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Philippe Geyres Rejoins Arteris Board of DirectorsPARIS -- February 15, 2007 -- Arteris SA, the leading provider of Network on Chip (NoC) solutions that address challenges associated with on-chip communications, today announced the Philippe Geyres will rejoin the company’s board of directors, where he served as a director from February 2004 to March 2006. Geyres, currently the Chief Executive Officer of Oberthur Card Systems, re-joins the NoC technology pioneer after he was requested to resign by his former employer STMicroelectronics, where he was Executive Vice-President of the Home, Personal & Communications Sector. "We are very fortunate to have an advisor with Philippe's experience and global network back helping guide Arteris to NoC market leadership, ” said Charlie Janac, President and CEO of Arteris. "His expertise and long track record in managing semiconductor projects and businesses provides a very valuable point of view for the Arteris board of directors.” "Arteris' network on chip technology represents a leap forward in system-on-chip architecture that is mandatory at 90nm, 65nm and below,” said Philippe Geyres. "I am glad to be able to continue to contribute to Arteris' success." About Arteris Arteris, SA, provides IPs and associated design tools to improve performance of SoC architectures for multimedia, telecom and mobile applications compared to incumbent technologies. Arteris’ Network on Chip solutions transport and manage the on-chip communications within complex System-on-Chip (SoC) integrated circuits, increasing performance, reducing number of global wires, with lower power utilization while enabling the most complex, IP-laden designs. It allows chip developers to implement efficient and high-performance NoC designs, overcoming limitations of traditional layered or pipelined bus-based architectures. Arteris’ technology is scaleable in terms of the number of IP blocks designers can network, as well as with deep submicron silicon manufacturing processes. The NoC solutions are compatible with existing design flows and with IP interface standards. The international company operates globally with headquarters in Paris, France and offices in Boston and San Jose, California. Arteris has raised more than $12 million in equity investment from an international set of venture capitalists, including Crescendo Ventures, Techno Venture Management and Ventech. More information can be found at www.arteris.com.
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