Cosmic Circuits Appoints Senior Executive Jose-Maria Moniz to boost Global Business

Update: Cadence Completes Acquisition of Cosmic Circuits (May 23, 2013)

Targets rapid world-wide growth by leveraging its broad base of proven silicon-IP portfolio

Bangalore, INDIA and Campbell, California -- Aug 4th 2009 -- Cosmic Circuits, a leading provider of differentiated analog and mixed-signal silicon intellectual property cores, today announced that a seasoned senior executive, Jose-Maria Moniz, has joined the company as Vice-President Worldwide Sales. This appointment is an important step in the company's growth plan and leverages Moniz's extensive experience in the industry.

Based in Campbell, California in the heart of Silicon Valley, Moniz reports directly to Cosmic Circuits’ CEO Ganapathy Subramaniam. Moniz's responsibility will be to direct and strengthen Cosmic Circuits' worldwide business growth into major markets and new analog and mixed-signal IP areas.

"Cosmic Circuits has grown strongly in the last few years, both in terms of portfolio and of customer base across all regions. We are glad to have Jose-Maria on board to accelerate our growth", said Ganapathy Subramaniam. He added, "His extensive experience in building business for Analog and Mixed-Signal silicon IP will improve our already strong customer base as we grow."

“As the main company investing and focused in analog and mixed signal nanometer IP cores, Cosmic has the opportunity to lead the industry in accelerating the integration of such critical subsystems in a very reliable way. I am honored by Ganapathy’s decision to entrust me with accelerating Cosmic’s business growth.” Moniz said.

Moniz brings more than 16 years of experience in the technology industry to Cosmic, including nine years of experience as a senior manager. Prior to joining Cosmic, Moniz has served as Vice-President Analog Business, Vice President Sales North America and Vice-President Customer Service for Chipidea, latter MIPS, since 2004. He has contributed to Chipidea’s success while serving in worldwide sales, marketing, customer service, business development and organizational roles. Before that, he was CEO and board member of TECMIC, where he fostered growth before the company was acquired. At Bevmercator.com, he was the founder and CEO of an international e-portal before the company was sold.

About Cosmic Circuits:
Cosmic Circuits is a leading provider of differentiated Analog and Mixed-Signal silicon IP. With a single-minded focus on Analog, a large team of expert analog designers, and a strong focus on analog architectures for the nanometer era, we provide best-in-class solutions in all the participating technology areas, aptly suited to the world of convergence electronics. Cosmic Circuits offers customization, support for IP integration and characterization. A winner of the 2007 Red-Herring Asia top-100 award, the company’s mission is one of ensuring ‘Customer success through Quality and Differentiation” of its IP blocks. More information about Cosmic Circuits can be found at www.cosmiccircuits.com.