NetLogic Microsystems Announces Record Second Quarter 2008 Financial Results

Revenue for the second quarter of 2008 was $36.5 million, a 6.9 percent sequential increase from $34.2 million for the first quarter of 2008 and a 41.4 percent increase from $25.8 million for the second quarter of 2007.

Second quarter 2008 net income, determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), was $2.3 million or $0.10 per diluted share. By comparison, GAAP net income was $1.1 million or $0.05 per diluted share for the first quarter of 2008. GAAP net income included stock-based compensation expense, the amortization of intangible assets, and a fair value inventory adjustment. Excluding these items, non-GAAP net income for the second quarter of 2008 was $9.2 million or $0.40 per diluted share, compared with $0.38 per diluted share for the first quarter of 2008.

Management Qualitative Comments

"This is an exciting time for us," said Ron Jankov, president and CEO. "We see near-term and long-term product cycles driving our record revenues and record levels of design wins and activity. Enterprise and Carrier networks are continuing to heavily invest in the development and deployment of next-generation, intelligent IP-based networks, which often incorporate our knowledge-based processors and advanced physical layer solutions as fundamental elements of their design. Our nearly flawless engineering execution and industry-leading product portfolio has allowed us to win a significant number of key designs at the top communications equipment companies around the world. We believe that we are well positioned to be able to deliver solid long-term revenue and profit growth as these designs continue to ramp into volume production over the next several years."

Recent Highlights

-- NetLogic Microsystems announced production shipment of the NL91024 processor, the second member of its fifth-generation "hybrid" knowledge-based processor family. The NL91024 device integrates 128 high-performance knowledge-based processing engines, which is double that of the previously announced NL9512 device. In addition, the NL91024 processor features an enhanced Intelligent Load Balancing Engine (ILBE) to efficiently allocate multiple tasks and communicate among all the 128 knowledge-based processing engines. The knowledge-based processing engines and ILBE are tightly coupled with the Company's advanced Sahasra(TM) Algorithmic Engines to dramatically lower the power consumption of search processing in the NL91024 "hybrid" knowledge-based processor.

-- The company's NL7000 family of knowledge-based processors were selected by ALAXALA Networks for ALAXALA's high-end AX7800 router and switch that will be shipped into leading carriers in Japan and South Korea for the migration to next-generation networks (NGN).

-- NetLogic Microsystems also announced the new NLP2040 and NLP3040 PHY devices, the industry's first quad-port 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10GbE) physical layer (PHY) devices that deliver the highest performance and lowest power consumption for next-generation switches, routers and blade servers addressing the data center, enterprise networking, storage and service provider markets.

-- The company was named to FORTUNE Small Business magazine's eighth annual list of the 100 fastest growing public companies in America. NetLogic Microsystems was one of only three semiconductor companies that received the honor.

-- Following the announcement of the availability and successful customer design win momentum of the NLS205 family of NETL7(TM) knowledge-based processors in April, NetLogic Microsystems achieved first pass silicon success during the second quarter and began sampling its single chip Layer 7 solutions. Customer feedback has been very positive and the company expects to work with its customers to bring these initial designs to production early next year. The NLS205 family is the industry's first single-chip content processing solution that is capable of scaling from 250 Megabits per second (Mbps) to 2.5 Gigabits per second (Gbps) line-rate performance without requiring external memory. The NLS205 family of processors is targeted at high-volume applications such as security and networking systems for small and medium-sized businesses and datacenter servers.

Conference Call

NetLogic Microsystems will hold its second quarter 2008 financial results conference call today at 2:00 p.m. Pacific time. To listen to the conference call, dial 800.659.1966 ten minutes prior to the start of the call, using the passcode 71282554. International callers, dial 617.614.2711. A taped replay will be made available approximately two hours after the conclusion of the call and will remain available for one week. To access the replay, dial 888.286.8010 and enter passcode 68760434. International callers dial 617.801.6888.

