Subramaniam Hariharan joins eSilicon executive team to head global manufacturing operations

SUNNYVALE, Calif. — March 21, 2013 — eSilicon Corporation, the largest independent semiconductor design and manufacturing services provider, today announced the addition of Subramaniam (Hari) Hariharan to its executive team as vice president, global manufacturing operations.

"Hari will lead our global manufacturing and operations (GMO) team to further drive excellence in quality, speed and cost effectiveness to our global customer base," said Jack Harding, eSilicon's president and CEO. "Hari's extensive expertise in manufacturing, operations and supply chain, driving change and successfully deriving business value, make him ideally suited to lead the next evolution of GMO for eSilicon."

Hariharan has over 30 years of experience in operations management and strategic planning at various organizations in Singapore, Canada and the U.S. In his most recent role, he was vice president, global manufacturing operations and quality at Gennum Corporation. Prior to Gennum, he held various senior manufacturing management roles at ST Microelectronics and R&D roles at Indian Telephone Industries, Ltd. Hariharan has a Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics and Communications from University of Kerala, India and a Master of Business from Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Australia.

About eSilicon

eSilicon, the largest independent semiconductor design and manufacturing services provider, delivers custom ICs and custom IP to OEMs, independent device manufacturers (IDMs), fabless semiconductor companies (FSCs) and wafer foundries through a fast, flexible, lower-risk path to volume production. eSilicon serves a wide variety of markets including the communications, computer, consumer and industrial segments. www.esilicon.com.