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April 04, 2006 07:30 AM US Pacific Timezone

Avnet Memec Kicks off Actel Fusion and Silicon Laboratories' SpeedWay Design Workshops(TM)

PHOENIX--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 4, 2006--Design engineers, system architects and engineering management interested in leveraging Actel's Fusion(TM) Programmable System Chip (PSC) and Silicon Laboratories' USB and Connectivity technology can get hands-on experience by attending one of the new Avnet SpeedWay Design Workshops(TM). Avnet Memec, a division of Avnet Electronics Marketing Americas, is currently offering these in-depth technical training and practical "how-to" workshops in cities across North America.

Avnet's Actel Fusion SpeedWay Design Workshop is a full-day session that introduces customers to the new Actel Fusion family, the world's first mixed-signal FPGAs. Workshops include three hands-on labs using the Actel Libero(TM) 7.0 integrated design environment; Actel Fusion features and architecture, including analog blocks and embedded flash memory; and optimized intellectual property (IP) cores. These workshops are ideal for customers new to Actel or those interested in integrating analog functionality into their current designs.

Avnet's Actel Fusion workshops are currently being offered throughout North America free of charge to qualified customers. In April 2006 alone, the workshops will be available in the following U.S. cities: Boston, Houston, Austin, Denver, Tampa, Dallas, Salt Lake City, Orlando, San Diego, Atlanta, Kansas City, Irvine, Raleigh, St. Louis, Los Angeles, Baltimore, Chicago, Philadelphia and Minneapolis. Participants will gain valuable practical experience with the Actel Fusion devices and qualify for discounts on the Fusion Starter Kit development system. For complete details and to register, visit www.em.avnet.com/actelfusionspeedway.

Avnet Memec is also offering a Silicon Laboratories SpeedWay Workshop focusing on USB and Connectivity. To view the current schedule, please visit www.silabs.com/usbseminars. Future dates and locations will be determined on a market-by-market basis.

For the most up-to-date information about Actel and Silicon Laboratories SpeedWay Design Workshops, please visit http://www.em.avnet.com and click on Events & Seminars.

About Actel

Actel Corp. is the leader in single-chip FPGA solutions. The company is traded on the NASDAQ National Market under the symbol ACTL and is headquartered at 2061 Stierlin Court, Mountain View, Calif., 94043-4655. For more information about Actel, visit http://www.actel.com.

About Silicon Laboratories Inc.

Silicon Laboratories Inc. is a leading designer of high-performance, analog-intensive, mixed-signal integrated circuits (ICs) for a broad range of applications. Silicon Laboratories' diverse portfolio of highly integrated, patented solutions is developed by a world-class engineering team with decades of cumulative expertise in cutting-edge mixed-signal design. The company has design, engineering, marketing, sales and applications offices throughout North America, Europe and Asia. For more information about Silicon Laboratories please visit www.silabs.com.

About Avnet Electronics Marketing

Avnet Electronics Marketing is the largest operating group of Phoenix-based Avnet Inc. (NYSE:AVT), a Fortune 500 company. Avnet Electronics Marketing serves electronic original equipment manufacturers (EOEMs) and electronic manufacturing services (EMS) providers in 68 countries, distributing electronic components from leading manufacturers and providing associated design-chain and supply-chain services. The group's Web site is located at http://www.em.avnet.com.

Avnet enables success from the center of the technology industry, providing cost-effective services and solutions vital to a broad base of more than 100,000 customers and 300 suppliers. The company markets, distributes and adds value to a wide variety of electronic components, enterprise computer products and embedded subsystems. Through its premier market position, Avnet brings a breadth and depth of capabilities that help its trading partners accelerate growth and realize cost efficiencies. For fiscal year ended July 2, 2005, Avnet and the recently acquired Memec (closed July 5, 2005) generated combined revenue in excess of $13 billion in the past year through sales in approximately 70 countries. Visit www.avnet.com/.