NetLogic Microsystems Elects New Board Member

NetLogic Microsystems, Inc. (Nasdaq:NETL), a leader in the design and development of knowledge-based processors, today announced that Alan Krock has been elected to the company's Board of Directors. Krock will also serve as the chairman of the board's audit committee.

"Alan's solid management experience and extensive background in the semiconductor sector is a perfect match for NetLogic Microsystems," said Ron Jankov, president and CEO of NetLogic Microsystems. "We look forward to benefiting from his valuable insight as we continue to grow our business."

Krock currently serves as chief financial officer at PMC-Sierra, Inc. (Nasdaq:PMCS). He has more than 20 years of experience in both the high technology and financial sectors. Prior to joining PMC-Sierra, he was the vice president and chief financial officer of Integrated Device Technology, Inc. Prior to that, he was corporate controller for Rohm USA and a senior manager at Price Waterhouse, now PricewaterhouseCoopers, in the United States and Australia. Krock received a bachelor of science degree in business administration from the University of California, Berkeley. He is a certified public accountant and a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.

About NetLogic Microsystems, Inc.

NetLogic Microsystems, Inc., 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 access equipment and networked storage devices. NetLogic Microsystems' knowledge-based processors use advanced processor architecture and a large knowledge database containing network and network user information to make complex decisions about individual packets of information traveling through the network. Knowledge-based processors significantly enhance the ability of networking OEMs, to supply network service providers with systems offering more advanced functionality for the Internet, such as voice transmission over the Internet, or VoIP, virtual private networks, or VPNs, and streaming video and audio. NetLogic Microsystems also provides NPU interface knowledge-based processors solutions to Intel and AMCC network processors that accelerate design and development of leading-edge networking equipment.

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