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• Virage Logic Announces Promotion of Dr. Alex Shubat to CEO, Chairman and Former CEO Dan McCranie Becomes Executive Chairman (Thursday Oct. 02, 2008)
  Dr. Shubat, a Virage Logic co-founder, has been responsible for leading the company's innovation and technology development since its inception in 1996.
  
  
• UMC Names Arthur Kuo as Senior Vice President of UMC-USA (Tuesday Sep. 30, 2008)
  Dr. Kuo will oversee and manage sales to UMC's substantial North American customer base.
  
  
• Lattice Semiconductor Announces Two Key Executive Appointments (Wednesday Sep. 24, 2008)
  Lattice today announced that Sean Riley has joined the company as Corporate Vice President and General Manager of High Density Solutions. Concurrently, Chris Fanning has been promoted to Corporate Vice President and General Manager of Low Density and Mixed Signal Solutions.
  
  
• Virage Logic Strengthens Management Team With Key Appointments (Thursday Sep. 11, 2008)
  New CFO, VP of Operations and Executive Assignments Lay Foundation for Continued Strong Growth as Company Reaffirms Guidance
  
  
• Innovative Silicon Names Michael Van Buskirk Senior Vice President of Engineering and Operations (Thursday Sep. 04, 2008)
  Innovative Silicon today announced that renowned memory innovator and pioneer Michael Van Buskirk has joined the company as senior vice president of engineering and operations.
  
  
• MIPS Technologies Accepts Resignation of Chipidea Founder Jose Franca (Wednesday Sep. 03, 2008)
  MIPS Technologies today announced the resignation of Jose Franca, founder of Chipidea Microelectronica, S.A., effective immediately.
  
  
• MoSys, Inc. Appoints Dave DeMaria Vice President of Business Operations (Tuesday Aug. 26, 2008)
  MoSys today announced the appointment of Dave DeMaria as its Vice President of Business Operations. Mr. DeMaria is a successful executive who brings over 25 years of experience in the electronics industry to MoSys.
  
  
• ChipVision Names EDA Veteran Craig Cochran as Vice President of Marketing and Business Development (Wednesday Aug. 20, 2008)
  Company to Focus on Expanding Global Market for Its PowerOpt(TM) System-Level Power Optimization Solution
  
  
• NXP Global Sales Management Executive change (Monday Aug. 18, 2008)
  NXP Semiconductors today announced that Pascal Langlois, Senior Vice President, Global Sales, will transfer to the newly created wireless joint venture, ST-NXP Wireless, with effect from 1 September.
  
  
• Tensilica Hires Jerry Ardizzone as Vice President Worldwide Sales (Monday Aug. 11, 2008)
  Jerry Ardizzone brings over 24 years of semiconductor and semiconductor IP (intellectual property) sales management experience.
  
  
• Patriot Scientific Announces Portfolio License Agreement with Worldwide Leader in Consumer Electronics (Wednesday Jul. 30, 2008)
  Patriot Scientific Corp. today announced that Audiovox Corporation has purchased a Moore Microprocessor Patent(TM) (MMP) Portfolio license from The TPL group, Patriot Scientific's exclusive licensing agent.
  
  
• Elliptic Adds Telecom veteran Scott Marshall to Board of Directors (Thursday Jul. 17, 2008)
  Scott was most recently Senior Vice President of Engineering & Product Management with Redback Networks responsible for technical and product leadership prior to its acquisition by Ericsson
  
  
• Tensilica Appoints Semiconductor Industry Veteran Jack Guedj as New President and CEO (Wednesday Jul. 16, 2008)
  Founder Chris Rowen Becomes CTO to Drive Advanced Processor Technology
  
  
• Dr. Susumu Kohyama Joins Sonics' Advisory Board (Tuesday Jul. 15, 2008)
  New Advisory Board Member Brings Significant Semiconductor Experience
  
  
• MIPS Technologies Appoints John Derrick as Chief Operating Officer (Tuesday Jul. 15, 2008)
  In this capacity, Derrick will have responsibility for all product groups, including both the Analog and Processor Business Groups.
  
