Microsemi's Truc Vu Receives 'Lauds & Laurels' Award from UC Irvine

ALISO VIEJO, Calif., May 18, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Microsemi Corporation, a leading provider of semiconductor solutions differentiated by power, security, reliability and performance, today announced Truc Vu was honored with the "Lauds & Laurels" award by the University of California, Irvine Alumni Association (UCIAA) at an event held on Thursday, May 17. Vu, who serves as vice president of Technology at Microsemi, holds a doctorate degree in Electrical Engineering from UCI.

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UCIAA and its Board of Directors have bestowed the association's highest honor, Lauds & Laurels, to those alumni that have made significant contributions in their respective field and it is the highest award that UC Irvine can bestow upon an alumnus.

Vu currently serves on UCI's Engineering Leadership Council and the Industrial Advisory Board for its Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department. 

"We are fortunate to have Truc as a member of our technical team, and commend his continued commitment to UCI and higher education," said Jim Aralis, Microsemi's chief technology officer and vice president of R&D. "On behalf of the entire Microsemi team, I want to extend our congratulations to Truc on this prestigious achievement."

The UCI Alumni Association presents the Lauds & Laurels Awards at formal ceremonies each spring. Since its inception in 1971, Lauds & Laurels has honored more than 700 distinguished individuals for their accomplishments and contributions to the university. The generous participation of alumni and friends in the Lauds & Laurels program allows UCIAA to award more than $80,000 annually in scholarships to meritorious undergraduate and graduate students so they may pursue their educational goals at UC Irvine.

About the University of California, Irvine

Founded in 1965, UCI is a top-ranked university dedicated to research, scholarship and community service. Led by Chancellor Michael Drake since 2005, UCI is among the most dynamic campuses in the University of California system, with nearly 28,000 undergraduate and graduate students, 1,100 faculty and 9,000 staff. Orange County's second-largest employer, UCI contributes an annual economic impact of $4 billion. For more UCI news, visit www.today.uci.edu.

About Microsemi

Microsemi Corporation offers a comprehensive portfolio of semiconductor and systems solutions for communications, defense and security, aerospace, as well as industrial and medical markets. Products include mixed-signal integrated circuits, SoCs and ASICS; programmable logic solutions; power management products; timing and voice processing devices; RF solutions; discrete components; Power-over-Ethernet ICs and midspans. Microsemi is headquartered in Aliso Viejo, Calif., and has approximately 3,000 employees globally. Learn more at www.microsemi.com.

Microsemi and the Microsemi logo are registered trademarks or service marks of Microsemi Corporation and/or its affiliates. Third-party trademarks and service marks mentioned herein are the property of their respective owners.

"Safe Harbor" Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995: Any statements set forth in this news release that are not entirely historical and factual in nature, including without limitation statements related to its employee's Lauds & Laurels award, and its potential effects on future business, are forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are based on our current expectations and are inherently subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in the forward-looking statements. The potential risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, such factors as rapidly changing technology and product obsolescence, potential cost increases, variations in customer order preferences, weakness or competitive pricing environment of the marketplace, uncertain demand for and acceptance of the company's products, adverse circumstances in any of our end markets, results of in-process or planned development or marketing and promotional campaigns, difficulties foreseeing future demand, potential non-realization of expected orders or non-realization of backlog, product returns, product liability, and other potential unexpected business and economic conditions or adverse changes in current or expected industry conditions, difficulties and costs of protecting patents and other proprietary rights, inventory obsolescence and difficulties regarding customer qualification of products. In addition to these factors and any other factors mentioned elsewhere in this news release, the reader should refer as well to the factors, uncertainties or risks identified in the company's most recent Form 10-K and all subsequent Form 10-Q reports filed by Microsemi with the SEC. Additional risk factors may be identified from time to time in Microsemi's future filings. The forward-looking statements included in this release speak only as of the date hereof, and Microsemi does not undertake any obligation to update these forward-looking statements to reflect subsequent events or circumstances.

SOURCE Microsemi Corporation

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