Aeroflex Incorporated Announces the Launch of a New Radiation-Hardened Family of Field Programmable Gate Arrays -FPGAs-.

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PLAINVIEW, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 6, 2003

Aeroflex Incorporated (NASDAQ:ARXX), announced today a radiation-hardened version of the QuickLogic Eclipse FPGA family. Under an existing license agreement, Aeroflex has access to QuickLogic's Eclipse FPGA IP and ViaLink(R) process technologies. Additionally, under the license agreement, Aeroflex also has access and can offer to the aerospace/satellite community QuickLogic's robust suite of circuit development and programming tools.

"We are extremely excited to introduce the radiation-hardened Eclipse FPGA product," said John Buyko, President, Aeroflex Microelectronic Solutions. "The Eclipse FPGA family is expected to serve as a technology platform that will allow Aeroflex to develop additional RadHard FPGA products and ASSPs (Application Specific Standard Products), thus enabling us to further service and penetrate the RadHard market.

"Our aerospace/satellite customers have been anxiously awaiting an alternative to current RadHard FPGA solutions," continued Buyko. "The RadHard Eclipse FPGA leverages a proven commercial architecture with radiation-hardening, creating an efficient, high-performance FPGA with embedded RadHard SRAM. Our relationship with QuickLogic now gives engineers a choice when designing satellite systems that demand high speed, lower power, radiation-hardening and high reliability. We anticipate receiving initial orders in the current quarter with deliveries expected to commence in the March quarter."

"We are pleased to see the benefits of QuickLogic's Eclipse FPGA IP and ViaLink(R) metal-to-metal interconnect technology added to Aeroflex's already extensive RadHard product portfolio," said Tom Hart, Chairman and CEO, QuickLogic. "With the Eclipse FPGA IP being radiation-hardened by Aeroflex, this enabling technology will provide alternative RadHard solutions to aerospace and military satellite system suppliers worldwide."

About Aeroflex

Aeroflex Incorporated is a global provider of high technology solutions to the aerospace, defense and broadband communication markets. The Company's diverse technologies allow it to design, develop, manufacture and market a broad range of test, measurement and microelectronic products. The Company's common stock trades on the Nasdaq National Market System under the symbol ARXX and is included in the S&P SmallCap 600 index. Additional information concerning Aeroflex Incorporated can be found on the Company's Web site: www.aeroflex.com.

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About QuickLogic

QuickLogic Corporation (Nasdaq: QUIK) introduced the Embedded Standard Product (ESP) architecture in 1998, an innovation that delivers the guaranteed performance and lower cost of standard semiconductor products and the flexibility and time-to-market benefits of programmable logic. QuickLogic's proprietary ViaLink metal-to-metal interconnect technology offers high performance and is the foundation of the company's ESP families as well as our core FPGA products. Founded in 1988, the company is located at 1277 Orleans Drive, Sunnyvale, CA 94089-1138. For more information please visit the QuickLogic web site at www.quicklogic.com.