8-K

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): October 10, 2011

Applied Micro Circuits Corporation

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in 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

(Registrants 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.

On October 13, 2011, Applied Micro Circuits Corporation (the “Company”) announced Robert F. Sproull, Ph.D. joined the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”), effective October 10, 2011. Dr. Sproull was appointed to serve as a Director of the Company by the affirmative vote of the Board following its affirmative vote to increase the size of the Board from six to seven members. There is no arrangement or understanding between Dr. Sproull and any other persons pursuant to which he was appointed as a Director of the Company.

Dr. Sproull recently retired as Vice President and Director of Oracle Labs, an applied research group that originated at Sun Microsystems. At Sun, where he served since 1990, Dr. Sproull was Vice President and Director of Sun Microsystems Laboratories, and a Sun Fellow, until Sun’s acquisition by Oracle in 2010. Prior to Sun, he was a principal in the consulting firm of Sutherland, Sproull and Associates, an Associate Professor at Carnegie Mellon University, and a Research Scientist at the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center. Over his 40 year career in the computer science industry, Dr. Sproull has innovated, published and lectured extensively in the fields of advanced circuit, systems and network design. He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering and has served on the US Air Force Scientific Advisory Board. Dr. Sproull received his Ph.D. and M.S. degrees in computer science from Stanford University and his A.B. degree in physics from Harvard College.

Dr. Sproull will receive compensation for his service as a Director in accordance with the Company’s compensation policies for non-employee Directors, the material terms of which are described under “Executive Compensation — Director Compensation Policies and Processes” in the Company’s proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on July 5, 2011. Dr. Sproull has also entered into an indemnification agreement with the Company; the form of the Company’s indemnification agreement for directors and officers was filed with the SEC as an exhibit to the Company’s registration statement on Form S-1 (No. 333-37609).

A copy of the press release announcing Dr. Sproull’s appointment as Director is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated by reference herein.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits:

99.1     Press Release dated October 13, 2011.

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.

	APPLIED MICRO CIRCUITS CORPORATION
Date: October 13, 2011	By:	/s/ L. William Caraccio
		L. William Caraccio
		Vice President and General Counsel

INDEX TO EXHIBITS

99.1 Press Release dated October 13, 2011.

EX-99.1

Exhibit 99.1

For Immediate Release

AppliedMicro Appoints Robert Sproull to Board of Directors

Former VP and Director of Oracle Labs and Sun Microsystems Labs to offer cloud technology expertise and business insight to AppliedMicro board

SUNNYVALE, Calif. – October 13, 2011 – Applied Micro Circuits Corporation, or AppliedMicro (Nasdaq: AMCC), today announced that Robert F. Sproull, Ph.D., has joined the company’s Board of Directors.

“We are delighted at the addition of Bob Sproull, an accomplished and highly respected industry veteran in computer networking, communications and infrastructure, to the AppliedMicro Board,” said Cesar Cesaratto, Chairman of the Board for AppliedMicro.

Dr. Sproull recently retired as Vice President and Director of Oracle Labs, an applied research group that originated at Sun Microsystems. At Sun, where he served since 1990, Dr. Sproull was Vice President and Director of Sun Microsystems Laboratories, and a Sun Fellow, until Sun’s acquisition by Oracle in 2010. Prior to Sun, he was a principal in the consulting firm of Sutherland, Sproull and Associates, an Associate Professor at Carnegie Mellon University, and a Research Scientist at the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center. Over his 40 year career in the computer science industry, Dr. Sproull has innovated, published and lectured extensively in the fields of advanced circuit, systems and networking design. He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering and has served on the US Air Force Scientific Advisory Board. Dr. Sproull received his Ph.D. and M.S. degrees in computer science from Stanford University and his A.B. degree in physics from Harvard College.

“With his two decades of industry experience at Sun Microsystems, Bob brings an unparalleled systems and software expertise to our Board,” said Dr. Paramesh Gopi, President and CEO of AppliedMicro. “His unique and seminal perspective will be of tremendous value to AppliedMicro as we continue to execute and expand upon our cloud strategy.”

AppliedMicro Overview

AppliedMicro is a global leader in energy conscious computing solutions for telco, enterprise, data center, consumer and SMB applications. With a 30-year heritage as an innovator in high-speed connectivity and high performance embedded processing, AppliedMicro employs patented SoC solutions that can deliver up to 40% reduction in power consumption without sacrificing performance. AppliedMicro’s corporate headquarters are located in Sunnyvale, California. Sales and engineering offices are located throughout the world. For further information regarding AppliedMicro, visit the company’s Web site at http://www.apm.com.

Corporate Contact:

AppliedMicro

Tally Kaplan Porat

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(c) 408.483.8370

tkaplan@apm.com

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