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• eASIC Appoints ASIC and FPGA Industry Expert Mo Movahed as Vice President of Software Engineering (Friday Apr. 11, 2008)
  eASIC Attracts New Vice President to Lead Software Development for Next Generation Silicon Products
  
  
• Kevin Kennedy to Step Down From Rambus Board of Directors (Wednesday Apr. 09, 2008)
  Rambus today announced that Dr. Kevin Kennedy has decided to step down as Chairman and a member of the Company's Board of Directors, effective July 1, 2008
  
  
• HDMI Licensing Appoints Steve Venuti as New LLC President; HDMI Adoption Continues to Grow (Wednesday Apr. 09, 2008)
  HDMI Licensing today announced that Steve Venuti, 53, has been appointed president of the standards body, effective April 3, 2008.
  
  
• Xilinx Appoints Semiconductor Industry Veteran Victor Peng Senior Vice President of New Silicon Engineering Group (Tuesday Apr. 08, 2008)
  Xilinx today announced it has appointed semiconductor industry veteran Victor Peng, 48, senior vice president of the silicon engineering group (SEG), a new centralized organization chartered with development and delivery of Xilinx flagship silicon platforms.
  
  
• Elliptic Adds New Board Member (Wednesday Mar. 26, 2008)
  Claude is Managing Partner at Venture Coaches, an Ottawa venture firm responsible for Severn Bridge Investments, Venture Coaches Fund, and Canadian Cleantech Fund.
  
  
• Toric, a semiconductor IP licensing company specialising in jitter suppression and high-speed clock generation technology, appoints Ian Walsh as VP of Business Development (Monday Mar. 24, 2008)
  Ian’s responsibilities include worldwide sales and business development for Toric’s PhaseFilter and Multi-Clock Generator (MCG) products that are based on the company’s patented Anti-Jitter Cell (AJC).
  
  
• MIPS Technologies Appoints Maury Austin as Chief Financial Officer (Tuesday Mar. 18, 2008)
  Austin brings more than 25 years of financial experience to the company, including executive positions at Apple Computer, General Electric Company and Portal Software.
  
  
• ViASIC Names J. Mark Goode as President and Chief Executive Officer (Monday Mar. 03, 2008)
  ViASIC Inc., an electronic design automation (EDA) company that offers breakthrough tools, IP and services for reconfigurable semiconductor fabrics, today announced the promotion of J. Mark Goode to president and chief executive officer, effective immediately.
  
  
• Patriot Scientific Names Chip Industry Veteran as Chief Executive Officer (Friday Feb. 29, 2008)
  Patriot Scientific announced today the appointment of chip industry veteran Rick Goerner as the company's Interim President and CEO succeeding Jim Turley, who resigned his position as the company's President and CEO effective February 28. Goerner’s appointment is effective today.
  
  
• MoSys Appoints Didier Lacroix Vice President of Worldwide Sales (Tuesday Feb. 26, 2008)
  Prior to MoSys, Mr. Lacroix was vice president of worldwide sales of Chipidea, a company acquired by MIPS. Previously, he was co-founder of NanoZilla of Los Gatos, a management consulting firm devoted to the adoption of electronic miniaturization technologies
  
  
• Jim Lipman Joins Logic NVM Pioneer Sidense as Marketing Director (Wednesday Feb. 20, 2008)
  Dr. Lipman will report to CEO and President Xerxes Wania and be responsible for Sidense’s worldwide marketing activities as the company continues to expand its product offerings and customer base.
  
  
• Former Sonics VP Joins Silistix as VP of Worldwide Field Operations (Tuesday Feb. 19, 2008)
  Silistix announced that it has appointed Tim Smith as the company's Vice President of Worldwide Field Operations. In this position Mr. Smith will manage all activities related to sales and field-based customer support.
  
  
• Patriot Scientific Chairman Retires (Thursday Feb. 14, 2008)
  In his letter of resignation, Pohl said that his resignation was the final step in a withdrawal process that began when he retired as CEO of Patriot Scientific in June of 2007.
  
  
• KABEN appoints Xerxes Wania to the Board of Advisors (Wednesday Jan. 23, 2008)
  As an accomplished high-tech executive and entrepreneur, Xerxes Wania brings over 15 years of experience in marketing, sales and engineering in the semiconductor Intellectual Property industry.
  
  
• MoSys Appoints James W. Sullivan as Chief Financial Officer (Tuesday Jan. 22, 2008)
  MoSys, Inc., a leading provider of high-density system-on-chip (SoC) memory and analog/mixed-signal intellectual property (IP), today announced the appointment of James W. Sullivan as its Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer.
  
