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• Sonics Names Mark McMillan as Vice President of Worldwide Sales (Monday Jul. 09, 2012)
  Sonics today announced the appointment of Mark McMillan as the company’s new vice president of worldwide sales. McMillan will be responsible for expanding the company’s global customer base with system and semiconductor companies focused on designs for cloud-connected devices.
  
  
• Gilles Delfassy joins Board of Sequans (Thursday Jun. 28, 2012)
  4G chipmaker Sequans Communications (NYSE: SQNS) announced today that Gilles Delfassy, wireless semiconductor industry veteran, has joined its board of directors.
  
  
• Rambus Names Ronald Black as President and Chief Executive Officer (Monday Jun. 25, 2012)
  Rambus announced today that its Board of Directors has appointed Dr. Ronald Black as president, chief executive officer and director.
  
  
• Senseg Names Paul Costigan CEO (Monday Jun. 25, 2012)
  Senseg today announced that it has appointed Paul Costigan as chief executive officer. A leading semiconductor executive with global experience, Costigan will oversee Senseg’s market entry. He will be based in Senseg’s Asia-Pacific headquarters in Taipei, Taiwan.
  
  
• Altera Names Industry Veteran Scott Bibaud Senior Vice President and General Manager (Tuesday Jun. 05, 2012)
  Altera announced that Scott Bibaud, an 18-year veteran of the communications industry, has joined the company as senior vice president and general manager, communications and broadcast division.
  
  
• Imagination Technologies Group plc: Gilles Delfassy appointed a non-executive director (Friday Jun. 01, 2012)
  Imagination Technologies has appointed Gilles Delfassy as an independent non-executive director with immediate effect. More recently Gilles Delfassy held the position of Chief Executive Officer of ST-Ericsson S A.
  
  
• Synopsys Announces Aart de Geus and Chi-Foon Chan to Become Co-CEOs (Thursday May. 24, 2012)
  Synopsys announced that Chairman of the Board and CEO Aart de Geus and President and COO Chi-Foon Chan will become co-CEOs, effective immediately.
  
  
• Tensilica Promotes Hiroyuki Uchimura to Managing Director of Japan Office (Wednesday Apr. 18, 2012)
  Tensilica, Inc. today announced that Hiroyuki Uchimura has been promoted to managing director of its Japan office, Tensilica K.K. Mr. Uchimura replaces Masumi Takahashi, who is retiring but staying with Tensilica on a consulting basis
  
  
• GSA Announces 2012 Board of Director Election Results (Tuesday Mar. 27, 2012)
  GSA today announces the results of its 2012 Board of Directors election. The newly elected semiconductor director is Ralph Schmitt, president and chief executive officer of PLX Technology, Inc.
  
  
• GLOBALFOUNDRIES CEO Appointed to GSA Board of Directors (Monday Mar. 12, 2012)
  GSA today announces the appointment of Ajit Manocha, chief executive officer of GLOBALFOUNDRIES, to its board of directors.
  
  
• Cadence Appoints Martin Lund to Lead SoC Realization Group (Monday Mar. 05, 2012)
  Cadence today announced the appointment of Martin Lund to the position of senior vice president of research and development for the SoC Realization Group, a business which provides differentiated standards-based design intellectual property (IP) and services to the electronics industry.
  
  
• GLOBALFOUNDRIES Adds New Chief Procurement Officer (Tuesday Feb. 28, 2012)
  GLOBALFOUNDRIES today announced the appointment of Magnus Matthiasson as Chief Procurement Officer (CPO). Based at the company's corporate offices in Silicon Valley, Matthiasson will lead the GLOBALFOUNDRIES global purchasing activities, including managing all aspects of the company's supply base relationships worldwide.
  
  
• Harold Hughes to Retire as Rambus Chief Executive Officer (Tuesday Feb. 28, 2012)
  Rambus announced today that it has begun a search for a successor to chief executive officer Harold Hughes, who is planning to retire from his current position. Mr. Hughes will remain in the position of chief executive officer until a successor is named.
  
  
• MoSys Appoints John Monson as Vice President of Marketing (Friday Feb. 24, 2012)
  MoSys today announced the appointment of John Monson as Vice President of Marketing. Monson will be responsible for all product marketing and will play a significant role in the strategic direction of the company.
  
  
• Kilopass Names Semiconductor Industry Veteran James T. Lindstrom CFO (Wednesday Jan. 25, 2012)
  Kilopass today named James T. Lindstrom as the company’s Chief Financial Officer (CFO). His 30-years in high-tech corporate finance will help accelerate Kilopass’ growth into a high-valuation semiconductor company.
  
