SHARP Electronics Selects NetLogic Microsystems’ Ultra Low-Power Alchemy® Processor for Innovative PM1000 Electronic Dictionary

SHARP Electronics’ market-leading Electronic Dictionary features multi-lingual dictionaries, video playback, FM radio and voice recording capabilities

CES 2010

Las Vegas, Nevada and Mountain View, Calif. – Jan. 6, 2010 – NetLogic Microsystems, Inc. [NASDAQ: NETL], a worldwide leader in high-performance intelligent semiconductor solutions for next-generation Internet networks, today announced that its Au1250® processor, a member of its ultra low-power Alchemy® processor family, has been selected by SHARP Electronics Incorporated to power SHARP’s PM1000 electronic dictionary.  SHARP’s PM1000 electronic dictionary will be showcased by NetLogic Microsystems at this week’s International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2010 at the Las Vegas Convention Center, South Hall, Booth #35268.  

SHARP’s PM-1000 electronic dictionary features a digital dictionary in seven languages, and integrates full video, audio, FM radio, voice recording and photo-storage capabilities.  The PM1000 electronic dictionary runs the Windows CE operating system and is fully compatible with Adobe Flash 7.0.  The PM1000 device integrates 8GB of internal memory, a 4.3” LCD touch screen and USB2.0 interface.  SHARP’s electronic dictionary also supports multiple multimedia formats, including WMA, WAV, MP3, JPEG and BMP.

“We are pleased to have selected NetLogic Microsystems’ best-in-class Alchemy processor for our PM1000 product,” said Jin-Young Yoo, product planning team manager of SHARP Electronics Incorporated (SEI). “The superior processing and media performance of NetLogic Microsystems’ Alchemy processors, coupled with the industry-leading low-power profile, have enabled us to create a highly innovative electronic dictionary whose performance far surpasses competitive e-dictionaries in terms of power, performance and rich feature set.”

“We are excited to have been selected for SHARP Electronics’ Incorporated-leading electronic dictionary with full video, audio, touch-screen and graphics capabilities,” said Mike Wodopian, vice president of marketing, ultra low-power Alchemy processors at NetLogic Microsystems.

NetLogic Microsystems’ low-power Au1250 processor offers a high-performance 5-stage pipeline architecture running at 700MHz, and integrates a high-performance video processor, a best-in-class LCD controller with four graphics planes for 32-bit aRGB, and a Media Acceleration Engine™ (MAE) for H.264, MPEG 1/2/4, DivX, XviD, WMV9 and VC-1 hardware acceleration.

For more information about NetLogic Microsystems’ demonstrations at CES, please contact ces2010@netlogicmicro.com.

About NetLogic Microsystems
NetLogic Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: NETL) is a worldwide leader in high-performance intelligent semiconductor solutions that are powering next-generation Internet networks.  NetLogic Microsystems’ best-in-class products perform highly differentiated tasks of accelerating complex network traffic to significantly enhance the performance and functionality of advanced 3G/4G mobile wireless infrastructure, data center, enterprise, metro Ethernet, edge and core infrastructure networks.  NetLogic Microsystems’ market-leading product portfolio includes high-performance multi-core processors, knowledge-based processors, content processors, network search engines, ultra low-power embedded processors and high-speed 10/40/100 Gigabit Ethernet PHY solutions.  These products are designed into high-performance systems such as switches, routers, wireless base stations, security appliances, networked storage appliances, service gateways and connected media devices offered by leading original equipment manufacturers (OEMs).  NetLogic Microsystems is headquartered in Mountain View, California, and has offices and design centers throughout North America, Asia and Europe.  For more information about products offered by NetLogic Microsystems, call +1-650-961-6676 or visit the NetLogic Microsystems Web site at http://www.netlogicmicro.com.

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