The conference call will be available via a live webcast on the investor relations section of NetLogic Microsystems' web site at http://www.netlogicmicro.com. Access the web site 15 minutes prior to the start of the call to download and install any necessary audio software. An archived webcast replay will be available on the web site for three months.

About NetLogic Microsystems

NetLogic Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: NETL), a fabless semiconductor company headquartered in Mountain View, California, designs, develops and markets high-performance knowledge-based processors and high-speed integrated circuits that accelerate the delivery of voice, video, data and multimedia content for advanced enterprise, datacenter, communications and mobile wireless networks. NetLogic Microsystems' products include high-performance knowledge-based processors, application-aware content processors, 10-Gigabit Ethernet interconnects and network search engines that are being deployed by Tier 1 original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) in leading systems such as routers, switches, wireless infrastructure equipment, network security appliances, datacenter servers, network access equipment and network storage devices. NetLogic Microsystems' knowledge-based processors and content processors employ an advanced processor architecture and a large knowledge or signature database containing information on the network, as well as applications and content that run on the network, to make complex decisions about individual packets of information traveling through the network. NetLogic Microsystems' products significantly enhance the performance and functionality of next-generation networks that are designed to deliver high-definition video delivery over the Internet (IPTV), media-rich content over advanced mobile wireless services, voice transmission over the Internet (VoIP) and network security applications. For more information about products offered by NetLogic Microsystems, call +1-650-961-6676 or visit the NetLogic Microsystems Web site at http://www.netlogicmicro.com.

NetLogic Microsystems, the NetLogic Microsystems logo, NETLite, Sahasara and NETL7 are trademarks of NetLogic Microsystems, Inc. All other trademarks are the sole property of their respective holders.

"Safe Harbor" Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995: Statements in this press release regarding NetLogic Microsystems' business which are not historical facts may be "forward-looking statements" that involve risks and uncertainties. Forward-looking statements are based on certain assumptions and expectations of future events that are subject to risks and uncertainties. Actual results and trends may differ materially from historical results or those projected in any such forward-looking statements depending on a variety of factors. These factors include, but are not limited to, customer acceptance and demand for our products, the volume of sales to our principal product customers, the timing of our receipt of customer orders during the quarter, manufacturing yields for our products, the timing of manufacture and delivery of product by our foundry suppliers, potential warranty claims and product defects, the length of our sales cycles, our average selling prices, our ability to successfully develop and sell new products, the strength of the OEM networking equipment market and the cyclical nature of that market and the semiconductor industry. For a discussion of such risks and uncertainties, which could cause actual results to differ from those contained in the forward-looking statements, see "Risk Factors" in the Company's reports on Forms 10-K and 10-Q, as well as other reports that NetLogic Microsystems files from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission. All forward-looking statements are qualified in their entirety by this cautionary statement, and NetLogic Microsystems undertakes no obligation to update publicly any forward-looking statement for any reason, except as required by law, even as new information becomes available or other events occur in the future.

NETLOGIC MICROSYSTEMS, INC. CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS (IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT FOR PER SHARE AMOUNTS) (UNAUDITED) Three months ended Six months ended ------------------ ------------------ June 30, June 30, June 30, June 30, 2008 2007 2008 2007 --------- -------- --------- -------- Revenue $ 36,543 $ 25,835 $ 70,723 $ 49,246 Cost of revenue (1) 15,982 9,249 31,365 18,100 --------- -------- --------- -------- Gross profit 20,561 16,586 39,358 31,146 --------- -------- --------- -------- Operating expenses: Research and development (1) 12,357 10,886 24,563 20,934 Selling, general and administrative (1) 6,245 4,561 12,709 8,521 --------- -------- --------- -------- Total operating expenses 18,602 15,447 37,272 29,455 --------- -------- --------- -------- Income from operations 1,959 1,139 2,086 1,691 Interest and other income, net 258 1,291 745 2,462 --------- -------- --------- -------- Income before income taxes 2,217 2,430 2,831 4,153 (Benefit from) provision for income taxes (115) 92 (628) 178 --------- -------- --------- -------- Net income $ 2,332 $ 2,338 $ 3,459 $ 3,975 ========= ======== ========= ======== Net income per share - Basic $ 0.11 $ 0.11 $ 0.16 $ 0.19 ========= ======== ========= ======== Net income per share - Diluted $ 0.10 $ 0.11 $ 0.16 $ 0.18 ========= ======== ========= ======== Shares used in calculation - Basic 21,390 20,691 21,277 20,548 ========= ======== ========= ======== Shares used in calculation - Diluted 22,529 21,773 22,214 21,628 ========= ======== ========= ======== (1) Includes the following amounts of stock-based compensation (in thousands): Three months ended Six months ended ------------------ ------------------ June 30, June 30, June 30, June 30, 2008 2007 2008 2007 --------- -------- --------- -------- Cost of revenue $ 326 $ 143 $ 606 $ 334 Research and development 1,777 2,223 3,795 4,293 Selling, general and administrative 1,171 1,173 2,574 2,187 --------- -------- --------- -------- Total $ 3,274 $ 3,539 $ 6,975 $ 6,814 ========= ======== ========= ========

