Company, Continuing a Tradition of RF Silicon Innovation, is the Worldwide Market Leader in Single-Chip Silicon TV Tuners

PLANO, Texas–Microtune, Inc.® (NASDAQ: TUNE ) today announced it has achieved a major corporate milestone with the shipment of more than 100 million silicon TV tuners. Reaching this landmark­in a dramatic ramp that has doubled cumulative product shipments in approximately 16 months­Microtune remains the world’s leading provider of single-chip silicon TV tuners, a technology that the Company introduced in 1999.

By inventing the world’s first high-performance broadband TV tuner on an integrated circuit, Microtune ushered in the age of radio frequency (RF) miniaturization. The Company pioneered state-of-the-art enabling technology that now makes digital TV signal reception possible, anywhere, on any class or size of consumer electronics device.

“Shipping our 100-millionth tuner is a significant accomplishment, but we are equally proud of the valued, long-term relationships with customers that have enabled us to celebrate this achievement. Our goal is to offer a diversified portfolio of innovative, performance-leading products that help our worldwide customers maintain strong market positions and succeed in their businesses,” said Mr. James A. Fontaine, Microtune President and CEO.

“Since we launched the first silicon TV tuner chip in 1999, we have continued a tradition of industry leadership by introducing a series of other RF technology innovations­the industry’s highest-performance silicon tuner, the first 1-GHz tuner chip, and the first silicon-based architecture for multi-tuner set-top boxes. Our new DOCSIS 3.0 wideband tuner and low-power universal tuner are current examples of first-to-market products that are helping to support next-generation, feature-rich consumer electronics,” Mr. Fontaine added.

Mr. Fontaine further reflects on the business significance of Microtune’s 100-millionth tuner shipment in an interview available online. Additionally, Albert H. (Bud) Taddiken, Microtune’s Chief Operating Officer and a key contributor to the realization of the company’s breakthrough silicon tuner, offers a technology perspective on the impact of the tuner integrated circuit to today’s and to future applications.

CRITICAL ROLE OF THE TUNER

With its tuners, Microtune offers cornerstone RF technology for digital TV, cable TV or automotive entertainment products that ensures the quality of the user experience­pristine, stable pictures, crystal clear sound, or fast, complete data delivery.

The MicroTuner™ chip transformed the tuner from a dollar-sized module to a microcircuit, providing for both miniature size and solid-state reliability. Across the last ten generations of its silicon TV tuner products, Microtune has continually improved their performance, reduced power consumption, integrated more-and-more functions onto the chips, and significantly decreased the cost. (A photo comparison of Microtune s first tuner, the MicroTuner MT2000, and its latest-generation tuner is available at www.microtune.com).

Microtune’s latest tiny TV tuner chips, now less than ¼” inch square, are optimized to deliver the best, most reliable signal reception performance across diverse devices or applications. They have been deployed in the products of brand-leading customers from premium widescreen TVs, data and voice cable modems, PCs and set-top boxes to cell phones and car TV systems. Today, 80 U.S. patents protect Microtune’s RF integrated-circuit technology and other inventions.

To understand the role of the tuner and its importance in the worldwide digital TV transition or to read any of Microtune’s White Papers, please visit: http://www.microtune.com/products/whitepapers/index.shtml.

Microtune shipped its 100-millionth tuner on June 30, 2008, shipping cumulatively by the end of second quarter this year approximately one hundred million sixty four thousand tuners. Previously, on February 6, 2007, Microtune announced the shipment of its fifty-millionth MicroTuner™ chip.

For more information, visit Microtune’s website at: www.microtune.com.

ABOUT MICROTUNE

Microtune, Inc. is a silicon and subsystems company that designs and markets radio frequency (RF) solutions for the worldwide broadband communications and transportation electronics markets. Inventor of the MicroTuner™ single-chip broadband tuner, Microtune offers a portfolio of advanced tuner, amplifier, and upconverter products that enable the delivery of information and entertainment across new classes of consumer electronics devices. The Company currently holds 80 U.S. patents for its technology. Founded in 1996, Microtune is headquartered in Plano, Texas, with key design and sales centers located around the world. The website is www.microtune.com.

MICROTUNE FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

All statements in this press release other than statements of historical fact are forward-looking statements that are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause such statements to differ materially from actual future events or results. Such forward-looking statements are generally, but not necessarily, accompanied by words such as “plan,” “if,” “estimate,” “expect,” “believe,” “could,” “would,” “anticipate,” “may,” or other words that convey uncertainty of future events or outcomes. These forward-looking statements and other statements made elsewhere in this release are made in reliance, in part, on the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Factors which could cause actual results to differ from anticipated results include, the Company’s ability to introduce new products, achieve design wins, maintain customer and strategic partner relationships, forecast customer demand and manage inventory levels, control and budget expenses, protect proprietary technology and intellectual property, and successfully prosecute and defend any pending or future litigation. Any one of these factors may cause the Company’s actual financial results to differ materially from its projected results. The forward-looking statements in this release speak only as of the date they are made. We undertake no obligation to revise or update publicly any forward-looking statement for any reason. Readers are referred to our Annual Report on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, recent Current Reports on Form 8-K, and other Securities and Exchange Commission filings which discuss the foregoing factors as well as other important risk factors that could affect our business, results of operations and financial condition. Based on foregoing factors and potentially others, there can be no assurance that Microtune can continue to sell its products at the volume rate described in this press release.

EDITOR’S NOTE

Microtune is a registered trademark and MicroTuner is a trademark of Microtune, Inc. Copyright © 2008 Microtune, Inc. All rights reserved.
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