[0] PLX Technology Bolsters Japan Presence With New Office in Yokohama City.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 18, 2001

PLX Boosts Support for Telecom, Networking, Imaging and

Industrial Control Systems Makers in Fast-Growing Region

PLX Technology, Inc., a leading Silicon Valley-based maker of semiconductors and development tools for communications- and computer-equipment makers worldwide, today announced the formation of PLX Technology Japan KK. Situated in the high-technology center of Yokohama City, PLX Technology Japan KK is a wholly owned subsidiary of PLX Technology, established to support PLX(R) customers throughout Japan and provide them with sales, support and applications expertise. The facility will accommodate an initial staff of five and include offices, conference and training rooms and an applications lab.

PLX has long had a presence in Japan, dating back to its founding in the mid-1980s. The company's customer base in Japan includes some of the foremost names in imaging, industrial control, telecommunications, data communications and networking: Densan, Fujitsu, Hitachi, Matsushita, Mitsubishi, NEC, NTT, Nitto, Sony, and Toshiba. Additionally, PLX is represented by Nissho Electronics and Paltek, two of Japan's leading electronics distributors. Establishing PLX Technology Japan KK in Yokohama City brings PLX and these customers closer together both geographically and culturally. The subsidiary also is expected to add to PLX's significant growth in the Asia-Pacific region, in which the company's revenues grew to $8.6 in 2000, from $4.5 million in 1999.

"We are honored to establish an office dedicated to PLX's prestigious customers in Japan, and look forward to serving their needs in building advanced communications-infrastructure systems based on our products," said Michael Salameh, founder and president of PLX. "We have had a long and prosperous history with our customers in Japan, and we expect that our relationships with them will become even stronger through PLX Technology Japan KK."

PLX Technology Japan KK is headed by Shinichi Kobayashi, managing director. Kobayashi brings more than 18 years of high technology experience to PLX Technology Japan KK. A graduate of Chuo University, where he studied electrical engineering, he was associated with Nissho Electronics and Hitachi Communications Systems, Ltd. prior to joining PLX Technology. Kobayashi will oversee a staff that includes sales and administrative personnel.

"We intend to offer to our customers in Japan an even greater level of service and accessibility, as PLX Technology Japan KK's entire resources are dedicated to their needs," said Kobayashi. "We look forward to leveraging this level of service into success for our valued customers."

About PLX Technology

PLX Technology Inc. (www.plxtech.com), based in Sunnyvale, Calif., USA, is the leading supplier of high-speed silicon and software solutions for the networking and communications industries. The PLX solution includes industry-standard silicon, software for managing data throughout the PCI bus, rapid development tools that minimize design risk, and third-party development tool support through the PLX Partner Program. The PLX solution enables hardware designers and software developers to maximize system input/output (I/O), lower development costs, minimize system design risk and provide faster time to market. PLX PCI I/O Accelerator chips and I/O Processor devices are designed into a wide variety of embedded PCI communication systems, including switches, routers, line cards, media gateways, base stations, access multiplexors and remote access concentrators. PLX customers include many of the leading communications equipment companies, including 3Com, Cisco Systems, Compaq Computer, Ericsson, Hewlett Packard, IBM, Lucent Technologies, Marconi, Nortel Networks, and Siemens.

Safe Harbor Statement Under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995

Statements in this release which are not purely historical are forward-looking statements, including any statements regarding beliefs, plans, expectations, goal or intentions regarding the future. Forward-looking statements in this release include statements regarding (1) PLX's growth in the Asia-Pacific region; (2) the increased strength of the relationship between PLX and its customers in Japan, (3) the staffing of the office in Japan, (4) the benefits for the customers of PLX in Japan. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially include risks and uncertainties such as: PLX's ability to attract and retain personnel for the office in Japan; reduced demand for products of electronic equipment manufacturers which include PLX's products due to adverse economic conditions in general or specifically affecting PLX's markets worldwide and specifically in the Asian-Pacific region; reduced significance of the PCI standard for the communications infrastructure and replacement by other standards; ease of cooperation between PLX and its customers in Japan. Readers should also refer to the risk disclosures outlined in PLX's quarterly reports on Form 10-Q filed from time-to-time with the SEC.

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