CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS
Applied Micro Circuits Corporation
(AMCC)

6290 Sequence Drive
San Diego
California 92121-4358
Phone: 858.450.9333
Fax: 858.450.9885
www.amcc.com

INVESTOR INFORMATION
Exchange: Nasdaq Stock Market
Symbol: AMCC

INQUIRIES CONCERNING THE COMPANY
Applied Micro Circuits Corporation welcomes inquiries from its stockholders and other interested investors. For additional copies of this report, the Form 10-K or other information, please contact:

AMCC
Debra K. Hart
Investor Relations Manager
6290 Sequence Drive
San Diego, CA 92121-4358
Phone: (858) 535-4217
Fax: (858) 597-7326

You are invited to visit our home page on the World Wide Web at www.amcc.com for more information. You’ll find background on the Company and its products, financial data and other information that may be of interest to investors.

TRANSFER AGENT AND REGISTRAR
Questions regarding misplaced stock certificates, change of address or the consolidation of accounts should be addressed to the Company’s transfer agent:

Computershare Investor Services, LLC Shareholder Communications Team
P.O. Box A3504
Chicago, IL 60690-3504
Phone: (312) 588-4143
www.computershare.com
www.web.queries@computershare.com

ANNUAL MEETING
The AMCC annual meeting of stockholders will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, August 28, 2002, at AMCC’s facility located at 6290 Sequence Drive, San Diego, CA.

INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
Ernst & Young LLP
501 W. Broadway, Suite 1100
San Diego, CA 92101

CORPORATE COUNSEL
Cooley Godward LLP
4401 Eastgate Mall
San Diego, CA 92121-1909

BOARD OF DIRECTORS
David M. Rickey
Chairman of the Board and
Chief Executive Officer
Applied Micro Circuits Corporation

Roger A. Smullen, Sr.
Vice Chairman of the Board
Applied Micro Circuits Corporation

Douglas C. Spreng
President and Chief Operating Officer
Applied Micro Circuits Corporation

William K. Bowes, Jr.(2)
Founding Partner
US Venture Partners

Cesar Cesaratto
Consultant

Franklin P. Johnson, Jr.(2)
General Partner
Asset Management Company

Kevin N. Kalkhoven
Founder
Kalkhoven, Pettit & Levin Ventures LLC

L. Wayne Price(2)
Chief Executive Officer
WayNet, Inc.

S. Atiq Raza(1),(3)
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Raza Foundries, Inc.

Arthur B. Stabenow(1),(3)
Former Chairman,
President and Chief Executive Officer
Micro Linear Corporation

Harvey P. White(1),(3)
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Leap Wireless International

(1) Member of the Compensation Committee
(2) Member of the Audit Committee
(3) Member of the Nominating Committee

EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
David M. Rickey
Chairman of the Board and
Chief Executive Officer

Roger A. Smullen, Sr.
Vice Chairman of the Board

Douglas C. Spreng
President and Chief Operating Officer

William E. Bendush
Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Secretary and Treasurer

Brent E. Little
Senior Vice President, Corporate Marketing and General Manager
Mixed Signal Products Division

Ramakrishna P. Sudireddy
Senior Vice President and General Manager
Framer Products Division

Thomas L. Tullie
Senior Vice President, Sales

Gregory A. Winner
Senior Vice President, Corporate Engineering, Technology and Quality

Jeffrey J. Cashen
Vice President and General Manager,
Switching and Network Processing Division

Vincent J. DeMaioribus
Vice President, Manufacturing

Timothy M. Heenan
Vice President, Operations

Stephen M. Smith
Vice President, Controller

OTHER OFFICERS
Frederick J. Berkowitz
Vice President, Engineering,
Switching and Network Processing Division

Ari Birger
Vice President, Customer Engineering,
Switching and Network Processing Division

Alexander Joffe
Chief Technical Officer,
Switching and Network Processing Division

Candace H. Kilburn
Vice President, Community Relations

John J. LoMedico
Vice President, Marketing and Applications
Framer Products Division

Gary D. Martin
Chief Technical Officer,
Framer Products Division

David Mersten
General Counsel and Assistant Secretary

Yehuda Shaik
Vice President, Managing Director, Israel
Switching and Network Processing Division

TECHNOLOGY OFFICE OF THE CEO
Daniel M. Castagnozzi
Bruce H. Coy
Alexander Joffe
Dr. Gary D. Martin
Dr. Kenneth Y. Yun