Exhibit 10.3

AMENDMENT #8

This Amendment #8 is hereby made and entered into this 21st day of October, 2007, by and between
Future Electronics Incorporated, a corporation having its principal place of business at 237 Hymus Boulevard, Pointe Claire, Quebec, Canada H9R 5C7 (Future) and Sipex Corporation (Sipex), a wholly owned subsidiary of Exar
Corporation (Exar), a corporations having its principal place of business at 48720 Kato Road, Fremont, California, 94538, USA.

WHEREAS, Exar
completed its merger with Sipex on August 24, 2007;

WHEREAS, Future Electronics, Incorporated, has agreements with Exar and Sipex for the
distribution of both Companies Products;

WHEREAS, the parties desire to terminate the Sipex/Future
Distributor Agreement, dated July 1, 1993 and concurrent with the execution of this 8thAmendment, amend the Exar/Future Distributor Agreement, dated
July 1, 1997.

NOW THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the parties agree as follows:



|1. | MUTUAL TERMINATION
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Sipex and Future hereby agree that the following Agreement and Amendments are terminated:

Agreement between
Future Electronics Incorporated and Sipex Corporation, dated July 1, 1993 (Agreement) is hereby terminated;

Amendment to
the Agreement, dated October 1, 2002 (First Amendment), whereby the term was extended and Future was designated as Sipexs exclusive distributor for North America and Europe for the term set fort therein, is hereby terminated;

Amendment to the Agreement through Addendum A, executed by Future on February 7, 2003 and by Sipex on February 12,
2003 (Second Amendment), is hereby terminated;

Amendment to the Agreement through Addendum B, executed by Future on
August 26, 2003, and by Sipex on August 29, 2003 (Third Amendment), is hereby terminated;

Amendment to the Agreement
through Amendment #3, dated September 15, 2003 (Fourth Amendment), is hereby terminated;



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Amendment to the Agreement through Amendment #4, dated April 25, 2006 (Fifth Amendment),
is hereby terminated;

Amendment to the Agreement through Amendment #6, dated September 22, 2006 (Sixth Amendment), is
hereby terminated; and

Amendment to the Agreement through Amendment #7, dated November 1, 2006 (Seventh Amendment) is
hereby terminated.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have affixed their signatures as of the day and year first above written.



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|-------------------------------- |  | ------------------------ |  | ----------------- |  | ------ |  | -----------------
|FUTURE ELECTRONICS INCORPORATED. |  |                          |  | SIPEX CORPORATION
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|By:                              |  | /s/ Sam Abrams           |  |                   |  | By:    |  | /s/ Ralph Schmitt
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|Name:                            |  | Sam Abrams               |  |                   |  | Name:  |  | Ralph Schmitt    
|                                 |  |                          |  |                  
|Title:                           |  | Executive Vice-President |  |                   |  | Title: |  | President and CEO
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|Date:                            |  | November 20, 2007        |  |                   |  | Date:  |  | November 26, 2007



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