Current Report on Form 8-K

APPLIED MICRO CIRCUITS CORPORATION

Date: October 2, 2009

/S/ ROBERT G. GARGUS

Robert G. Gargus

Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): September 30, 2009

Applied Micro Circuits Corporation

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


DELAWARE	000-23193	94-2586591
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

215 Moffett Park Drive, Sunnyvale, California 94089

(Address of principal executive offices)

(408) 542-8600

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

N/A

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

Applied Micro Circuits Corporation (“the Company”) announced that on September 30, 2009, the Company and Ms. Cynthia Moreland, Vice-President, General Counsel and Secretary, reached an agreement regarding her employment by the Company. Ms. Moreland’s last day of employment was September 30, 2009. Under the agreement, Ms. Moreland will receive benefits under the Company’s Executive Severance Benefits Plan. Ms. Moreland will also provide consulting services to the Company in connection with its proposed monetization of certain intellectual property for which she will be eligible to receive a fee in the range of $0 to $200,000.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

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