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• MOSAID Names New Chief Financial Officer (Tuesday May. 01, 2007)
  MOSAID today strengthened its executive team with the appointment of Joseph R. Brown to the position of Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Brown succeeds Richard D. Boadway, who served as MOSAID's CFO since 1997
  
  
• Patriot Scientific CEO David Pohl to Retire (Friday Apr. 27, 2007)
  Patriot Scientific Corporation today announced that Chairman and CEO David H. Pohl has notified them of his intent to retire from the position of chief executive officer as soon as a new CEO is appointed. He will continue to serve as chairman of the board.
  
  
• Innovative Silicon Names Paul Pickering VP of Worldwide Sales (Thursday Apr. 26, 2007)
  Reporting to ISi CEO, Mark-Eric Jones, Pickering brings to ISi a strong sales background from market-leading semiconductor companies such as Fairchild, Toshiba, LSI Logic and PMC-Sierra.
  
  
• ARM Appoints Anil Gupta as Managing Director, India Operations (Friday Apr. 20, 2007)
  Anil will be responsible for the overall growth and operations of the India design center and will take over responsibility from Guru Ganesan, who now moves to a larger role within ARM's US operations. Anil will also host ARM's commercial operations in India, which will continue to be managed by Atul Arora, president, Commercial Operations.
  
  
• Silistix Hires Interconnect Industry Veteran David Lautzenheiser as Marketing VP (Monday Apr. 16, 2007)
  Lautzenheiser will direct the Company's worldwide marketing activities as it enhances and distributes its CHAINworks suite of tools for designing self-timed SoC interconnect fabrics.
  
  
• Chartered Realigns Senior Management Roles to Lead Next Phase of Growth (Friday Apr. 13, 2007)
  As part of the realignment, Kay Chai ''KC'' Ang becomes senior vice president of worldwide sales and marketing, and Dr. Simon Yang assumes the duties of senior vice president of fab operations, in addition to his current role as chief technology officer (CTO). Mike Rekuc becomes president of the Americas region, and Dominique Simon is appointed to a newly created position of vice president of business development and global accounts.
  
  
• ChipX Appoints Michael Brown as Vice President of Worldwide Sales (Thursday Apr. 12, 2007)
  In this position, Brown will be responsible for driving, growing and managing ChipX's Worldwide Sales and Customer Service organizations. He will report to the CEO, Amnon Fisher.
  
  
• MOSAID Names New CEO and New Chairman of the Board (Monday Apr. 09, 2007)
  MOSAID Technologies today announced the appointment of John C. Lindgren as the Company's new President and Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately. Mr. Lindgren succeeds George Cwynar, who has served as MOSAID's President and CEO since 1994.
  
  
• MoSys Boosts Global Sales Presence With New Japan Country Manager (Thursday Apr. 05, 2007)
  Murayama-san joins MoSys from Transmeta Corp. where he served as vice president of Transmeta Japan, while simultaneously overseeing the company's broader Asia-Pacific operations. Reporting to MoSys' vice president of worldwide sales, Raj Singh, Murayama-san will drive the company's sales and marketing operations in the region.
  
  
• Fred N. Lancia Appointed Vice President of Sales for eASIC (Tuesday Apr. 03, 2007)
  With comprehensive experience in ASIC, FPGA and ASSP sales, in both small and large companies, Lancia is well suited to service eASIC Structured ASIC Customers
  
  
• Elliptic Adds New Officers to Board of Directors (Thursday Mar. 15, 2007)
  Richard White, President and CEO of Elliptic is pleased to announce that Norm Kelly of Synopsys and Simon Morris of the Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC) have been appointed to the Board of Directors.
  
  
• Cavendish Kinetics Appoints Dennis Yost as CEO (Monday Mar. 12, 2007)
  Cavendish Kinetics, the developer of Nanomech™ embedded non-volatile memory intellectual property (IP), announced today that on March 1st Dennis Yost was appointed CEO, replacing Mike Beunder.
  
  
• Faraday's Board Appointed John Hsuan as Chairman (Monday Mar. 05, 2007)
  Faraday's biggest institutional investor UMC changed its representative in Faraday's board, replacing Robert Tsao by Henry Liu, a Senior Vice President at UMC. The board reelected semiconductor veteran John Hsuan, who has sat on Faraday's Board for 5 years, as the new Chairman.
  