  
• STMicroelectronics and NXP unveil management team for joint venture (Thursday Jun. 26, 2008)
  Alain Dutheil, presently chief operating officer (COO) of STMicroelectronics, has been assigned to lead ST-NXP Wireless as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) focusing exclusively on the new joint venture.
  
  
• EVE Names Vice President of Worldwide Operations (Thursday Jun. 26, 2008)
  EVE today appointed Christophe Ballan to the position of vice president of worldwide operations working in EVE’s corporate headquarters in Palaiseau, France.
  
  
• Rambus Appoints Eric Stang to its Board of Directors (Wednesday Jun. 25, 2008)
  Rambus today announced the appointment of Mr. Eric Stang as a director to its board, effective July 22, 2008
  
  
• Phylinks further strengthens team with new CEO, additional director (Tuesday Jun. 24, 2008)
  Tony Palmer has been named CEO of Phylinks, taking over the role from Nabil Takla who continues to serve as company chairman. Gary Johnson has been elected as a member of the Board of Directors.
  
  
• Lattice Semiconductor Appoints New President And Chief Executive Officer (Monday Jun. 16, 2008)
  Veteran Technology Executive Bruno Guilmart to Take the Reins as CEO of FPGA Company
  
  
• IPextreme Names Semiconductor Industry Veteran Rick Tomihiro as Vice President of Marketing (Friday Jun. 06, 2008)
  Immediately prior to joining IPextreme, he was director of marketing at Mentor Graphics Corp., with responsibility for all marketing and business development activities for Mentor Graphics’ Semiconductor IP Division.
  
  
• eASIC Appoints Matthew R. Ready as Senior Vice President of Worldwide Sales (Thursday Jun. 05, 2008)
  Reporting directly to Ronnie Vasishta, eASIC President and CEO. Ready will manage eASIC’s rapid sales growth for the company’s current generation products and also spearhead the worldwide sales strategy for the next generation products.
  
  
• EVE Appoints Koji Iwagami General Manager of EVE K.K. (Tuesday Jun. 03, 2008)
  EVE, the leader in hardware/software co-verification, today announced it has appointed Koji Iwagami to the position of general manager of EVE K.K., a wholly owned subsidiary based in Yokohama, Japan.
  
  
• Lattice Semiconductor Appoints Interim CEO (Friday May. 30, 2008)
  Lattice announced that its board has appointed Senior VP and CFO Jan Johannessen, 52, to serve as Interim President and Chief Executive Officer, effective upon President and Chief Executive Officer Steve Skaggs’ previously announced resignation on May 31, 2008.
  
  
• eASIC Appoints Distinguished ASIC Expert Dr. Ranko Scepanovic as Senior Vice President of Advanced Technology (Tuesday May. 27, 2008)
  Dr. Scepanovic will lead the companies Advanced Technology Group and report directly to Ronnie Vasishta, eASIC President and CEO.
  
  
• Numetrics Adds New Executive to Team (Tuesday May. 27, 2008)
  Numetrics today announced that Jerry Rau has joined the company as vice president of business development & sales reporting to Ronald E. Collett, Numetrics’ president and CEO.
  
  
• Sidense's Board of Directors Welcomes Two Industry Veterans (Tuesday May. 20, 2008)
  Sidense, a leading developer of Logic Non-Volatile Memory (LNVM) IP cores, today announced that W. Robert Genieser and David L. Lyon have joined the Company’s board of directors
  
  
• Silicon Image Appoints New Vice President of Engineering (Monday May. 19, 2008)
  Silicon Image today announced that Rashid Osmani, 55, has joined the company as vice president of worldwide engineering.
  
  
• Bruce Dunlevie Appointed Chairman of Rambus Board of Directors (Friday May. 09, 2008)
  Mr. Dunlevie has served as a member of the Rambus Board since the Company was founded in 1990.
  
  
• Virage Logic Appoints Dr. Alex Shubat to Newly Created Position of Chief Operating Officer (Friday Apr. 18, 2008)
  Dr. Shubat, Virage Logic's co-founder, previously served as the company's chief technical officer (CTO) where he was instrumental in leading the nearly 300 person technical staff to consistently deliver first-to-market the highly differentiated advanced technology solutions Virage Logic has become known for.