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Applied Micro Circuits Corporation Announces Fourth Quarter Fiscal 2006 Financial Results.


Selected Q4 Highlights

* Q4 net revenues of $67.0 million; fiscal 2006 net revenues of $261.8 million

* Q4 GAAP GAAP

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GAAP

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 net loss of $138.3 million or $(0.47) per share, after recording a nonrecurring Non`re`cur´ring

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 goodwill impairment Impairment

1. A reduction in a company's stated capital.

2. The total capital that is less than the par value of the company's capital stock.

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1. This is usually reduced because of poorly estimated losses or gains.

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 charge of $131.2 million and a $7.7 million restructuring charge restructuring charge

The expense of reorganizing a company's operations. A restructuring charge is an infrequent expense that generally results from asset writedowns or facility closings.
 

* Q4 non-GAAP net income improved to $6.0 million or $0.02 per share; Q4 non-GAAP net operating margin Net operating margin

The ratio of net operating income to net sales.
 measured as a percentage of revenue doubled to 5.6% from 2.8% in the prior quarter

* Q4 quarterly revenues in the focus areas of Process, Transport and Store grew 6% sequentially; non-focus revenues declined 13% sequentially; overall revenues grew nearly 3% sequentially

* Launched major initiative to develop a high performance processor core optimized for the needs of the converged network The integration of the telephone system with IP-based data networks. See softswitch.

(networking) converged network - A single network that can carry voice, video and data.
 

* Introduced two high-density high-den·si·ty
adj.
Having a high concentration: high-density urban areas. 
 optical transceivers for the SONET/SDH (Synchronous Optical NETwork/Synchronous Digital Hierarchy) A common reference to SONET networks worldwide. See SONET.  transport market

* Completed the introduction of the 9550SX product line by shipping our first 16-port SATA (Serial ATA) A serial version of the ATA (IDE) interface, which has been the de facto standard hard disk interface for desktop PCs for more than two decades. The original Parallel ATA (PATA) interface was launched in 1986.  RAID controller A disk controller card that supports one or more RAID configurations. Originally only for SCSI drives, RAID controllers have become very popular for PATA and SATA drives. See RAID.  for the high performance storage market

SUNNYVALE Sunnyvale, city (1990 pop. 117,229), Santa Clara co., W Calif., near San Francisco; settled 1849, inc. 1912. A city in Silicon Valley, its many manufactures include semiconductors; machinery and instruments; electrical, electronic, and aerospace products; , Calif., April 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Applied Micro Circuits Corporation Applied Micro Circuits Corporation (NASDAQ: AMCC) is a fabless semiconductor company designing network and embedded Power Architecture (including a Power Architecture license), optical transport and storage solutions.   today reported its financial results for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2006.

Net revenues for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2006 were $67.0 million compared to $65.2 million reported in the third quarter of fiscal 2006 and $64.2 million reported in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2005.

Net revenues for the year ended March 31, 2006 were $261.8 million compared to $253.8 million reported for the year ended March 31, 2005.

The net loss on a generally accepted accounting principles The standard accounting rules, regulations, and procedures used by companies in maintaining their financial records.

Generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) provide companies and accountants with a consistent set of guidelines that cover both broad accounting
 (GAAP) basis for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2006 was $138.3 million or $(0.47) per share. This loss includes $131.2 million for the write-off Write-Off

A reduction in the value of an asset or earnings by the amount of an expense or loss. Companies are able to write off certain expenses that are required to run the business, or have been incurred in the operation of the business and detract from retained revenues.
 of goodwill and a $7.7 million charge for restructuring restructuring - The transformation from one representation form to another at the same relative abstraction level, while preserving the subject system's external behaviour (functionality and semantics).  costs associated with France and parts of our manufacturing operations Manufacturing operations concern the operation of a facility, as opposed to maintenance, supply and distribution, health, and safety, emergency response, human resources, security, information technology and other infrastructural support organizations. . The fourth quarter GAAP net loss compares with net income of $584,000 or $0.00 per share for the third quarter of fiscal 2006 and a net loss of $5.3 million or $(0.02) per share for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2005. The GAAP net loss for the year ended March 31, 2006 was $148.4 million or $(0.49) per share, compared to the net loss of $127.4 million or $(0.41) per share for the year ended March 31, 2005.

The non-GAAP net income for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2006 was $6.0 million or $0.02 per share, compared to the non-GAAP net income of $4.8 million or $0.02 per share in the third quarter of fiscal 2006 and the non-GAAP net income of $3.6 million or $0.01 per share in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2005. The non-GAAP net income for the year ended March 31, 2006 was $17.9 million or $0.06 per share, compared with the non-GAAP net loss of $2.5 million or $(0.01) per share for the year ended March 31, 2005.

