Summary of businessApplied Micro Circuits designs, develops, manufactures and markets high-performance, high bandwidth silicon connectivity for optical networks. The company uses high-frequency, mixed-
signal design expertise, higher layer digital content and multiple silicon process technologies to offer integrated circuit products for the data/telecom markets. With the company's acquisition of Cimaron Communications in March 1999, AMCC is positioned to provide industry-leading, fiber-to-switch silicon solutions, including framers, mappers, PMD and physical
layer devices. Among AMCC's customers are Alcatel, Cisco Systems, Juniper Networks, Lucent technologies, Nokia, Nortel Networks, Siemens and 3Com.