Richard Forte Resigns as Chief Executive of Vantis Corporation

Richard Forte Resigns as Chief Executive of Vantis Corporation

SUNNYVALE, CA -- 2/2/1999 -- AMD and its wholly owned subsidiary, Vantis Corporation, today announced that Richard Forte has resigned as president and chief executive officer of Vantis.

Richard Previte, chairman of the board of Vantis, will serve as acting CEO pending appointment of a successor to Forte. Frank Barone, chief operating officer of Vantis, will serve as acting president.

About Vantis
Vantis provides high-performance programmable logic solutions for communications and industrial applications. Vantis is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, and has several offices in the United States, Europe, Japan and the Pacific Rim.