"During the quarter we grew our focus revenues by 6% sequentially while putting in place strategic initiatives for long-term growth," said Kambiz KAMBIZ can refer to

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2.Persian men's given name.

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 Hooshmand, president and chief executive officer. "This is our fifth consecutive quarter of non-GAAP profitability and our first full fiscal year of non-GAAP profitability since 2001."

Bob Gargus, chief financial officer commented, "On a non-GAAP basis in the fourth quarter we grew gross margins while continuing to drive down operating expenses Operating expenses

The amount paid for asset maintenance or the cost of doing business, excluding depreciation. Earnings are distributed after operating expenses are deducted.
. We are working through our revenue transitions while managing multiple initiatives to improve both growth and profitability for the company. We're making good progress and a clear indication is the continued improvement in our non-GAAP net operating margin which doubled as a percent of revenue over the prior quarter."

AMCC AMCC Applied Micro Circuits Corporation
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 with GAAP and additionally provides supplemental financial data on a non-GAAP basis. These non-GAAP measures are not in accordance with, nor are they a substitute for, GAAP measures and they may not be consistent with the presentation used by other companies. AMCC's management believes this non-GAAP financial data is useful and facilitates evaluating the ongoing performance of AMCC operations on a comparable basis. AMCC uses non-GAAP financial data to internally evaluate and manage our operating performance and in formulating our budget for future periods. AMCC is providing this information to investors and analysts, who may wish to use some or all of this information to analyze our current performance and because it is consistent with the financial models and estimates published by analysts who follow the Company.

The non-GAAP results and financial measures exclude certain items which are required by GAAP such as restructuring charges, amortization and impairments of purchased intangibles, and goodwill, acquired in-process research and development charges, stock-based compensation charges, litigation An action brought in court to enforce a particular right. The act or process of bringing a lawsuit in and of itself; a judicial contest; any dispute.

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 settlement costs, and payroll tax Payroll Tax

Tax an employer withholds and/or pays on behalf of their employees based on the wage or salary of the employee. In most countries, including the U.S., both state and federal authorities collect some form of payroll tax.
 on certain stock option exercises. Income taxes are adjusted to an estimated non-GAAP effective tax rate. See the attached reconciliation of the GAAP net income (loss) to the non-GAAP net income (loss), which quantifies the amounts excluded from non-GAAP results.

For More Information

AMCC management will be holding a conference call today, April 26, 2006, at 2:00 p.m. Pacific Time/5:00 p.m. Eastern Time to discuss additional details regarding the Company's performance for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2006 and to provide guidance for the first quarter of fiscal 2007. You may access the conference call via any of the following:
        Teleconference:    913-981-4902
        Conference ID:     4600587
        Web Broadcast:     http://www.amcc.com/
        Replay:            719-457-0820
                           (Available for 7 days following the call)

  AMCC Overview



AMCC provides the essential building blocks for the processing, transporting and storing of information worldwide. The Company blends systems and software expertise with high-performance, high-bandwidth silicon integration to deliver silicon, hardware and software solutions for global wide area networks (WAN), embedded Inserted into. See embedded system.  applications such as PowerPC and programmable SOC (System On a Chip) The electronics for a complete, working product contained on a single chip. While a microcontroller includes all the hardware components required to process instructions, an SoC includes the computer and all required ancillary electronics.  architectures, storage area networks (SAN), and high-growth storage markets such as Serial ATA (SATA) RAID. AMCC's corporate headquarters are located in Sunnyvale, California Sunnyvale ([sʌniveil]) is a city in Santa Clara County, California, United States. It is one of the major cities that make up the Silicon Valley. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 131,760. . Sales and engineering offices are located throughout the world. For further information regarding AMCC, please visit our web site at http://www.amcc.com/.

This news release contains forward-looking statements that reflect the Company's current view with respect to future events and financial performance. These forward looking statements are only predictions based on current information and expectations and are subject to certain risks and uncertainties, including, but not limited to, customer demand for the Company's products, the businesses of the Company's major customers, reductions, rescheduling or cancellation of orders by the Company's customers, successful and timely development of products, market acceptance of new products, and general economic conditions. More information about potential factors that could affect the Company's business and financial results is included in the "Risk Factors" set forth in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended March 31, 2005, and the Company's other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Actual results could differ materially, as a result of such factors, from those set forth in the forward- looking statements. You are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this press release. All forward-looking statements are qualified in their entirety by this cautionary statement, and the Company undertakes no obligation to reuse reuse - Using code developed for one application program in another application. Traditionally achieved using program libraries. Object-oriented programming offers reusability of code via its techniques of inheritance and genericity.  or update any forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances CIRCUMSTANCES, evidence. The particulars which accompany a fact.
     2. The facts proved are either possible or impossible, ordinary and probable, or extraordinary and improbable, recent or ancient; they may have happened near us, or afar off; they are public or
 after the issuance of this press release.
                    APPLIED MICRO CIRCUITS CORPORATION
                  CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
                             ($ in thousands)