Non-GAAP Financial Information

In addition to disclosing financial results calculated in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), this announcement of operating results contains non-GAAP financial measures that exclude the income statement effects of stock-based compensation, amortization of intangible assets, fair value adjustments of acquired inventory, and the effects of excluding stock-based compensation upon the number of diluted shares used in calculating non-GAAP earnings per share.

We excluded stock-based compensation expense which is non-cash in nature and is difficult to predict as its valuation is affected by market forces that are not within the control of management. We also exclude amortization of intangibles, and fair value adjustments related to acquired inventory, as they are considered non-cash in nature and unrelated to our core operating performance.

We use the non-GAAP financial measures that exclude these items to make strategic decisions, forecast future results and evaluate the Company's current performance. We believe that the presentation of non-GAAP financial measures that exclude these items is useful to investors because we do not consider these charges either part of the day-to-day business or reflective of the core operational activities of the Company that are within the control of management or that are used to evaluate management's operating performance.

The non-GAAP financial measures disclosed by the Company should not be considered a substitute for, or superior to, financial measures calculated in accordance with GAAP, and the financial results calculated in accordance with GAAP and reconciliations to those financial statements should be carefully evaluated. The non-GAAP financial measures used by the Company may be calculated differently from, and therefore may not be comparable to, similarly titled measures used by other companies. The Company has provided reconciliations of the non-GAAP financial measures to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measures. For additional information regarding these non-GAAP financial measures, and management's explanation of why it considers such measures to be useful, refer to the Form 8-K dated July 24, 2008 that the Company has submitted to the Securities and Exchange Commission.

NETLOGIC MICROSYSTEMS, INC. RECONCILIATION OF GAAP NET INCOME TO NON-GAAP NET INCOME (IN THOUSANDS) (UNAUDITED) Three months ended Six months ended ------------------ ----------------- June 30, June 30, June 30, June 30, 2008 2007 2008 2007 -------- --------- -------- -------- GAAP net income $ 2,332 $ 2,338 $ 3,459 $ 3,975 Reconciling items: Stock-based compensation 3,274 3,539 6,975 6,814 Amortization of intangible assets 3,325 325 6,650 650 Fair value adjustment related to acquired inventory 268 - 788 - -------- --------- -------- -------- Non-GAAP net income $ 9,199 $ 6,202 $ 17,872 $ 11,439 ======== ========= ======== ======== NETLOGIC MICROSYSTEMS, INC. RECONCILIATION OF GAAP DILUTED NET INCOME (LOSS) PER SHARE TO NON-GAAP DILUTED NET INCOME PER SHARE (UNAUDITED) Three months ended Six months ended ------------------ ----------------- June 30, June 30, June 30, June 30, 2008 2007 2008 2007 -------- --------- -------- -------- GAAP net income per share - Diluted $ 0.10 $ 0.11 $ 0.16 $ 0.18 Reconciling items: Stock-based compensation 0.14 0.16 0.30 0.31 Amortization of intangible assets 0.14 0.01 0.29 0.03 Fair value adjustment related to acquired inventory 0.01 - 0.03 - Difference in share count between diluted GAAP and diluted Non-GAAP Calculation 0.01 - - - -------- --------- -------- -------- Non-GAAP net income per share - Diluted $ 0.40 $ 0.28 $ 0.78 $ 0.52 ======== ========= ======== ========

