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• TSMC Senior Vice President Dr. Stephen Tso to Retire (Monday Oct. 16, 2017)
  TSMC today announced that Senior Vice President Dr. Stephen Tso has decided to retire from the Company on March 1st, 2018. Dr. Tso’s responsibilities in Materials Management and Risk Management (MM&RM) will be assumed by Vice President J.K. Lin, and his responsibilities in Information Technology (IT) will be assumed by Senior Director Thomas Chen.
  
  
• Dr. Haijun Zhao, Dr. Liang Mong Song Appointed as SMIC Co-CEO and Executive Director (Monday Oct. 16, 2017)
  SMIC today announced the appointment of Dr. Haijun Zhao and Dr. Liang Mong Song as SMIC Co-CEO and Executive Director.
  
  
• Codasip Hires IP Industry Veteran Chris Jones as Vice President of Marketing (Monday Oct. 16, 2017)
  Codasip, the leading supplier of RISC-V® embedded CPU cores, today announced that Chris Jones has joined as Vice President of Marketing, reporting to CEO Karel Masařík.
  
  
• TSMC Dr. Morris Chang Announces Retirement in June 2018. Future Dual Leadership Will Be Mark Liu as Chairman And C.C. Wei as CEO. (Monday Oct. 02, 2017)
  TSMC Chairman Morris Chang today announces: “I will retire from the Company immediately after the Annual Shareholders Meeting in early June, 2018. I will not be a director in the next term of the board of directors. Nor will I participate in any TSMC management activities after the Annual Shareholders Meeting in early June, 2018."
  
  
• Top Women Execs Join NetSpeed Boards (Thursday Sep. 21, 2017)
  NetSpeed Systems Inc., announced today the appointments of Dipti Vachani to its board of directors and Penny Herscher to its advisory board.
  
  
• Ty Garibay Joins ArterisIP as Chief Technology Officer (Tuesday Sep. 05, 2017)
  ArterisIP, the innovative supplier of silicon-proven commercial system-on-chip (SoC) interconnect IP, today announced the appointment of Ty Garibay as ArterisIP’s Chief Technology Officer (CTO).
  
  
• Everspin Appoints Semiconductor Storage Veteran Kevin Conley as CEO (Thursday Aug. 24, 2017)
  Everspin Technologies, the world's leading developer and manufacturer of Magnetoresistive Random Access Memory (MRAM), today announced it had named Kevin Conley as its President and Chief Executive Officer effective Sept. 1.
  
  
• SiFive Appoints Naveed Sherwani as CEO (Wednesday Aug. 16, 2017)
  SiFive, the first fabless provider of customized, open-source-enabled semiconductors, today announced that industry veteran Naveed Sherwani has joined the company as CEO to lead it through its next phase of growth. Stefan Dyckerhoff, who had held the top spot at the company since its inception, will remain a member of the SiFive board of directors.
  
  
• Two Senior-Level Appointments Boost EnSilica's Rapidly Expanding SoC Design and Supply Services (Monday Aug. 14, 2017)
  EnSilica has announced two senior-level appointments designed to significantly boost its rapidly expanding full System-on-Chip (SoC) services as the company continues to expand its base of customers seeking complex, full-service custom analog and mixed-signal chip design and supply.
  
  
• ARM CEO Simon Segars Joins SoftBank Group Board of Directors (Wednesday Jun. 21, 2017)
  ARM Holdings plc today announced that CEO Simon Segars’ appointment to the SoftBank Group Corp. (SBG) Board of Directors was formally approved at SBG’s 37th Annual General Meeting of Shareholders held today in Tokyo.
  
  
• UMC Restructures Executive Team (Wednesday Jun. 14, 2017)
  UMC (NYSE: UMC; TWSE: 2303), a leading global semiconductor foundry, today announced that its board of directors has appointed senior vice presidents SC Chien and Jason Wang as co-presidents of the company, following Po-Wen Yen’s retirement as UMC CEO.
  
  
• QuickLogic Taps Semiconductor Intellectual Property Veteran for Advisory Board (Tuesday Jun. 13, 2017)
  QuickLogic, a developer of ultra-low power programmable sensor processing, embedded FPGA IP, display bridge and programmable logic solutions, today announced that Bernie Rosenthal, co-founder of Tensilica, Inc. and a serial entrepreneur, has joined its advisory board.
  
  
• TSMC Promotes Dave Keller to President, TSMC North America (Wednesday Jun. 07, 2017)
  TSMC today announced the promotion of a veteran executive, Dave Keller to President, TSMC North America. Rick Cassidy remains as Chief Executive Officer, TSMC North America.
  
  
• Rambus Appoints Emiko Higashi to Its Board of Directors (Tuesday Jun. 06, 2017)
  Rambus today announced the appointment of Ms. Emiko Higashi as a director to its Board, effective immediately. Ms. Higashi is an industry veteran with broad experience in technology-focused investment banking and finance, along with a comprehensive understanding of business and finance for large global semiconductor companies.
  
