RMI Corporation and Dolby Labs Announce Collaboration

RMI Corporation implements Dolby mobile techonolgy on Alchemy platform to enhance mobile entertainment.

Barcelona, Spain, February 11, 2008 — RMI Corporation, a leading supplier of Processor Based Solutions for networking, communications and consumer applications, and Dolby Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE:DLB), today announced an agreement to integrate Dolby® Mobile, a portfolio of audio enhancement technologies which delivers rich, vibrant audio and surround sound, into RMI’s Alchemy Au1200 Processor Family for portable media players to enhance the entertainment experience on portable media players. Both Dolby Mobile and RMI’s Processors will be demonstrated this week as part of the Mobile World Congress at stands 2.1B37 in Hall 2 and 7 C62 in Hall 7 in Barcelona, Spain.

“We're thrilled to have RMI join us as the first integrated circuit licensee for portable media player applications,” said Craig Eggers, senior partner marketing manager, Dolby Laboratories.  “Together we’re looking forward to showing people just how great music, movies and televisions can sound on these devices.”

The relationship between Dolby Laboratories and RMI Corporation began with the integration of Dolby Digital technology in RMI’s software platform. Today’s announcement makes both Dolby Mobile and Dolby Digital available in the future as part of the RMI Alchemy™ Au1200 Processor Family Software Development Kits (SDK).

Dolby Mobile complements the Au1250 Processor’s exceptional video decode performance to deliver enhanced audio and surround sound experiences from portable media players.  And, because Dolby Mobile enhances the listening experience from almost any of the Au1250 Processor’s supported video formats, consumers can take advantage of the enhanced audio processing whether they are watching their favorite movie, television program or just listening to music.  

“We have had a long-standing relationship with Dolby Laboratories and are delighted to be the first silicon licensee to roll-out Dolby Mobile for portable media players,” said Ed White, manager, business development, Alchemy Solutions at RMI Corp. “Because Dolby Mobile can deliver enhanced entertainment experiences, the RMI Alchemy Au1200 Processor Family is a compelling solution for portable media player customers looking to drive innovation and differentiate their products in the market.”

RMI’s Au1200 Processor Family meets the needs of consumer media applications by offering a high-performance, low-power processor capable of delivering a rich multi-media experience to end users under a 1/2 watt (450mW). The Au1200 Processor Family consists of the Au1200, the Au1210 and the Au1250, media processors targeted for full-featured Portable Media Players, Personal Navigation Devices (PND) and MobileTV. The RMI Alchemy product line provides system designers an easy-to-use, simple solution to create full-featured consumer solutions with greatly reduced design cycle times.

About RMI (now NetLogic Microsystems)
RMI Corporation is a fabless semiconductor company providing High-Performance Super System-on-a-Chip (SuperSoC™) Processor solutions for the Infrastructure, Enterprise, and Consumer Media markets. Applications include Wireless, Networking Security, Thin Clients, and Connected Multi-Media. RMI offers a broad platform of advanced MIPS-compatible processor solutions with both 32/64-bit architectures supporting frequencies from 300MHz to greater than 2.4 GHz. RMI is headquartered in Cupertino, CA with branch and subsidiary operations in Texas, France, India, Korea, Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong and China. More information about RMI can be found on the company's website at www.RMICorp.com.

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.