SiRF Expands Executive Team to Support Its Rapid Growth; SiRF Appoints New CFO and VP of Engineering.

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SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 15, 2000

SiRF Technology, Inc., the leading developer of global positioning system (GPS) based location technology, today announced that Walter D. Amaral, 48, has joined the company as senior vice president and chief financial officer and Robert E. Bohn, 54, has joined as vice president of engineering.

"SiRF continues to expand rapidly. The time is right for an experienced CFO to guide us through the next chapter of our expansion; and we have found just that in Walter Amaral, who has an excellent track record at very well-respected companies in the high technology industry," stated Jackson Hu, president and CEO of SiRF Technology, Inc. "In addition, we are extremely fortunate to have attracted a seasoned VP of engineering with as strong a technical and management background as Robert E. Bohn. With a combined 55 plus years' experience, these executives will help us to advance our mission of driving GPS-based location intelligence into the mainstream consumer market."

Walter Amaral, Chief Financial Officer

Amaral comes with more than 25 years of accounting and financial management experience, most recently as senior vice president and chief financial officer at S3 Inc., where he was responsible for accounting and finance, investor relations, legal and information systems.

Prior to S3, he was senior vice president and CFO at NetManage, Inc. where he was not only responsible for accounting and finance, investor relations, legal, purchasing and operations; he lead the acquisition of five companies in one year. Amaral also held senior financial positions at Maxtor Corporation, Intel Corporation and Litronix Inc.

"With its revolutionary GPS technology, partnerships with dozens of leading names in consumer devices and its solid financial backing, SiRF is clearly the market leader," said Amaral. "I look forward to contributing to its continued success and supporting the company's next phase of growth."

Robert Bohn, Vice President of Engineering

Bohn joins the company with more than 30 years of technical management experience. He was most recently vice president and general manager at Magellan Corporation, a GPS company with worldwide retail distribution, where he was responsible for the Consumer Products Group, managing engineering, marketing, operations, finance and sales. Before that, he was vice president of systems at ELMS Systems Corporation and Director of Engineering at AST Computer. Bohn held VP of engineering positions at ABLE Communications, Distributed Logic (DILOG), Silicon Development Corporation and General Automation.

"Any way you look at it, SiRF is a pioneer and a technological leader in GPS for consumers," said Bohn. "I'm excited not only by the company's technical innovation, but its vision and its excellent execution for becoming the premier solution for enabling location-aware consumer devices."

About SiRF

SiRF Technology, Inc., was founded in 1995 to bring GPS-based location technology and other wireless communications innovations to a wide range of consumer applications. The company has extensive experience in GPS, spread-spectrum, radio frequency (RF), semiconductor, software and communications technologies. Operating as a fabless, wireless communications IC company with an intellectual property (IP) licensing model, SiRF is able to concentrate its resources on developing high-performance, cost-effective and high-quality chipset, IP and software solutions that will serve high-growth markets such as consumer GPS and wireless communications. SiRF's web site is located at (outbind://46/www.sirf.com) www.sirf.com.

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