Personnel Changes in Infineon's Communications Segments

Munich, May 23, 2001 - Effective May 1, Ulrich Hamann (46) assumed responsibility for Infineon Technologies’ Wireless Communications group. At the same time, Dr. Hermann Eul (42) took over the Security and Chip Card ICs group, and Günter Weinberger (44) was appointed as the new Chief Technology Officer (CTO) for Infineon’s Wireline Communications group. The recent changes in executive functions and segments come as part of Infineon’s strategy to encourage an important exchange of infor-mation and experience between operating segments and to promote communication and collaboration across all segments and functions.

Ulrich Hamann began his career with Infineon Technologies in 1986 (at the time, Siemens’ Semiconductors Group). The electrical engineering graduate headed the Security and Chip Card IC group from 1996, and can now contribute a wealth of experience in this field to the Wireless Communications group, where security applications are playing an increasingly important role in the age of m-commerce and the mobile Internet. Since 1999, Ulrich Hamann has also headed Infineon’s Corporate Center, where his responsibilities include corporate strategy, business development, intellectual property, relations management, processes, and corporate culture. His successor as head of the Security and Chip Card ICs group is Hermann Eul, a Doctor of Electrical Engineering, who began his career with Siemens’ Telecommunications Infrastructure division in 1991, where he had several managing positions in the research and development area. From 1996 he headed various business units in the consumer and telecommunications segments within Siemens Semiconductors. From 1999, he headed the Wireless Communications group’s Baseband ICs division. Günter Weinberger embarked on his career with Siemens’ Semiconductor Group in 1983. Having served as Senior Vice President of Infineon’s Wireless Communications group since 1999, he now takes over as CTO of Infineon’s Wireline Communications group, where his responsibilities include developing technologies and product definitions for the growth markets Internet infrastructure and broadband communications.

Infineon Technologies AG, Munich, Germany, offers semiconductor and system solutions for applications in the wired and wireless communications markets, for security systems and smartcards, for the automotive and industrial sectors, as well as memory products. With a global presence, Infineon operates in the US from San Jose, CA, in the Asia-Pacific region from Singapore and in Japan from Tokyo. In the fiscal year 2000 (ending September), the company achieved sales of Euro 7.28 billion with about 29,000 employees worldwide. Infineon is listed on the DAX index of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and on the New York Stock Exchange (ticker symbol: IFX). Further information is available at www.infineon.com