Mindspeed’s Comcerto 1000 Family of Processors Receives INTERNET TELEPHONY Magazine’s 12th Annual Product of the Year Award

Mindspeed Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:MSPD), a leading supplier of semiconductor solutions for network infrastructure applications, today announced that Technology Marketing Corporation’s (TMC^®) INTERNET TELEPHONY magazine has named Mindspeed®’s Comcerto® 1000 packet processor as a recipient of the magazine’s 2009 Product of the Year Award.

Mindspeed’s Comcerto 1000 packet processors enable service providers to deploy triple-play and additional advanced value-added services over their FTTx Next Generation Networks (NGN) using the next generation of broadband home gateways. Additionally, the Comcerto 1000 family of processors offers a unique combination of high packet performance, low-power consumption and low cost, making it also one of the best choices for small- and medium-sized business (SMB) smart security appliances and voice-over-Internet Protocol (VoIP) for residential, retail and SMB appliances. The family of processors combines energy-efficient ARM® core technology, innovative software architecture and application-specific hardware accelerators to deliver gigabit wire rate packet performance with best-in-class voice and video quality of experience with the lowest power consumption in its class. Finally, the Comcerto 1000 incorporates advanced power-management features easily accessible via software application programming interfaces to support the energy-saving goals of service providers and product manufacturers worldwide.

"We are extremely pleased to receive this award, which validates the Comcerto 1000 family of processors and its role in enabling the next generation of wired and wireless home gateways, virtual private network (VPN) routers and other VoIP appliances that will help usher in exciting new broadband services beyond triple-play for the home and business,” said Marco Bello, director of marketing and product management for Mindspeed’s multiservice access business unit.

"INTERNET TELEPHONY is proud to grant Mindspeed a 2009 Product of the Year Award for their Comcerto 1000 packet processor. Mindspeed has proven its commitment to quality and excellence while addressing real needs in the fast-growing triple-play digital broadband services marketplace,” said Rich Tehrani, chief executive officer, TMC. "We’re happy to recognize and honor Mindspeed for their development of IP communications packet-processing technology. We look forward to more innovative solutions from them in the future.”

Mindspeed’s Comcerto family was also recognized by TMC in 2008, when the company received a Product of the Year award for its Comcerto 300 access voice processor; and in 2007 for the Comcerto 100 series of broadband gateway processors.

A complete list of Product of the Year winners is published in the February 2010 issue of INTERNET TELEPHONY magazine, (www.itmag.com). INTERNET TELEPHONY has been the authority in IP communication since 1998™.

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About Mindspeed Technologies

Mindspeed Technologies, Inc. designs, develops and sells semiconductor solutions for communications applications in the wireline and wireless network infrastructure, which includes today's separate but interrelated and converging enterprise, broadband access, metropolitan and wide area networks. Our products are classified into three focused product families: multiservice access, high-performance analog and wide area networking communications. Our products are sold to original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) for use in a variety of network infrastructure equipment, including voice and media gateways, high-speed routers, switches, access multiplexers, cross-connect systems, add-drop multiplexers, digital loop carrier equipment, IP private branch exchanges (PBXs), optical modules, broadcast video systems and wireless base station equipment.

To learn more, visit us at www.mindspeed.com.

About INTERNET TELEPHONY magazine

INTERNET TELEPHONY has been the IP Communications Authority since 1998™. Beginning with the first issue in February of 1998, INTERNET TELEPHONY magazine has been providing unbiased views of the complicated converged communications space. INTERNET TELEPHONY offers rich content from solutions-focused editorial content to reviews on products and services from TMC Labs. INTERNET TELEPHONY magazine reaches more than 225,000 readers, including pass-along readers. For more information, please visit www.itmag.com.

About TMC

Technology Marketing Corporation (TMC) is a global integrated media company helping our clients build communities in print, in person and online. TMC publishes Customer Interaction Solutions, INTERNET TELEPHONY, Unified Communications, and NGN magazines. TMCnet, TMC's Web site, is the leading source of news and articles for the communications and technology industries. TMCnet is read by two million unique visitors each month on average worldwide, according to Webtrends. TMCnet has ranked within the top 3,500 in Quantcast's Top U.S. sites, placing TMCnet in the nation’s top .03% most visited Web sites. In addition, TMC produces INTERNET TELEPHONY Conference & EXPO (ITEXPO); 4GWE Conference and M2M Evolution (in conjunction with Crossfire Media); Digium|Asterisk World (in conjunction with Digium); and Smart Grid Summit (in conjunction with Intelligent Communication Partners). For more information about TMC, visit http://tmcnet.com/.

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