NetLogic Microsystems Named to FORTUNE Small Business Magazine’s Eighth Annual List of the 100 Fastest Growing Small Public Companies in America

Mountain View, Calif. – June 17, 2008 – NetLogic Microsystems, Inc. [NASDAQ: NETL], the leader in the design and development of knowledge-based processors and high-speed integrated circuits, today announced that it has been named to FORTUNE Small Business magazine’s eighth annual list of the 100 fastest growing public companies in America.  NetLogic Microsystems was ranked #83 on the list, and was one of only three semiconductor companies that received the honor. 

“We are pleased to be recognized by FORTUNE Small Business magazine as one of America’s fastest growing small public companies,” said Ron Jankov, president and CEO of NetLogic Microsystems.  “This is a tribute to our customers’ commitment to NetLogic Microsystems, as well as to our employees’ dedication and focus on innovation.”

The FORTUNE Small Business 100, which appears online this week at http://money.cnn.com/smallbusiness/ and in the July/August issue of FORTUNE Small Business magazine, ranks public companies with revenues less than $200 million and a stock price of more than $1, based on their percentage growth in earnings, revenues and stock performance over the past three years.  

NetLogic Microsystems’ industry-leading product portfolio includes Layers 2-4 knowledge-based processors, NETL7™ Layer 7 knowledge-based processors, and 10 Gigabit Ethernet physical layer devices.  NetLogic Microsystems’ products are designed into high-performance networking and communications systems offered by leading OEMs worldwide, including AlaxaLA Networks Corporation, Alcatel-Lucent, ARRIS Group Inc., Cisco Systems, Inc., Ericsson, Foundry Networks, Inc., Force10 Networks, Fujitsu Limited, Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Juniper Networks, Inc., Motorola, Inc., Nokia Siemens Networks, Nortel Networks Limited, and Tellabs, Inc.

About NetLogic Microsystems
NetLogic Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: NETL), a fabless semiconductor company headquartered in Mountain View, California, designs, develops and markets high-performance knowledge-based processors and high-speed integrated circuits that accelerate the delivery of voice, video, data and multimedia content for advanced enterprise, datacenter, communications and mobile wireless networks.  NetLogic Microsystems’ products include high-performance knowledge-based processors, application-aware content processors, 10-Gigabit Ethernet interconnects and network search engines that are being deployed by Tier 1 original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) in leading systems such as routers, switches, wireless infrastructure equipment, network security appliances, datacenter servers, network access equipment and network storage devices.  NetLogic Microsystems' knowledge-based processors and content processors employ an advanced processor architecture and a large knowledge or signature database containing information on the network, as well as applications and content that run on the network, to make complex decisions about individual packets of information traveling through the network. NetLogic Microsystems’ products significantly enhance the performance and functionality of next-generation networks that are designed to deliver high-definition video delivery over the Internet (IPTV), media-rich content over advanced mobile wireless services, voice transmission over the Internet (VoIP) and network security applications.

For more information about products offered by NetLogic Microsystems, call +1-650-961-6676 or visit the NetLogic Microsystems Web site at http://www.netlogicmicro.com.

NetLogic Microsystems, the NetLogic Microsystems logo and NETL7 are trademarks of NetLogic Microsystems, Inc.  All other trademarks are properties of their respective owners.

About FORTUNE Small Business
FSB: Fortune Small Business is the premier magazine for – and about – small business owners, with the largest audience and rate base in the small business category.  Through a partnership with American Express, FSB is distributed 10 times a year and reaches 1 million owners and partners of leading small businesses.  With unmatched resources and access to the industry’s most innovative thinkers, FSB delivers best practices, connects small business owners to a community of their peers and arms them with the inspiration and actionable advice they need to succeed.  FSB, along with FORTUNE, Money and the website CNNMoney.com, is part of the Fortune/Money Group.  Time Inc. is a division of Time Warner, a leading media and entertainment company.

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