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Intersil’s PRISM® Chip Set Selected for Farallon’s New Wireless PC Card

— SKYLine 11Mb WLAN adapter card wirelessly connects Mac PowerBooks and PC notebooks to Ethernet access points, including Apple’s AirPort

PALM BAY, FL, March 30, 2000 – Intersil Corporation, the world's leading provider of silicon technology for Wireless Local Area Networks (WLANs), today announced that its PRISM® WLAN Chip Set has been incorporated into Farallon Communications, Inc.'s new high-performance SkyLINE 11Mb Wireless PC Card for portable computers.

The SkyLINE 11 megabit-per-second (Mbps) Wireless PC Card provides notebook computer users with high-speed, real-time access to network resources without the burden of wires. Users can search data, access e-mail and surf the Web – wirelessly – while still remaining connected to the network. The SkyLINE 11Mb PC Card is compatible with Macintosh PowerBooks and PC notebooks and also interoperates with Apple's AirPort wireless networking solution for convenient Internet access anywhere in the home, office or classroom. Due to ship next month, the product will be available through major distributors and resellers.

"Our collaboration with Farallon has resulted in the first PRISM-enabled WLAN product that’s directly compatible with Macintosh PowerBooks and PC notebooks," said Larry Ciaccia, vice president and general manager of PRISM Wireless Products at Intersil. "We’re pleased that Farallon selected PRISM because of their extensive distribution channels and because of Apple’s strong marketing support for products surrounding their AirPort wireless networking solution."

The SkyLINE 11Mb Wireless PC Card works with Macintosh PowerBooks and portable PCs equipped with a PCMCIA slot. With an 11Mbps data transmission speed, SkyLINE provides network access at speeds comparable to wired Ethernet via wireless access points or base stations. Additionally, it can create ad hoc peer-to-peer wireless networks without an access point between two or more SkyLINE-equipped notebook computers that communicate with each other. Intersil’s PRISM chips allow Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum (DSSS) radio transmission of data over the 2.4 GHz ISM band with compliance to the IEEE 802.11b high rate standard.

"The high data rate capability of Intersil’s PRISM technology has helped us add higher performance to our already successful wireless product line," said Ken Hasse, vice president of marketing for Farallon. "We’re confident that Intersil’s strong silicon leadership coupled with Farallon’s cross-platform expertise and broad distribution channels will further drive the deployment of wireless networking systems in the home and office."

Adoption of PRISM WLAN Technology
Since introducing the PRISM WLAN chip set in 1996, over fifty companies have incorporated PRISM chips in more than 100 product designs. PRISM technology is designed to comply with the IEEE’s 802.11 global standard and Intersil is a founding sponsor of the Wireless Ethernet Compatibility Alliance (WECA), whose "Wi-Fi" brand will ensure compatibility between various 802.11-based systems. Intersil has a continuing program to rapidly introduce better performing, more highly Integrated generations of PRISM chip sets and supporting design tools. PRISM chips are used in WLAN systems from industry-leading companies including Nokia, Siemens, Compaq, 3Com, Nortel, Samsung, Dell, Zoom, Cisco/Aironet, Symbol and SpectraLink.

About Farallon Communications
Founded in 1986, Farallon specializes in bringing to market robust cross-platform connectivity solutions designed to simplify networking through innovation. With over 8 million customers worldwide, Farallon is dedicated to providing complete, easy-to-use networking solutions and world-class technical support to the Home, Small Business, Publishing and Education communities. Farallon offers a complete line of network cards, adapters, hubs and switches. For more information, visit the company's Web site at: http://www.farallon.com.

About Intersil
Intersil Corporation uses semiconductor expertise to enable highly integrated voice, data and video communications. Intersil's integrated communications portfolio includes PRISM® Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) chip sets that enable mobile connectivity products for the home and office; analog and mixed-signal integrated circuits for broadband access to wireless and wired Wide Area networks (WANs); and power management products that enable 24x7 reliability in network servers, next generation PCs and information appliances. For more information about Intersil, visit the company's Internet homepage at www.intersil.com.

This press release contains information relating to forecasted results of Intersil, including certain projections and business trends, that are forward-looking statements as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Actual results may differ materially from these forward-looking statements as a result of certain risks and uncertainties. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to global and market conditions as well as other risks and uncertainties detailed from time to time in Intersil's filings with the Securities Exchange Commission. These forward-looking statements are made only as of the date of this press release and Intersil undertakes no obligation to update or revise the forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.

PRISM is a registered trademark of Intersil Corporation.

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