Exar

Fremont, California, December 12, 2005 - Exar Corporation (Nasdaq: EXAR), a leading provider of high-performance, mixed-signal silicon solutions for the worldwide communications infrastructure, today introduced theXRT83SL216 a 16-channel E1 Line Interface Unit (LIU). Doubling the capacity of Exar’s eight-channel solution (XRT83SL28), the 16-channel device is targeted at Multi-Service Provisioning...

Third Industry-First UART in 2005, Confirms Company’s Technology Focus Fremont, CA, December 6, 2005 - Exar Corporation (Nasdaq: EXAR), a leading provider of high-performance, mixed-signal silicon solutions for the worldwide communications infrastructure, announced today the industry’s lowest voltage single-channel UART. At 1.8V, in 32-QFN (5mm x 5mm) and 24-QFN (4mm x 4mm) packages, the multi...

Fremont, CA, December 6, 2005 - Exar Corporation (Nasdaq: EXAR) today announced that it has received a letter from Nasdaq, dated December 5, 2005, stating that the Company has regained compliance with Nasdaq’s nominations committee requirement for continued listing on The Nasdaq National Market set forth in Marketplace Rule 4350(c)(4). On December 1, 2005, the Company notified Nasdaq that at t...

Fremont, CA, November 7, 2005 - Exar Corporation (Nasdaq: EXAR) today announced that it has received two Nasdaq Staff Deficiency Letters, both dated November 2, 2005. The first letter from Nasdaq confirmed that the Company no longer complies with Nasdaq's audit committee requirements for continued listing set forth in Marketplace Rule 4350(d)(2). The second letter from Nasdaq notified the Compa...

Fremont, California, November 2, 2005 - Exar Corporation (NASDAQ: EXAR) today announced that the Final Report of the Inspector of Election, IVS Associates, Inc., indicated that shareholders at Exar's annual meeting held on October 27, 2005 voted to elect to the Board nominees Guy Adams, Richard Leza and Pete Rodriguez. Also, with respect to the precatory resolution to declassify the Board, share...

Fremont, CA, November 1, 2005 - Exar Corporation (Nasdaq: EXAR) today announced that based on a preliminary tally, shareholders at its annual meeting held on October 27, 2005 voted to elect to the Board nominees Guy Adams, Richard Leza and Pete Rodriguez. Prior to the closing of the polls at the annual meeting, all ballots and proxy cards received by Exar were turned over to the independent In...

Fremont, CA, October 31, 2005 - Exar Corporation (NASDAQ: EXAR), a leading provider of high-performance, mixed-signal silicon solutions for the worldwide communications infrastructure announced that Roubik Gregorian, CEO and president, and Ronald W. Guire, executive vice president and chief financial officer, will be presenting at the AeA Classic Financial Conference on November 7 and 8, 2005 at ...

Fremont, CA, October 31, 2005 - Exar Corporation (Nasdaq: EXAR) today announced that Donald L. Ciffone, Jr., Exar's Chairman of the Board retired effective October 31, 2005. "The Board and I would like to thank Don for his tremendous contributions during his tenure with Exar. Don's professionalism, industry expertise and loyalty to Exar over the past 9 years was instrumental in guiding the Co...

Fremont, CA, October 28, 2005 - Exar Corporation (NASDAQ: EXAR), a leading provider of high-performance, mixed-signal silicon solutions for the worldwide communications infrastructure, announced today completion of its 2005 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. The results of the meeting are still being tabulated. It is expected that the preliminary results will be available on Monday, October 31, 20...

Fremont, CA, October 19, 2005 – Exar Corporation (NASDAQ: EXAR), a leading provider of high-performance, mixed-signal silicon solutions for the worldwide communications infrastructure, today reported fiscal 2006 second quarter operating results. Revenue for the quarter ended September 30, 2005 was $16.5 million, an improvement of 3.9% sequentially from $15.9 million in the first quarter of fisca...

EXtendAR 48M™ Combines Flexible SONET/SDH Framer and DS3/E3 Mappers with Generic Framing Procedure (GFP), Virtual Concatenation (VCAT) and Link Capacity Adjustment Scheme (LCAS) Functions on a Single Device October 17, 2005 - Fremont, CA, - Exar Corporation (Nasdaq: EXAR), a leading provider of high-performance, mixed-signal silicon solutions for the worldwide communications infrastructur...

