EXHIBIT (a)(1)(F)

To All Microsemi Optionholders Eligible to Participate in the Offer to Exchange:

REMINDER - Whether or not you are electing to exchange any of your Eligible
Option Grants under the Stock Option Exchange Program, the deadline to deliver
your Acknowledgement and Election Form to Microsemi is December 6, 2002 at 5
o'clock p.m., U.S. Pacific Standard Time.

A copy of the Acknowledgement and Election Form along with instructions for
completing and delivering the form can be obtained by contacting Microsemi by
email at ExchangeOfferElectionForms@microsemi.com or by facsimile to
1-866-803-2718. We cannot accept late submissions, and therefore we urge you to
respond early to avoid any last minute problems.

If you are not electing to tender any of your outstanding Eligible Option Grants
for exchange, then you should still sign, date and return an Acknowledgement and
Election Form (in such case writing "decline" as to each Eligible Option Grant).
You may also withdraw all of your Eligible Option Grants from the Offer by
delivering a written statement signed and dated by you stating your name and
your intention to withdraw all of your Eligible Option Grants from the Offer.


In every case, delivery is required to be made to David R. Sonksen, Secretary of
Microsemi, located at 2381 Morse Ave., Irvine, CA 92614, via (1) facsimile at
1-866-803-2718, or if you cannot fax it, then by (2) personal delivery through
first class registered or certified U.S. mail, Federal Express or other
comparable courier service, before 5 o'clock p.m., U.S. Pacific Standard Time on
the Expiration Date.


If you have questions regarding the Stock Option Exchange Program, contact
Microsemi by email to ExchangeOfferQuestions@microsemi.com or by facsimile to
1-866-804-2705.

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