Si2 Announces Board of Directors for 2007-2008 and Annual Members Meeting at DAC
AUSTIN, TX., May 22, 2007 -- The Silicon Integration Initiative (Si2) announces the election of their Board of Directors for the 2007-2008 term, as well as the place and time for the Annual Members Meeting.
The new Corporate Board Member is: Silicon Navigator, represented by Mr. George Janac, CEO and founder. This new 10th position on the Board of Directors is reserved for an end-user company or EDA company whose annual revenue is less than $100M/year.
The re-elected Board Members and their representatives are: AMD - Ward Vercruysse, director and fellow; ARM, Inc. - John Goodenough, world wide director Design Technology; Cadence Design Systems, Inc.- Jan Willis, senior vice president of Industry Alliances; IBM Microelectronics - Leon Stock, director, EDA; Intel Corporation - Rahul Goyal, director, EDA Business; LSI - Ameesh Desai, senior director, Design Tools & Methodology; National Semiconductor Corporation - James Lin, vice president of Technology Infrastructure; NXP - Barry Dennington, sr. vice president and Synopsys - John Chilton, sr. vice president, Marketing & Strategic Development.
"I wish to welcome our new Board members and congratulate our returning Board members. We are extremely pleased to have their insight and expertise on the strategic and business affairs of Si2", said Steve Schulz, president & CEO. "There are some new representatives from re-elected Corporate members this year - a special welcome to Leon Stok of IBM and Ameesh Desai of LSI. Special thanks goes out to John Darringer of IBM and Sudhakar Sabada of LSI for their many years of dedicated service to furthering the industry mission of Si2, as long-time Board members."
"I am delighted to rejoin the Si2 Board in its new phase, "says George Janac, CEO and founder of Silicon Navigator. "During the last term we helped establish OpenAccess. I hope to expand on that success and push Si2's wider agenda of standards development to adoption."
The Annual Si2 Members Meeting will be held on June 4, 2007 from 6-7:30 PM in the San Diego Convention Center, Room #27A, San Diego, CA. Drinks and hors d'oeuvres will be provided, and all members are encouraged to attend. You do not have to be a member to attend the meeting. All attendees please notify Si2 if you are coming at: http://www.si2.org/?page=3
About Si2
Si2 is an organization of industry-leading semiconductor, systems, EDA and manufacturing companies focused on improving the way integrated circuits are designed and manufactured in order to speed time-to market, reduce costs, and meet the challenges of sub-micron design. Si2 is uniquely positioned to enable collaboration through a strong implementation focus driven by its member companies. Si2 focuses on developing practical technology solutions to industry challenges. Si2 represents over 100 companies involved in all parts of the silicon supply chain throughout the world.
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For more information, contact:
William Bayer
Silicon Integration Initiative
512-342-2244, ext. 304 (office)
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