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Bay Microsystems Recognized As One Of The Most Promising Technology Companies In The Communications Industry

Bay Microsystems Receives Annual Comet Award By Demonstrating Innovative Architectural Design For High Speed Network Processors

Santa Clara, Calif., Sept. 4, 2001 ­ Bay Microsystems Inc., an emerging leader in high performance network processors, today announced that it is the proud recipient of a 2001 Comet Award from Communication Systems Design magazine.

The Comet awards honor promising communications technology companies that have demonstrated superior achievement by virtue of their vision, technology innovation and risk taking. An editorial panel from four industry publications, Communication Systems Design, EE Times, CommsDesign.com and Embedded System Programming chose Bay Microsystems.

Communication Systems Design magazine developed the Comet awards to recognize the achievements of emerging companies who introduce significant technical advances that may fundamentally affect the communications industry. Comet award winners are projected to be fast-rising companies that may very well become the next Cisco, Nokia or Texas Instruments.

"Bay Microsystems shines as a unique company in the highly combative network processor market," said Rob Keenan, editor-in-chief of Communication Systems Design. "With its innovative technology, Bay Microsystems stands out and captures significant interest in networking designs."

"Today’s network processor solutions have yet to deliver on their promise to empower the new generation of networking OEM products," said Chuck Gershman, Senior Vice President of Marketing and Sales for Bay Microsystems. "Winning the Comet award from an esteemed panel of industry experts further validates our belief that we’ve developed significant intellectual property, and it recognizes the uniqueness and promise of our scalable, deterministic network processor architecture."

About Bay Microsystems

Bay Microsystems Inc. is a privately held, fabless communication IC company focused on empowering carrier infrastructure OEMs in meeting the demanding requirements of the emerging optical internetworking market. Bay's innovative network processors combine scalability, intelligence processing and ultra-high performance in highly integrated single chip solutions. These processors deliver guaranteed sustained line rate operation of 10/20/40 Gbps regardless of traffic patterns and network services.

Bay Microsystems enables system OEMs to deliver a whole new class of equipment to address the Optical Networking, Broadband Access, Datacom Infrastructure and Voice Gateway markets. Bay's highly experienced management and world-class engineering team have three generations of proven expertise in architecture, implementation, deployment, marketing and management of network processors. Bay Microsystems is a member of the Optical Internetworking Forum (OIF), MPLS, and ATM forums and actively participates in the IETF. For more information visit Bay's website at www.baymicrosystems.com.

About Communication Systems Design

Communication Systems Design (www.csdmag.com) is a magazine for engineers and managers involved in the design and development of communications systems and equipment. The magazine focuses on the leading-edge wired, optical and wireless technologies employed in the development of personal, home/soho, enterprise, and infrastructure systems and equipment. With a qualified circulation of 50,000 communications engineers and managers, Communication Systems Design is published by CMP Media LLC, a leading high-tech media company providing essential information and marketing services to the entire spectrum of builders, sellers and users of technology worldwide.

Editor Contacts:
Chuck Gershman
Sr. Vice President of Marketing & Sales
(408) 653-2181
Contact: Info at Bay