Fremont, CA, October 11, 2005 - Exar Corporation (Nasdaq: EXAR), a leading provider of high-performance, mixed-signal silicon solutions for the worldwide communications infrastructure announced today that Mr. Sid Yenamandra, senior manager, Ethernet and SONET/SDH product line, will be speaking at the Network Systems Design Conference (NSDC) 2005. This is the first time that Exar will disclose det...

Recommends Shareholders Sign, Date and Mail the WHITE Proxy Card Today Fremont, California, October 10, 2005 - Exar Corporation (NASDAQ: EXAR), a leading provider of high-performance, mixed-signal silicon solutions for the worldwide communications infrastructure, today announced that it has sent the following letter to shareholders recommending that they vote FOR the Board's director nominees ...

Fremont, CA, October 5, 2005 - Exar Corporation (NASDAQ: EXAR) invites financial analysts, members of the media, and the general public to listen to its conference call discussing the Company's financial results for the second quarter fiscal 2006 on October 19, 2005 at 1:30 p.m. EDT. Exar will issue a news release announcing the Company's second quarter financial results at approximately 8:00...

Recommends Shareholders Sign, Date and Mail the WHITE Proxy Card Today FREMONT, California, October 4, 2005 - Exar Corporation (NASDAQ: EXAR), a leading provider of high-performance, mixed-signal silicon solutions for the worldwide communications infrastructure, today announced that it has commenced mailing of its definitive proxy materials to Exar shareholders for the October 27, 2005 Annual ...

First Devices in Series of Solutions for High-End Communications, Consumer and Industrial Applications FREMONT, California, September 26, 2005 - Exar Corporation (Nasdaq: EXAR), a leading provider of high-performance, mixed-signal silicon solutions for the worldwide communications infrastructure expanded its clock and timing solution portfolio with a family of zero delay buffers. Unveiled toda...

FREMONT, California, September 19, 2005 - Exar Corporation (NASDAQ: EXAR), a leading provider of high-performance, mixed-signal silicon solutions for the worldwide communications infrastructure, today announced that Oscar Rodriguez, Chief Executive Officer and President of Riverstone Networks, Inc., has been appointed as an independent director to the Company's Board of Directors, effective Septe...

Voyager Reinforces Exar's Position as a Leading Supplier of T1/E1, T3/E3 and SONET/SDH IC Solutions for Metro-Core and Metro-Access Markets FREMONT, California, September 19, 2005 - Exar Corporation (Nasdaq: EXAR), a leading provider of high-performance, mixed-signal silicon solutions for the worldwide communications infrastructure, has further advanced its position in the T/E carrier and SONE...

Sets October 27, 2005 for Annual Meeting and Files Preliminary Proxy Materials FREMONT, California, September 12, 2005 - Exar Corporation (NASDAQ: EXAR), a leading provider of high-performance, mixed-signal silicon solutions for the worldwide communications infrastructure, today announced that Richard H. Koppes, former Deputy Executive Officer and General Counsel of the California Public Emplo...

FREMONT, California, August 30, 2005 -- Exar Corporation (NASDAQ: EXAR), a leading provider of high-performance, mixed-signal silicon solutions for the worldwide communications infrastructure, announced the final results of its modified Dutch Auction self tender offer, which expired on Tuesday, August 23, 2005 at 5:00 p.m. New York City time. Exar has accepted for payment 7,500,000 shares of i...

FREMONT, California, August 24, 2005 - Exar Corporation (NASDAQ: EXAR), a leading provider of high-performance, mixed-signal silicon solutions for the worldwide communications infrastructure, announced the preliminary results of its modified Dutch Auction self tender offer, which expired on Tuesday, August 23, 2005 at 5:00 p.m. New York City time. Exar expects to accept for payment 7,500,000 s...

FREMONT, California, August 8, 2005 -- Exar Corporation (NASDAQ: EXAR), a leading provider of high-performance, mixed-signal silicon solutions for the worldwide communications infrastructure announced that Ronald W. Guire, executive vice president and chief financial officer, will be presenting at the B. Riley New York Investor Conference on August 11, 2005 at 12:35 p.m. EDT at the Le Parker Meri...

