Actel Corporation Preannounces Better than Expected First Quarter Revenue

Mountain View, Calif. – April 7, 2005 – Actel Corporation (NASDAQ: ACTL) today announced that its revenues for the first quarter of 2005, which ended April 3, 2005, increased sequentially by approximately 9%. In its business update released on March 10, 2005, Actel projected that first quarter revenues would increase sequentially in the mid single digit range. Actel will release its first quarter financial results on April 26, 2005.

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