Centillium Communications, Inc.

Laurie Falconer
Centillium Communications, Inc.
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CENTILLIUM'S CEO TO SPEAK AT FABLESS SEMICONDUCTOR ASSOCIATION (FSA) EVENT

Faraj Aalaei to Join Industry Leaders in Assessing the State of the Semiconductor Industry

FREMONT, Calif., March 29, 2001 - Faraj Aalaei, CEO and co-founder of Centillium Communications, Inc. [NASDAQ: CTLM], innovator of broadband communications technology, will be a panelist at the Fabless Semiconductor Association's (FSA's) April luncheon in San Jose, on April 3. The panel will address the current status of the fabless semiconductor industry, answering questions about wafer demand, the economy, supply chain issues, trends and forecasting the future of the industry.

Aalaei will be joined by: Dr. Eli Harari, CEO of SanDisk; Paul Costigan, CEO of Massana; Dan Niles, senior semiconductor analyst with Lehman Brothers; Jim Feldhan, president of Semico Research, Bruce Freyman, corporate vice president of product operations at Amkor Technology, and Jim Kupec, president of UMC USA. Jonathan Cassell, editor in chief of Electronic News, will moderate the panel.

About Centillium Communications
Centillium Communications, Inc. is combining technical innovation and customer commitment to make broadband communications a market reality. Centillium consistently delivers value to its customers by providing broadband networking systems for applications across all market segments. The company designs and markets communications chipset solutions for central office equipment, digital loop carrier (DLC) line cards, and customer premise equipment for Digital Subscriber Line (DSL), Voice over Packet (VoP) and Premise Networking. The Centillium Communications headquarters are located at 47211 Lakeview Blvd., Fremont, CA 94538. Additional information is available at www.centillium.com.

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