FREMONT, California, July 19, 2005 - Exar Corporation (NASDAQ: EXAR), a leading provider of high-performance, mixed-signal silicon solutions for the worldwide communications infrastructure, today reported fiscal 2006 first quarter operating results. Revenue for the quarter ended June 30, 2005 was $15.9 million, up 16.5% sequentially from $13.7 million in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2005 and dow...

Company Confirms Intention to Repurchase Remaining $30 million under Currently Authorized Stock Repurchase Program Company Further Enhances Corporate Governance Policies and Procedures Including Redeeming Stockholder Rights Plan FREMONT, California, July 19, 2005 - Exar Corporation (NASDAQ: EXAR), a leading provider of high-performance, mixed-signal silicon solutions for the worldwide commu...

FREMONT, California, July 12, 2005 - Exar Corporation (NASDAQ: EXAR), a leading provider of high-performance, mixed-signal silicon solutions for the worldwide communications infrastructure announced today the promotion of Mr. Thomas R. Melendrez to General Counsel, Secretary and Senior Vice President, Business Development and Mr. Levent Ozcolak to Division Vice President and General Manager, Inte...

FREMONT, California, July 7, 2005 - Exar Corporation (NASDAQ: EXAR) invites financial analysts, members of the media, and the general public to listen to its conference call discussing the Company's financial results for the first quarter fiscal 2005 on Tuesday, July 19, 2005 at 1:30 p.m. EDT. Exar will issue a news release announcing the Company's first quarter financial results at approximat...

FREMONT, California, June 29, 2005 - Exar Corporation (Nasdaq: EXAR), a leading provider of high-performance, mixed-signal silicon solutions for the worldwide communications infrastructure, announced the industry's smallest form factor single-channel UART in a 24-pin QFN package. Ideal for space-constrained applications such as cellular phones, PDAs, digital cameras, global positioning systems, a...

Devices Deliver Exceptional Jitter Performance and Low Power FREMONT, California, June 27, 2005 - Exar Corporation (Nasdaq: EXAR), a leading provider of high-performance, mixed-signal silicon solutions for the worldwide communications infrastructure today added two devices to its SONET/SDH transceiver product family. The XRT91L82 (STS-48/STM-16 PHY) builds on the market success of the XRT91L80...

FREMONT, California, June 21, 2005 - Exar Corporation (Nasdaq: EXAR), a leading provider of high-performance, mixed-signal silicon solutions for the worldwide communications infrastructure announced today that its industry's first multi-channel 66MHz PCI 3.0 compliant Universal Asynchronous Receiver Transmitter (UART), the XR17V25x family, was chosen as an Ultimate Product by eeProductCenter maga...

FREMONT, California, June 7, 2005 -- Exar Corporation (NASDAQ: EXAR), a leading provider of high-performance, mixed-signal silicon solutions for the worldwide communications infrastructure, today issued the following statement in response to the announcement by GWA Investments, LLC and GWA Master Fund, LP ("GWA") of its intention to nominate two candidates, Guy Adams, GWA's managing principa...

FREMONT, California, May 31, 2005 - Exar Corporation (NASDAQ: EXAR), a leading provider of high-performance, mixed-signal silicon solutions for the worldwide communications infrastructure announced that Ronald W. Guire, executive vice president and chief financial officer, will be presenting at the SG Cowen 33rd Technology Conference on June 1, 2005 at 2:00 p.m. EDT at the Westin New York Hotel i...

FREMONT, California, April 29, 2005 - Exar Corporation (NASDAQ: EXAR) announced today that its Board of Directors has unanimously authorized the retention of Spencer Stuart & Associates, one of the nation's leading executive search firms, to identify additional qualified candidates for the Board. The Company is looking for experienced, proven business leaders with relevant industry expertise...

FREMONT, California, April 28, 2005 -- Exar Corporation (NASDAQ: EXAR), a leading provider of high-performance, mixed-signal silicon solutions for the worldwide communications infrastructure, today reported fiscal 2005 fourth quarter and year-end operating results. Revenue for the quarter ended March 31, 2005 was $13.7 million, a 3.1% increase compared to the prior quarter and a 23.5% decline fro...

FREMONT, California, April 11, 2005 -- Exar Corporation (NASDAQ: EXAR) invites financial analysts, members of the media, and the general public to listen to its conference call discussing the Company's financial results for the fourth quarter and year end fiscal 2005 on Thursday, April 28, 2005 at 1:30 p.m. EDT. Exar will issue a news release announcing the Company's fourth quarter and year en...