                                                      March 31,    March 31,
  ASSETS                                                2006         2005

  Current assets:
    Cash, cash equivalents and short-term
     investments                                      $335,665     $423,392
    Accounts receivable, net                            26,324       28,601
    Inventories                                         24,941       18,014
    Other current assets                                12,618       51,448
       Total current assets                            399,548      521,455
  Property and equipment, net                           36,127       44,461
  Other assets                                           8,685        1,965
  Goodwill and purchased intangibles                   381,066      534,514
       Total assets                                   $825,426   $1,102,395

  LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY

  Current liabilities:
    Accounts payable                                   $24,656      $24,016
    Other current liabilities                           37,962      101,147
    Current portion of long-term debt & capital
     leases                                                 --           34
       Total current liabilities                        62,618      125,197
  Stockholders' equity                                 762,808      977,198
       Total liabilities and stockholders' equity     $825,426   $1,102,395



                    APPLIED MICRO CIRCUITS CORPORATION
           GAAP CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
                               (unaudited)
                  (in thousands, except per share data)

                             Three months ended               Year ended
                         Mar 31,   Dec 31,   Mar 31,     Mar 31,    Mar 31,
                          2006      2005      2005        2006       2005
  Net revenues           $66,993   $65,243   $64,204    $261,844   $253,756
  Cost of revenues        30,449    30,017    30,073     122,392    123,253
  Gross profit            36,544    35,226    34,131     139,452    130,503
  Operating expenses:
     Research and
      development         22,170    22,775    24,562      91,080    118,665
     Selling, general
      and administrative  14,263    14,239    14,258      58,396     59,821
     Stock-based
      compensation:
        Research and
         development         666       654       708       2,690      3,407
        Selling,
         general and
         administrative    1,410       783       858       3,761      5,259
     Amortization of
      purchased
      intangibles          1,107     1,107     1,608       4,588      6,960
     Impairment of
      purchased
      intangibles             --        --        --          --     27,330
     Impairment
      of goodwill        131,216        --        --     131,216         --
     Acquired
      in-process
      research and
      development             --        --        --          --     13,400
     Restructuring
      charges              7,704     1,339     1,233      12,602      9,622
     Litigation
      settlement, net         --        --       350          --     29,250
        Total
         operating
         expenses        178,536    40,897    43,577     304,333    273,714
  Operating loss        (141,992)   (5,671)   (9,446)   (164,881)  (143,211)
  Interest and other
   income, net             3,992     4,940     4,108      15,873     18,699
  Loss before income
   taxes                (138,000)     (731)   (5,338)   (149,008)  (124,512)
  Income tax expense
   (benefit)                 328    (1,315)       --        (636)     2,861
  Net income (loss)    $(138,328)     $584   $(5,338)  $(148,372) $(127,373)

  Income (loss) per
   share:
     Basic income
      (loss) per share    $(0.47)    $0.00    $(0.02)     $(0.49)    $(0.41)
     Diluted income
      (loss) per share    $(0.47)    $0.00    $(0.02)     $(0.49)    $(0.41)

  Shares used in
   calculating basic
   and diluted income
   (loss) per share:
     Basic               294,442   297,119   308,448     300,841    309,456
     Diluted             294,442   299,049   308,448     300,841    309,456



                    APPLIED MICRO CIRCUITS CORPORATION
  RECONCILIATION OF GAAP NET INCOME (LOSS) TO NON-GAAP NET INCOME (LOSS)
                               (unaudited)
                  (in thousands, except per share data)

                               Three months ended          Year ended
                         Mar 31,    Dec 31,   Mar 31,   Mar 31,    Mar 31,
                          2006       2005      2005      2006       2005
  GAAP net income
   (loss)              $(138,328)    $584   $(5,338)  $(148,372)  $(127,373)

  Adjustments:
     Stock-based
      compensation (1)     2,097    1,458     1,514       6,540       9,245

     Amortization of
      purchased
      intangibles (2)      4,732    4,732     6,805      22,232      32,487

     Impairment of
      purchased
      intangibles (3)         --       --        --          --      27,330

     Impairment of
      goodwill(4)        131,216       --        --     131,216          --

     Restructuring
      charges (5)          7,704    1,339     1,233      12,602       9,622

     Litigation
      settlement,
      net (6)                 --       --       350          --      29,250

     Realized gain on
      sale of strategic
      equity investment (7)   --    (672)        --        (672)         --

     Acquired in-process
      research and
      development (8)         --       --        --          --      13,400

     Payroll taxes on
      certain stock
      option exercises (9)     2        1        10           3          12

     Income tax
      adjustments (10)    (1,377)  (2,663)   (1,006)     (5,676)      3,558