  
• EDA pioneer Alberto Sangiovanni-Vincentelli joins UltraSoC advisory board (Thursday Jun. 01, 2017)
  UltraSoC, the leading developer of on-chip monitoring and analytics IP, today announced that Alberto Sangiovanni-Vincentelli, a founding-father and driving force in both commercial and technological developments in the electronics design industry, has joined the company’s Strategic Advisory Board.
  
  
• SMIC Transitions CEO Responsibility to Dr. Haijun Zhao While Dr. Tzu-Yin Chiu Stays as Vice Chairman and Non-Executive Director (Wednesday May. 10, 2017)
  SMIC today announces the appointment of Dr. Haijun Zhao as CEO replacing Dr. Tzu-Yin Chiu, who will continue to serve as Vice Chairman and Non-Executive Director of the Board and guide the Company's future strategic direction.
  
  
• Sankalp Semiconductor Strengthens Management Team (Thursday May. 04, 2017)
  Sankalp Semiconductor today announced strengthening of its management team by appointing Prakash Easwaran in the key position of Vice President of Engineering for Analog & Mixed Signal group.
  
  
• GUC Appoints System CTO (Monday Apr. 24, 2017)
  Global Unichip has appointed semiconductor industry veteran Igor Elkanovich as its System Chief Technical Officer (CTO). Mr. Elkanovich will drive the company's effort to upgrade system capabilities.
  
  
• CEVA, Inc. Appoints Ran Soffer as Vice President of Marketing and Corporate Development (Wednesday Apr. 19, 2017)
  A semiconductor industry veteran with more than 20 years of senior management positions at startups through to Fortune 500 corporations, Mr. Soffer brings vast experience to the marketing and corporate development roles at CEVA.
  
  
• Nigel Toon Appointed as Advisor to Moortec Board (Monday Feb. 27, 2017)
  Moortec today announced it has appointed Nigel Toon as an advisor to the Board of Directors. Nigel’s extensive experience as a semiconductor industry executive will strongly support Moortec’s development of high accuracy PVT monitoring IP and strengthen its position within the global advanced node semiconductor market.
  
  
• Blue Pearl Software Appoints John Molyneux President After Record Year (Thursday Jan. 19, 2017)
  Blue Pearl Software has promoted John Molyneux to the position of President of Blue Pearl Software.
  
  
• Imagination appoints industry expert to lead PowerVR business unit (Thursday Jan. 05, 2017)
  Imagination Technologies announces the appointment of industry expert Mark Dickinson as executive vice president of its PowerVR business unit. Dickinson brings a wealth of industry knowledge and expertise to the role, with more than 20 years of management experience in semiconductors and IP.
  
  
• Inside Secure appoints Catherine Blanchet to its Supervisory Board (Monday Dec. 19, 2016)
  Inside Secure (Euronext: INSD), at the heart of security solutions for mobile and connected devices, today announced that Catherine Blanchet has been appointed to its Supervisory Board, following the recommendation of its governance committee.
  
  
• CEVA Appoints Maria Marced, President of TSMC Europe, to Board of Directors (Monday Dec. 12, 2016)
  CEVA today announced that Maria Marced, President of TSMC Europe BV., has been appointed to its board of directors, as an independent non-executive director, effective December 8, 2016. The appointment brings the total size of the board to eight members.
  
  
• Philippe Morali, High Technology Veteran, Joins eSilicon as CFO (Tuesday Nov. 22, 2016)
  eSilicon Corporation, a leading independent semiconductor design and manufacturing solutions provider, today announced that Philippe Morali has been appointed as the new CFO, reporting to CEO Jack Harding.
  
  
• Arteris Names Antonio J. Viana to its Board of Directors (Wednesday Nov. 09, 2016)
  Arteris Inc., the innovative supplier of silicon-proven commercial system-on-chip (SoC) interconnect IP, today announced that Antonio J. Viana has joined the Arteris Board of Directors.
  
  
• Kilopass Appoints Sue Kim Vice President of Corporate Marketing (Monday Oct. 03, 2016)
  Kilopass today appointed Sue Kim to the newly created role of vice president of corporate marketing.
  
  
• Cortus appoints Philippe Descamps as Director Worldwide Sales (Thursday Sep. 22, 2016)
  Cortus, a technology leader in cost effective, silicon efficient, 32-bit processor IP, announces that they are appointing Mr Philippe Descamps as Director of Sales with immediate effect.
  
  
• Rambus Announces New Chief Financial Officer (Tuesday Sep. 20, 2016)
  Rambus Inc. (NASDAQ:RMBS) today announced that Mr. Rahul Mathur has accepted the position of senior vice president and chief financial officer. Mr. Mathur will be responsible for the overall financial direction of the company and will report to president and chief executive officer Dr. Ron Black.
  
  
• BaySand Expands Its Board of Directors With Senior Semiconductor Veteran Executive (Wednesday Aug. 17, 2016)
  James Hogan joins BaySand’s board with experience as a senior executive and board director in electronic design automation and intellectual property companies