  
• FSA Announces Danny Biran of Altera to Join Its Board of Directors (Monday Mar. 05, 2007)
  Industry Veteran Brings Unique Perspective to Help Guide Association Initiatives
  
  
• Philippe Geyres Rejoins Arteris Board of Directors (Thursday Feb. 15, 2007)
  Veteran Semiconductor Executive Adds Industry Expertise to Arteris
  
  
• Silistix Gets Silicon Valley Veteran Bruce Bourbon as New Board of Directors Chair (Monday Feb. 05, 2007)
  Silistix today announced that Bruce Bourbon has joined the company's Board of Directors as the Board's new chairman. Other Silistix Board changes have also been made to position Silistix for its future growth and technology advancement.
  
  
• MOSAID Announces Changes to Board of Directors (Friday Feb. 02, 2007)
  Mr. Kramer is the Managing Partner and founder of Altitude Capital Partners of New York, a private investment firm whose focus is providing capital to companies involved in all areas of Intellectual Property (IP).
  
  
• Martin Scott Joins Rambus as Senior Vice President of Engineering (Friday Jan. 19, 2007)
  Veteran technologist brings 25 years of engineering leadership and development experience
  
  
• Improv Systems Names Industry Veteran Victor Berman as New CEO (Thursday Jan. 18, 2007)
  Berman takes the reins of the company as it begins a new phase of growth and expansion, targeting high-growth applications such as mobile media and digital TV and new geographic markets with its unique processing technology and accompanying tool suite.
  
  
• CoWare Welcomes Scott Kleinberg as Company's New CFO (Thursday Jan. 18, 2007)
  Kleinberg is responsible for accounting and financial management for CoWare worldwide and reports to CoWare president and CEO, Alan Naumann
  
  
• Innovative Silicon Names Daniel LaBouve VP of Engineering (Wednesday Jan. 17, 2007)
  Z-RAM Memory Company Expands Executive Team
  
  
• Transmeta Corp. Appoints Lester M. Crudele as President & CEO (Tuesday Jan. 16, 2007)
  In addition to the organizational announcement, Transmeta also announced that it now expects to report over $40 million in cash, cash equivalents and short term investments as of December 31, 2006, consistent with the previously stated expectation of greater than $35 million at year end.
  
  
• Virage Logic Names Sherif Sweha as Vice President of Engineering (Monday Jan. 08, 2007)
  20+ Year Intel Engineering Management Veteran Brings Large Scale Product Development and Operational Expertise to Virage Logic
  
  
• Silicon Image Names Edward Lopez Chief Legal Officer (Friday Jan. 05, 2007)
  As CLO, Lopez is responsible for overseeing the company’s legal affairs, including its strategic partnerships, intellectual property matters, as well as licensing and M&A activity.
  
  
• eASIC Strengthens Technical Ranks By Attracting Industry Luminary (Wednesday Dec. 20, 2006)
  Dr. Schmit, previously Associate Professor at Carnegie Mellon University, and most recently Chief Hardware Architect at Tabula Joins eASIC’s Management Team
  
  
• Phylinks Taps Nabil Takla as Chairman (Thursday Dec. 14, 2006)
  CEO of Innovative Semiconductors Brings Mixed-Signal IP Expertise to High Speed Serial Interface Company
  
  
• Arasan Chip Systems Appoints Kevin Walsh Vice President of Marketing and Business Development (Monday Nov. 20, 2006)
  Mr. Walsh brings more than 15 years of executive marketing and management experience in semiconductor IP and software marketing to Arasan. He will drive the company's product marketing, business development, market communications and partner programs.
  
  
• Thomas R. Lavelle Joins Rambus as General Counsel (Friday Nov. 10, 2006)
  Mr. Lavelle will be responsible for the overall legal direction of the Company, including securities, compliance, intellectual property, and litigation. He will report to president and chief executive officer Harold Hughes
  
  
• Texas Instruments Executive Appointed as MOSAID's Senior Vice President of Patent Licensing and General Counsel (Wednesday Nov. 08, 2006)
  MOSAID Technologies Incorporated (TSX: MSD) today named John C. Lindgren as Senior Vice President Patent Licensing, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary. Mr. Lindgren joins MOSAID from Texas Instruments (TI) in Dallas, Texas, where he served as Vice President and Assistant General Counsel.
  
  
• Xilinx Appoints Executive VP & General Manager to Lead Advanced Platforms Group (Friday Nov. 03, 2006)
  At the helm of APG, Morris will lead divisional teams responsible for development and delivery of high-end solutions, building upon the company’s flagship Virtex™ FPGA platform