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Historical Performance
Market Capitalization (in millions)
Ticker 09/ 19/ 05 5-Year High % of 5-Year High
AMCC $858 $ 26,670 3%
MSPD 220 1,080 20
PMCS 1,620 34,401 5
TXCC 175 6,128 3
VTSS 468 16,610 3
Median 468 16,610 3
EXAR $ 593 $ 2,400 25%
Source: Factset as of September 19, 2005
Note: MSPD completed its initial public offering on June 23, 2003.
REVENUE BREAKDOWN
FY 04
23%
20%
57%
FY 06 Q1
36%
4%
60%
FY 05
29%
63%
8%
Transmission
Serial
Video & Imaging
EXPANDED PEER COMPARISON
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EXAR CP
as of 11-Oct-2005
EXAR CRUS LU CTLM VTSS
EXAR
Cirrus Logic
Lucent
Centillium
Vitesse
Jan01
Jan02
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Jan05
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EXPANDED PEER COMPARISON
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EXAR CP
as of 11-Oct-2005
EXAR Broadcom Agere PMC Sierra AMCC
EXAR
BRCM
AGR
PMCS
AMCC
Jan01
Jan02
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EXPANDED PEER COMPARISON
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EXAR CP
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EXAR IDTI Mind-speed Conexant Transwitch
EXAR
MSPD
IDTI
CNXT
TXCC
Jan01
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Jan04
Jan05
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