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This amendment (“Amendment Two”) is effective from the 5 day of Oct 2010
(“Effective Date”)

BETWEEN

ARM LIMITED whose registered office is situated at 110 Fulbourn Road, Cambridge
CB1 9NJ, England (“ARM”);

and

APPLIED MICRO CIRCUITS CORPORATION whose principal place of business is situated
at 215 Moffett Park Drive, Sunnyvale, CA 94089 (“AMCC”).

WHEREAS

 

A. This Amendment Two refers to and amends the terms and conditions of the Annex
1 for the ARM v8-A Architecture, document number LEC-ANX-02052 effective
July 14, 2010 between ARM and AMCC, as amended by Amendment One effective
August 17, 2010 (the “ARM v8 Annex”), which forms part of and is incorporated
into the Technology License Agreement document number LEC-TLA-00606 entered into
between the parties on March 31, 2009, as amended (the “TLA”).

 

B. The parties wish to add certain ARMv7 architecture deliverables to the ARM v8
Annex.

NOW THEREFORE for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency
of which are acknowledged, the parties hereby agree as follows:

 

  1. All definitions contained in the ARM v8 Annex and TLA shall have the same
meanings and apply to this Amendment Two.

 

  2. In Section 1 Subsection 2 of the ARM v8 Annex, add the following new
deliverables to Part B:

PART B ARCHITECTURE VALIDATION

 

Part Number

  

Description

  

Disclosure Rights

  

Delivery Date

[…***…]    […***…]             […***…]    […***…] […***…]    […***…]            
[…***…]    […***…] […***…]    […***…]             […***…]    […***…] […***…]   
[…***…]             […***…]    […***…]

 

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[…***…]    […***…]             […***…]    […***…]

 

(*) solely to the Designer identified as Veloce Technologies, Inc. Disclosure of
the AVS is not permitted to any other Designer or third party.

 

  1. In Section 2 of the ARM v8 Annex, revise Clause 16 by replacing the period
at the end of subsection (viii) with “; and” and adding the following new
subsection (ix):

[…***…]

 

  2. In Section 2 of the ARM v8 Annex, revise Clause A.21 by adding “and
Section 1 Subsection 2 Part B” after the words “Section 1 Subsection 1 Part B”.

 

  3. In Section 2 of the ARM v8 Annex, add the following new Clause A.46:

 

A.46  […***…]

 

  4. In Section 2 of the ARM v8 Annex, the last two sentences of Clause B.2
(“License Restrictions”) are deleted and replaced in their entirety with the
following:

[…***…]LICENSEE shall discontinue any and all use of the ARM v7 AVS, and destroy
all copies of the ARMv7 AVS in its possession, no later than the first
anniversary of the Effective Date of Amendment Two.”

 

  5. Add the following new Clause L to the ARM v8 Annex:

 

L. Separate Files

 

L.1 The ARMv7 AVS is supplied with, and uses, third party software or materials
which are identified in Section 11 and which are governed by their own separate
licence agreements (together “Separate Files”). LICENSEE hereby agrees that in
respect of any use of the Separate Files LICENSEE shall comply with the terms
and conditions which relate to the relevant Separate Files.

 

L.2 The Separate Files are provided “AS IS” and ARM expressly disclaims all
representations, warranties, conditions or other terms, express or implied,
including without limitation the implied warranties of non- infringement,
satisfactory quality, and fitness for a particular purpose. The provisions of
Clauses 7, 10.2, 11.1 and 12 of the TLA shall not apply to the Separate Files.

 

  6. Add the following new Section 11 to the ARM v8 Annex:

SECTION 11 – SEPARATE FILES AND APPLICABLE THIRD PARTY TERMS

[…***…]

 

* To the extent ARM is obliged to do so, ARM hereby offers to supply the files
in source code form, subject to the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
Licence, upon request. This offer is valid for […***…] from the date of your
acceptance of this Licence.

 

  7. Except as specifically modified herein, all the terms and conditions of the
ARM v8 Annex shall remain in full force and effect.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF the parties have caused this Amendment Two to be executed by
their duly authorized representative:

 

ARM LIMITED     APPLIED MICRO CIRCUITS CORPORATION BY  

/s/

    BY  

/s/

NAME  

Philip David

    NAME  

[…***…]

TITLE  

General Counsel

    TITLE  

[…***…]

DATE  

06/10/2010

    DATE  

10/01/10

 

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