  Total GAAP to
   non-GAAP
   adjustments           144,374    4,195     8,906     166,245     124,904

  Non-GAAP net income
   (loss)                 $6,046   $4,779    $3,568     $17,873     $(2,469)


  Non-GAAP income
   (loss) per share:
  Diluted income
   (loss) per share        $0.02    $0.02     $0.01       $0.06      $(0.01)


  Reconciliation of
   shares used in
  calculating the
   non-GAAP income
   (loss) per share:
  GAAP diluted shares
   used                  294,442  299,049   308,448     300,841     309,456

  Adjustment for
   dilutive
   securities (11)         2,119       --     1,972       1,690          --

  Non-GAAP shares
   used in the
  EPS calculation        296,561  299,049   310,420     302,531     309,456

  Non-GAAP adjustments include:

  (1)  The exclusion of stock based compensation. This amount is included in
       cost of goods sold, research and development, and selling, general
       and administrative.

  (2)  The exclusion of amortization of purchased intangible assets
       associated with purchase acquisitions.

  (3)  The exclusion of impairment charges related to purchased intangible
       assets recorded in accordance with FASB 144, "Accounting for the
       Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets."

  (4)  The exclusion of a goodwill impairment charge recorded in accordance
       with FASB 142, "Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets."

  (5)  The exclusion of restructuring charges for non-cash and cash items.
       Non-cash items includes fixed asset impairments and prepaid asset
       write-offs.  Cash items include severance and excess facilities
       charges.

  (6)  The exclusion of litigation costs associated with the settlement of
       shareholder lawsuit.

  (7)  The exclusion of realized gains on the sale of strategic equity
       investments.

  (8)  The exclusion of acquired in-process research and development costs
       associated with purchase acquisitions.

  (9)  The exclusion of payroll taxes associated with certain stock option
       exercises.

  (10) The income taxes are adjusted to reflect a long-term tax rate.

  (11) The shares adjustment for dilutive securities includes stock awards
       outstanding calculated under the treasury stock method that are not
       included in the GAAP diluted calculation as their effect would be
       anti-dilutive.



                    APPLIED MICRO CIRCUITS CORPORATION
                SCHEDULE OF SELECTED NON-GAAP ADJUSTMENTS
                               (unaudited)
                              (in thousands)




The following schedule reconciles selected line items from the GAAP basis statements of operations to the most directly comparable non-GAAP measure.
                             Three months ended             Year ended
                          Mar 31,   Dec 31,   Mar 31,    Mar 31,    Mar 31,
                           2006      2005      2005       2006       2005
  GROSS PROFIT:
  GAAP gross profit       $36,544   $35,226   $34,131   $139,452   $130,503
     Amortization of
      purchased
      intangibles           3,625     3,625     5,197     17,644     25,527
     Stock-based
      compensation             21        21        43         89        674
  Non-GAAP gross profit   $40,190   $38,872   $39,371   $157,185   $156,704

  OPERATING EXPENSES:
  GAAP operating
   expenses              $178,536   $40,897   $43,577   $304,333   $273,714
     Amortization of
      purchased
      intangibles           1,107     1,107     1,608      4,588      6,960
     Impairment of
      purchased
      intangibles              --        --        --         --     27,330
     Impairment of
      goodwill            131,216        --        --    131,216         --
     Acquired in-process
      research and
      development              --        --        --         --     13,400
     Stock-based
      compensation          2,076     1,437     1,471      6,451      8,571
     Restructuring charges  7,704     1,339     1,233     12,602      9,622
     Litigation
      settlement, net          --        --       350         --     29,250
     Payroll taxes on
      certain stock
      option exercises          2         1        10          3         12
  Non-GAAP operating
   expenses               $36,431   $37,013   $38,905   $149,473   $178,569

  INTEREST AND OTHER
   INCOME, NET
     GAAP interest and
      other income, net    $3,992    $4,940    $4,108    $15,873    $18,699
        Realized gain
         on sale of
         strategic equity
         investments           --      (672)       --       (672)        --
     Non-GAAP interest
      and other income,
      net                  $3,992    $4,268    $4,108    $15,201    $18,699

  INCOME TAX EXPENSE
   (BENEFIT):
  GAAP income tax
   expense (benefit)         $328   $(1,315)      $--      $(636)    $2,861
     Income tax
      adjustments           1,377     2,663     1,006      5,676     (3,558)
  Non-GAAP income tax
   expense (benefit)       $1,705    $1,348    $1,006     $5,040      $(697)



CONTACT: Investor Relations Investor relations

The process by which the corporation communicates with its investors.
, Scott Dawson of Applied Micro Circuits Corporation, +1-858-535-4217, sdawson@amcc.com; or Media/Editorial, Angela Edgerton of The Ardell Group, +1-858-792-2941, angela@ardellgroup.com, for Applied Micro Circuits Corporation

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