NETLOGIC MICROSYSTEMS, INC. RECONCILIATION OF THE SHARES USED FOR GAAP DILUTED NET INCOME PER SHARE CALCULATION TO THE SHARES USED FOR NON-GAAP DILUTED NET INCOME PER SHARE CALCULATION (UNAUDITED) Three months ended Six months ended ------------------- ------------------- June 30, June 30, June 30, June 30, 2008 2007 2008 2007 -------- -------- -------- -------- Shares used - Diluted (GAAP) 22,529 21,773 22,214 21,628 The effect of removing stock-based compensation expense under FAS 123(R) for non-GAAP presentation purpose 651 324 685 279 -------- -------- -------- -------- Shares used - Diluted (non- GAAP) 23,180 22,097 22,899 21,907 ======== ======== ======== ======== NETLOGIC MICROSYSTEMS, INC. RECONCILIATION OF GAAP GROSS MARGIN TO NON-GAAP GROSS MARGIN (UNAUDITED) Three months ended ----------------------- June 30, June 30, 2008 2007 -------- -------- Total GAAP gross margin $20,561 56.3% $16,586 64.2% Reconciling items: Stock-based compensation 326 0.9% 143 0.6% Amortization of intangible assets 2,980 8.2% 325 1.3% Fair value adjustment related to acquired inventory 268 0.7% - 0.0% -------- -------- Total Non-GAAP gross margin $24,135 66.0% $17,054 66.0% ======== ======== NETLOGIC MICROSYSTEMS, INC. RECONCILIATION OF GAAP GROSS MARGIN TO NON-GAAP GROSS MARGIN (UNAUDITED) Six months ended ------------------------ June 30, June 30, 2008 2007 --------- -------- Total GAAP gross margin $39,358 55.7% $31,146 63.2% Reconciling items: Stock-based compensation 606 0.9% 334 0.7% Amortization of intangible assets 5,960 8.4% 650 1.3% Fair value adjustment related to acquired inventory 788 1.1% - 0.0% --------- -------- Total Non-GAAP gross margin $46,712 66.0% $32,130 65.2% ========= ========

NETLOGIC MICROSYSTEMS, INC. CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (IN THOUSANDS) (UNAUDITED) June 30, December 31, 2008 2007 ------------ ------------ ASSETS Current assets: Cash and cash equivalents $ 73,678 $ 50,689 Accounts receivable, net 14,654 14,838 Inventory 16,085 12,938 Prepaid expenses and other current assets 14,257 12,702 ------------ ------------ Total current assets 118,674 91,167 Property and equipment, net 5,731 5,745 Goodwill 53,758 55,422 Intangible asset 46,187 52,837 Other assets 105 112 ------------ ------------ Total assets $ 224,455 $ 205,283 ============ ============ LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY Current liabilities: Accounts payable $ 10,184 $ 7,094 Accrued liabilities 11,580 13,286 Deferred revenue 2,143 317 Capital lease and other obligations, current 1,069 2,528 ------------ ------------ Total current liabilities 24,976 23,225 Capital lease obligations, long-term 356 - Other liabilities 11,138 10,170 ------------ ------------ Total liabilities 36,470 33,395 ------------ ------------ Stockholders' equity: Common stock and additional paid-in capital 264,114 251,454 Accumulated other comprehensive loss (30) (8) Accumulated deficit (76,099) (79,558) ------------ ------------ Total stockholders' equity 187,985 171,888 ------------ ------------ Total liabilities and stockholders' equity $ 224,455 $ 205,283 ============ ============

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