  
• IPextreme Appoints Kazuhiro Ogawa as President, IPextreme Japan (Thursday Jan. 17, 2008)
  Mr. Ogawa, a 28-year veteran of Japan’s high technology industry, will be responsible for overseeing all of IPextreme’s sales, marketing, support and business development activities in Japan, effective immediately
  
  
• Virage Logic Announces Retirement of Adam Kablanian from Its Board of Directors (Monday Jan. 14, 2008)
  Mr. Kablanian is currently the chairman of the Board of Directors. He was a co-founder of the Company and served as its chief executive officer from the founding of the Company until 2007.
  
  
• MIPS Technologies Appoints John Derrick President and General Manager of Processor Business Group (Wednesday Jan. 02, 2008)
  Derrick will assume overall responsibility for directing and growing the microprocessor and architecture business worldwide, reporting to John Bourgoin, MIPS Technologies' President and CEO.
  
  
• Transmeta Appoints Dan Hillman as Vice President of Engineering (Friday Dec. 21, 2007)
  Before joining Transmeta, Mr. Hillman served as vice president of Engineering for MOSAID Technology, a licensor of semiconductor intellectual property.
  
  
• MIPS Technologies Announces CFO to Step Down in February (Monday Dec. 17, 2007)
  MIPS today announced that Merv Kato, vice president and chief financial officer, has decided to step down after 10 years of dedicated service to the company. Kato will leave his position following the company's reporting for the current fiscal quarter and will assist with the transition to a new CFO.
  
  
• ARC Appoints Bill Jackson as Vice President of Marketing (Monday Dec. 17, 2007)
  Jackson joins the company from Eastman Kodak where he was Director for Intellectual Property (IP) Transactions. He has over 25 years of experience in the electronics industry – the past 15 years of which has been focused on the IP and processor sectors working for Eastman Kodak, MIPS Technologies, and Toshiba.
  
  
• Ian Barton Joins Silistix as Managing Director of Silistix UK (Monday Dec. 17, 2007)
  Silistix announced that it has appointed Ian Barton as the company's Managing Director for its Silistix UK, Ltd. Subsidiary. Barton will manage the operations of Silistix's development facility in Manchester, UK.
  
  
• MIPS Technologies Announces CFO to Step Down in February (Wednesday Dec. 12, 2007)
  MIPS Technologies today announced that Merv Kato, vice president and chief financial officer, has decided to step down after 10 years of dedicated service to the company.
  
  
• Wireless semiconductor veteran Johan Lodenius joins Coresonic board (Tuesday Dec. 11, 2007)
  Coresonic AB, a leading provider of baseband modem IP technology, has appointed Johan Lodenius to its board of directors. He is currently also active as co-founder of Nordisk Mobiltelefon, a Scandinavian based 3G operator, and chairman of the board for Ocean Observations, a fast growing wireless design company.
  
  
• Arasan Chip Systems Appoints New Vice President of Marketing (Tuesday Nov. 20, 2007)
  Arasan announced today that Kevin K. Yee has joined the company as Vice President of Marketing.
  
  
• MoSys Announces That Semiconductor Industry Veteran Len Perham Joins as New Chief Executive Officer (Friday Nov. 09, 2007)
  MoSys today announced that Mr. Len Perham has joined MoSys as President and Chief Executive Officer, replacing Chet Silvestri
  
  
• John Danforth Resigns as Rambus Senior Legal Advisor (Friday Oct. 26, 2007)
  Mr. Danforth had been working under a January 2006 employment agreement, which, by its terms, ran through October 22, 2007. The resignation is effective October 22, 2007.
  
  
• XMOS Appoints Richard Terrill as VP of Marketing (Thursday Oct. 11, 2007)
  XMOS Semiconductor, the creator of Software Defined Silicon (SDS), a new class of programmable semiconductor, today announced it has appointed Richard Terrill as Executive Vice President of Marketing.
  
  
• Wi-LAN Strengthens Management Team (Wednesday Oct. 10, 2007)
  Wi-LAN Inc. today announced it has added four new senior members to its management team: Derek Nuhn, Prashant Watchmaker, Dr. Robert Wu and Pia Diaconescu.
  
  
• Xilinx Appoints New Vice President & General Manager, Processing Solutions Group (Tuesday Oct. 09, 2007)
  Xilinx, Inc. today announced that Vincent "Vin" Ratford, 56, has been promoted to vice president and general manager of the processing solutions group (PSG) from his current position as vice president of marketing, business development and silicon architecture for PSG.