  
• Global Industry Leader Jeff Waters Joins Altera as Senior Vice President and General Manager (Wednesday Jan. 18, 2012)
  Altera today announced that Jeff Waters, a 20-year business leader in product development, marketing, and global division management, has joined the company as senior vice president and general manager, military, industrial and computing division.
  
  
• GLOBALFOUNDRIES Names New Head of Global Sales and Marketing (Monday Jan. 16, 2012)
  GLOBALFOUNDRIES today announced the appointment of Michael Noonen as senior vice president of sales and marketing. Noonen will be based in Silicon Valley and takes over responsibility for the company's newly redesigned Worldwide Sales and Marketing organization, which now includes all global Sales and Marketing functions as well as Customer Engineering and Quality.
  
  
• Mentor Graphics Appoints Three New Executives (Thursday Jan. 12, 2012)
  Mentor Graphics today announced the appointment of three executives. John Lenyo has become vice president and general manager of the company’s Design Verification Technology Division; Joseph Reinhart has been appointed vice-president of Corporate Development and Investor Relations; and Richard Trebing has been named corporate controller and Chief Accounting Officer.
  
  
• Mojy Chian Appointed New Chair of Socle Technology (Tuesday Dec. 13, 2011)
  Socle Technology Corporation today announced the appointment of Dr. Mojy Chian, senior vice president of design enablement at GLOBALFOUNDRIES, to serve as the company's new chairperson with immediate effect.
  
  
• Mark Horowitz to Step Down From Rambus Board of Directors (Thursday Dec. 08, 2011)
  Rambus announced today that Dr. Mark Horowitz will step down as a member of the Company's Board of Directors effective December 31, 2011, and will take a two-year leave of absence from his role as Chief Scientist.
  
  
• eSilicon adds Wim Roelandts and Timothy Chen to its Board; Appoints Seth Neiman as Chairman (Wednesday Dec. 07, 2011)
  eSilicon today announced the appointment of Seth Neiman as chairman of the board and the addition of Willem “Wim” Roelandts and Timothy Chen to its board of directors.
  
  
• SpringSoft Names Software Industry Veteran Milligan as New VP Corporate Marketing (Monday Dec. 05, 2011)
  SpringSoft today announced the appointment of EDA and embedded software veteran Mark Milligan to the position of Vice President, Corporate Marketing
  
  
• ST-Ericsson board of directors appoints Didier Lamouche as president and CEO (Monday Nov. 28, 2011)
  ST-Ericsson today announced the appointment of Didier Lamouche as president and CEO of the Company effective December 1, 2011. Lamouche, chief operating officer of STMicroelectronics, has served on the board of ST-Ericsson since April 2011
  
  
• UltraSoC appoints Matthew Trowbridge as Non-Executive Chairman (Friday Nov. 18, 2011)
  UltraSoC Technologies, the pioneering company developing advanced debugging technology for embedded electronic systems, today announced the appointment of Matthew Trowbridge as Non-Executive Chairman.
  
  
• MIPS Technologies Names Gideon Intrater Vice President of Marketing (Thursday Nov. 17, 2011)
  MIPS Technologies today announced the appointment of Gideon Intrater as the company's new vice president of marketing.
  
  
• ARM co-founder Tudor Brown to retire (Friday Nov. 11, 2011)
  Tudor Brown, president and co-founder of ARM Holdings plc, is to retire next May after 21 years with the company, ARM announced Wednesday (Nov. 10). Brown will not seek re-election to the company's board at its annual shareholder meeting on May 3, 2012, ARM said.
  
  
• GLOBALFOUNDRIES Board of Directors Appoints Ajit Manocha Chief Executive Officer (Tuesday Nov. 01, 2011)
  GLOBALFOUNDRIES today announced that its Board of Directors has appointed Ajit Manocha as the company's Chief Executive Officer on a permanent basis, effective immediately. He had served as interim CEO since June
  
  
• MIPS Technologies Appoints William Slater as Chief Financial Officer (Friday Oct. 28, 2011)
  MIPS Technologies today announced the appointment of William Slater as the company’s new vice president, chief financial officer and treasurer, reporting to President and CEO Sandeep Vij.
  
  
• Arasan Chip Systems Appoints Vice President of Worldwide Marketing (Thursday Oct. 27, 2011)
  Arasan announced the appointment of Mr. Andrew Haines as Vice President of Worldwide Marketing.
  
  
• Jasper Design Automation Continues to Accelerate Its Global Growth with Appointment of Coby Hanoch as New Vice President of International Sales (Wednesday Sep. 21, 2011)
  Jasper Design Automation today announced that Coby Hanoch has joined the executive team as Vice President of International Sales to manage sales activities outside of North America.