Exar expands leadership position for OC-3/STM-1 to OC-192/STM-64 Multi-Rate Framer Solutions FREMONT, California, April 7, 2005 -- Exar Corporation (Nasdaq: EXAR) announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement with Infineon Technologies North America Corp. in which Exar has agreed to acquire for cash a significant part of Infineon's Optical Networking(ON) Business Unit. The ac...

IDCS Devices Offer High-Performance and Integrated Redundancy for a Wide Range of Mission-Critical Applications FREMONT, California, March 28, 2005 - Exar Corporation (Nasdaq: EXAR), a leading provider of high-performance, mixed-signal silicon solutions for the worldwide communications infrastructure added three Intelligent Dynamic Clock Switch (IDCS) devices to its market-proven clock and tim...

FREMONT, California, March 28, 2005 - Exar Corporation (NASDAQ: EXAR), a leading provider of high-performance, mixed-signal silicon solutions for the worldwide communications infrastructure, today announced the election of Roubik Gregorian to its board of directors, effective March 24, 2005. Mr. Gregorian was recently appointed the Company's new CEO and President. Exar's board of directors no...

Devices Offer a Seamless 33MHz to 66MHz Product Upgrade Path, Fractional Baud Rate Generation, Plus PCI Power Management Support FREMONT, California, March 21, 2005 -- Exar Corporation (Nasdaq: EXAR - News), a leading provider of high-performance, mixed-signal silicon solutions for the worldwide communications infrastructure, today announced the industry's first multi-channel 66MHz PCI 3.0 com...

FREMONT, California, March 14, 2005 -- Exar Corporation (NASDAQ: EXAR), a leading provider of high-performance, mixed-signal silicon solutions for the worldwide communications infrastructure announced that Ronald W. Guire, executive vice president and chief financial officer, will be presenting at the B. Riley Annual Investor Conference on March 17, 2005 at 9:50 a.m. PST at the Venetian Resort Ho...

FREMONT, California, February 28, 2005 -- Exar Corporation (NASDAQ: EXAR), a leading provider of high-performance, mixed-signal silicon solutions for the worldwide communications infrastructure announced that Roubik Gregorian, president and chief executive officer, and Ronald W. Guire, executive vice president and chief financial officer, will be presenting at the Fourth Annual JMP Securities Res...

FREMONT, California, February 16, 2005 – Exar Corporation (NASDAQ: EXAR), a leading provider of high-performance, mixed-signal silicon solutions for the worldwide communications infrastructure, today announced the appointment of Roubik Gregorian as CEO and President. Since the retirement of Donald L. Ciffone, Jr. on September 10, 2004, Mr. Gregorian has served as acting CEO and President. During...

FREMONT, California, February 7, 2005 – Exar Corporation (NASDAQ: EXAR), a leading provider of high-performance, mixed-signal silicon solutions for the worldwide communications infrastructure announced that Ronald W. Guire, executive vice president and chief financial officer, will be presenting at the Thomas Weisel Partners Tech2005 Conference on February 9, 2005 at 2:05 p.m. PST at the Fairmont...

Press Release Contacts: Ronald W. Guire, Exec. VP, CFO Thomas R. Melendrez, Senior Vice President (510) 668-7000 For Release 8:00 a.m. EDT January 19, 2006 Exar Corporation Announces Results for Third Quarter Fiscal 2006 Achieved Operating Profitability Sequential Revenue Growth Improved Gross Margin Fremont, California, January 19, 2006 – Exar Corporation (Nasd...

FREMONT, California, January 10, 2005 – Exar Corporation (NASDAQ: EXAR) invites financial analysts, members of the media, and the general public to listen to its conference call discussing the Company’s financial results for the third quarter fiscal 2005 on Wednesday, January 19, 2005 at 1:30 p.m. EST. Exar will issue a news release announcing the Company’s third quarter financial results at ap...

FREMONT, California, January 10, 2005 – Exar Corporation (NASDAQ: EXAR), a leading provider of high-performance, mixed-signal silicon solutions for the worldwide communications infrastructure announced that Roubik Gregorian, acting CEO and president, and Ronald W. Guire, executive vice president and chief financial officer, will be presenting at the Needham Growth Conference on January 12, 2005 a...