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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
For more information, please contact:
Debbie Laudermilk Christie Peterson
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SILICON LABORATORIES COMPLETES MERGER
WITH KRYPTON ISOLATION
--ACQUISITION FORMS WORLD'S PREMIER SILICON DAA SOURCE--
AUSTIN, TEXAS - AUGUST 10, 2000 - Silicon Laboratories Inc. (Nasdaq:
SLAB), the mixed-signal integrated circuit (IC) innovator for the
communications industry, today announced the completion of its previously
announced acquisition of Krypton Isolation, a California-based semiconductor
company. The acquisition joins the industry's pioneers in silicon Direct
Access Arrangement (DAA) technology, forming the world's leading source for
innovative solutions that provide isolation between a communications system
and the telephone network, as required by the FCC and equivalent agencies
throughout the world.
As part of the acquisition, Krypton becomes a wholly-owned subsidiary
of Silicon Laboratories and will operate at its existing Pleasanton, CA,
office under the name Silicon Labs Isolation, Inc. All Krypton products will
be marketed under the Silicon Laboratories brandname.
SILICON LABORATORIES INC.
Silicon Laboratories Inc. designs, manufactures and markets proprietary
high-performance mixed-signal integrated circuits (ICs) for the wireless and
wireline communications industries. Silicon Laboratories is an
ISO9001-certified manufacturer and has applied for over 70 patents on its
mixed-signal technology. The Company was incorporated in 1996 and is based in
Austin, Texas. Additional information about Silicon Labs is available at
WWW.SILABS.COM or through the toll-free investor relations line at
1-877-411-SLAB (7522).
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CAUTIONARY LANGUAGE
This press release may contain forward-looking statements based on
Silicon Laboratories' current expectations. These forward-looking statements
involve risks and uncertainties. A number of important factors could cause
actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking
statements. These factors include the widespread market acceptance of DAA
products, our dependence on customers to support our products, our reliance
on a relatively few number of customers for a large portion of our revenues,
and the integration of Krypton's business, products and technologies into
Silicon Laboratories' business, marketing activities and strategic focus.
For a discussion of these and other factors which could impact Silicon Labs'
financial results and cause actual results to differ materially from those in
the forward-looking statements, please refer to Silicon Labs' recent filings
with the SEC, particularly the Form 10-Q filed July 17, 2000 and the
Registration Statement on Form S-1 for Silicon Labs' initial public offering,
as consummated on March 23, 2000.
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Note to editors: Silicon Laboratories, Silicon Labs Isolation and the Silicon
Laboratories logo are trademarks of Silicon Laboratories Inc. All other
product or brand names noted herein may be trademarks of their respective
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