Former leader of Qualcomm’s semiconductor business, Donald Schrock brings
background and expertise in infrastructure, wireless and semiconductor markets to RMI

Cupertino, CA, March 26, 2008 — RMI Corporation, a leading supplier of multi-core, multi-threaded processors for communications and consumer applications, today announced that it has expanded its board of directors to include Donald Schrock, the former group president for Qualcomm’s CDMA Technologies business. Mr. Schrock
brings to the RMI board an extensive background in semiconductors, wireless, and consumer markets, as well as a very strong marketing and operational acumen. The new director joins RMI’s board during a period of rapid business growth and will help guide the well-diversified product and technology company as it accelerates its worldwide marketing strategy.

RMI recently expanded the size of its board of directors to seven members. In addition to Mr. Schrock, RMI’s board includes newly appointed members, Michael Thurk, chief operating officer at Avaya, Inc., and Richard F. Wallman, former chief financial officer at Honeywell International, Inc., as well as existing members, Behrooz Abdi, president and chief executive officer, RMI Corporation, Joe Landy, co-president, Warburg Pincus, LLC, Bruce Dunlevie, senior partner at Benchmark Capital, and Henry Kressel, partner and a senior managing director of Warburg Pincus, LLC.

“We are thrilled to announce Don Schrock as one of the newest members to our board of directors. His extensive semiconductor background, coupled with his deep knowledge of the wireless and consumer markets, will provide great insight into the challenges that we address in our target markets,” said Behrooz Abdi, president and chief executive officer, RMI Corporation. “I feel we now have a world class board in place ready to chart a course for a bright future for RMI.”

Donald Schrock
Mr. Schrock has had a successful career with over 35 years of experience in the semiconductor industry, including leadership and executive positions at Motorola, Hughes Aircraft, Burr Brown, AMCC, and Qualcomm. Mr. Schrock is the former group president of Qualcomm CDMA Technologies, where he was responsible for building the semiconductor business within Qualcomm, currently the largest fabless semiconductor company in the world. Mr. Schrock holds a BSEE (honors) from the University of Illinois, completed all the coursework for an MSEE from Arizona State University and an Advanced Business Administration degree from Arizona State University.

“I am very proud to be joining RMI’s board of directors and look forward to working with the current board and Behrooz as well as the seasoned management team at RMI,” said Donald Schrock. “The developments and strides the company has made in a short period of time are impressive and I am excited to be part of its future.”

RMI® products push the edge of processor technology in performance and integration, and are used by system and original equipment manufacturers to address the infrastructure, enterprise, and consumer markets. The company’s XLR™, XLS™, and Alchemy™ processor families are based on an innovative MIPS-compatible architecture creating highly-integrated designs incorporating advanced internal architectures and built on leading-edge silicon process technologies.

About RMI Corporation
RMI Corporation is a fabless semiconductor company providing highly integrated, feature-rich products ranging from power-optimized System-on-a-Chip (SoC) solutions to High-Performance Processors for the Digital Consumer, Wireless, Networking and Security markets. RMI offers a broad platform of MIPS-compatible processing solutions
with both 32/64-bit architectures supporting frequencies from 300MHz to 1.2 GHz. RMI is headquartered in Cupertino, CA with branch and subsidiary operations in Texas, United Kingdom, India, Korea, Japan, Taiwan and China. More information about RMI can be found on the company’s website at http://www.RMICorp.com.

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