SUNNYVALE, Calif., April 25, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Applied Micro Circuits Corporation (Nasdaq:AMCC) today announced that Donald Colvin has been elected to AMCC's board of directors. Mr. Colvin's addition brings the board of directors to a total of seven members.
"We are very pleased to have Mr. Colvin join our board of directors," said Cesar Cesaratto, Chairman of the Board of AMCC. "His extensive experience leading finance and accounting operations for global semiconductor companies will greatly benefit the Company's board and management team."
Donald Colvin is Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of ON Semiconductor, a company that engages in the design, manufacture, and marketing of power and data management semiconductors, and standard semiconductor components worldwide. Prior to joining ON Semiconductor in March 2003, Mr. Colvin was Vice President Finance and Chief Financial Officer of Atmel Corporation -- a manufacturer of advanced semiconductors -- since 1998. Prior to this, he served as Chief Financial Officer for a subsidiary of Atmel. Between 1985 and 1995, Mr. Colvin held various positions with European Silicon Structures (ES2) and was Chief Financial Officer from 1990 - 1995. While with Motorola Semiconductors Europe -- between 1977 and 1985 -- Mr. Colvin held various financial management positions in the U.K., Switzerland and France.
Mr. Colvin holds a B.A. (Honors) in Economics and an M.B.A. from the University of Strathclyde.
About AMCC
AMCC is a global leader in network and embedded PowerPC(r) processing, optical transport and storage solutions. Our products enable the development of converged IP-based networks offering high-speed secure data, high-definition video and high-quality voice for carrier, metropolitan, access and enterprise applications. AMCC provides networking equipment vendors with industry-leading network and communications processing, Ethernet, SONET and switch fabric solutions. AMCC is also the leading vendor of high-port count SATA RAID controllers enabling low-cost, high-performance, high-capacity storage. AMCC's corporate headquarters are located in Sunnyvale, California. Sales and engineering offices are located throughout the world. For further information regarding AMCC, please visit our web site at http://www.amcc.com.
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