to reset the industry and enable the industry to deliver the most exciting solutions in the history of the computer industry,” continued Seyer. “OEMs have been begging for a way to differentiate through a way to innovate, and Torrenza allows that.”

The key applications for the collaborative system solution that incorporates NetLogic Microsystems’ NETL7 processor and AMD’s Opteron processor are application acceleration and unified network security. These applications are highly compute-intensive because they require that every packet of data, voice and video traffic be inspected against all known application patterns and security attack signatures. This content-aware intelligence gives systems the capability to distinguish between web, email, Voice-over-IP (VoIP), instant messaging and video traffic in order to accelerate them, as well as the capability to provide unified layers of security against a variety of blended threats, such as intrusion detection, intrusion prevention, anti-virus and anti-spam. All of these requirements are increasingly becoming essential requirements for customers designing next-generation enterprise servers, datacenter load balancing systems, routers, switches and security appliances.

Additional information on the 2006 AMD Technology Analyst Day and the webcast of the event can be found at http://www.amd.com.

About NetLogic Microsystems
NetLogic Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ:NETL - News), a fabless semiconductor company located in Mountain View, Calif., designs, develops and markets high performance knowledge-based processors for a variety of advanced Internet, corporate and other networking systems, such as routers, switches, network security appliances, network access equipment and networked storage devices. NetLogic Microsystems' knowledge-based processors use an advanced processor architecture and a large knowledge or signature database to make complex decisions about individual packets of information traveling through the network. Knowledge-based processors from NetLogic Microsystems significantly enhance the ability of networking OEMs to supply network service providers with systems offering more advanced functionality for the Internet, such as application-based routing, voice transmission over the Internet, or VoIP, unified threat management (UTM) network security, virtual private networks, or VPNs, and streaming video and audio. NetLogic Microsystems' knowledge-based processors are interoperable with industry-leading CPUs, NPUs and routing/switching processors. For more information about products offered by NetLogic Microsystems, call 650.961.6676 or visit the NetLogic Microsystems Web site at http://www.netlogicmicro.com.

NetLogic Microsystems, the NetLogic Microsystems logo and NETL7 are trademarks of NetLogic Microsystems, Inc. AMD, Opteron, and combinations thereof, are trademarks of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. HyperTransport is a trademark of the HyperTransport Technology Consortium. All other trademarks are properties of their respective owners.

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