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• Eclipse Ventures Adds Mike McNamara and Sanjay Jha As General Partners (Thursday Feb. 07, 2019)
  Eclipse Ventures, the firm focused on full-stack companies, announced today the addition of two new general partners. Mike McNamara comes to Eclipse from Flex (NASDAQ: FLEX), where he served as CEO. Sanjay Jha previously led Global Foundries and Motorola Mobility.
  
  
• Sankalp Semiconductor Appoints Abhijit Dutta as Head of Mixed Signal Solutions (Wednesday Jan. 30, 2019)
  Sankalp Semiconductor, a design service company offering comprehensive digital & mixed signal SoC services and solutions, has appointed semiconductor industry veteran Abhijit Dutta in the key position of the head of Mixed Signal Solutions. In this capacity, Abhijit will be responsible for mixed signal design services and head the Sankalp Kolkata Centre.
  
  
• eSilicon Announces Technical Advisory Board (Tuesday Jan. 29, 2019)
  eSilicon, a leading provider of FinFET ASICs, market-specific IP platforms and advanced 2.5D packaging solutions, announced today the formation of a technical advisory board (TAB) focused on guiding the company’s development work associated with artificial intelligence ASICS.
  
  
• Dolphin Integration appoints Philippe Berger as Chief Executive Officer (Monday Jan. 28, 2019)
  Dolphin Integration announced today that they have appointed Philippe Berger as their new Chief Executive Officer to lead the company in its next phase of innovation and growth.
  
  
• UltraSoC appoints new VP of Global Sales as demand surges for embedded analytics solutions (Tuesday Jan. 15, 2019)
  UltraSoC, the leading provider of embedded analytics technology, today announced the appointment of semiconductor specialist John Hartley as Vice President of Global Sales.
  
  
• Former Intel exec to lead Arm's automotive and embedded business (Tuesday Dec. 18, 2018)
  Former Intel and Texas Instruments exec Dipti Vachani joins Arm to lead automotive and embedded business
  
  
• Imagination Technologies Group Ltd. Announces CEO Succession (Thursday Dec. 13, 2018)
  Imagination Technologies (‘Imagination’) a leading supplier of semiconductor intellectual property (IP), announces today that Dr. Ron Black is to become Chief Executive Officer.
  
  
• Wave Computing Appoints Industry Veteran Art Swift As President of its Recently Acquired MIPS Licensing Business (Tuesday Dec. 04, 2018)
  Wave Computing®, the Silicon Valley company that is accelerating artificial intelligence (AI) from the cloud to the edge, today announced the appointment of Art Swift as President of the company’s MIPS licensing business. Swift is a recognized industry executive who has held C-level positions at high-technology companies, international industry consortiums and open-source foundations.
  
  
• SiFive Appoints VP to Growing SoC IP Group (Friday Nov. 16, 2018)
  SiFive, the leading provider of commercial RISC-V processor IP, today announced the appointment of Mohit Gupta as vice president of SoC IP. Mohit will play a key role in leadership and business development of the company's SoC IP portfolio, including the DesignShare program, an IP ecosystem which has been instrumental in lowering the cost of bringing chips from design to silicon realization.
  
  
• Cortus S.A.S Appoints Mr. Gordon Yang Guo-dong as Vice President of Business Development (Wednesday Nov. 14, 2018)
  Cortus SAS France announces that it has appointed Mr. Yang Guo-dong, Gordon as its Vice President of Business Development as of 1st November 2018. Mr. Yang is currently the CEO of Cortus China. As CEO of Cortus China, Mr. Yang will be responsible for the implementation of the business strategy that he was instrumental in defining with Cortus SAS executives over the last few months.
  
  
• Dr. Jesse Zhixi Fang Appointed as Chair of the RISC-V Foundation China Advisory Committee to Accelerate Adoption of the RISC-V ISA in China (Thursday Nov. 08, 2018)
  Today at the World Internet Conference in Wuzhen, China, the RISC-V Foundation, a non-profit corporation controlled by its members to drive the adoption and implementation of the free and open RISC-V instruction set architecture (ISA), announced that semiconductor industry veteran Dr. Jesse Zhixi Fang has been appointed Chair of the RISC-V Foundation’s newly formed China Advisory Committee.
  
  
• Dr. John Zhuang Appointed as CEO of Brite Semiconductor (Tuesday Nov. 06, 2018)
  Brite Semiconductor (“Brite”), a world-leading ASIC design service and DDR controller/PHY IP provider headquartered in Shanghai, China, today announced the appointment of Dr. John Zhuang as CEO of Brite Semiconductor.
  
  
• sureCore names Roger Bailey VP Worldwide Sales (Tuesday Nov. 06, 2018)
  sureCore Ltd., has named proven semiconductor and IP sales executive, Roger Bailey as Vice President, Worldwide Sales. In his new position, Bailey will focus sureCore's business development initiatives for wearable, IoT and communications infrastructure markets in North America, Europe and China.
  
  
• Rambus Appoints Luc Seraphin as President and Chief Executive Officer (Tuesday Oct. 30, 2018)
  Rambus Inc. (NASDAQ: RMBS), today announced that its Board of Directors has appointed Luc Seraphin as president and chief executive officer, effective immediately.
  
  
• Silvaco Appoints Babak Taheri as Chief Technology Officer (Monday Oct. 22, 2018)
  Silvaco, welcomes Dr. Babak Taheri as CTO and Executive Vice President of Products. He brings three decades of engineering and leadership experience, with a track record of transforming and scaling global technology platforms.
  
  
• SiFive Welcomes Former Tesla Executive to Lead Global Growth Strategy (Wednesday Oct. 03, 2018)
  SiFive, the leading provider of commercial RISC-V processor IP, today announced the appointment of Keith Witek as Senior Vice President of Corporate Development and General Counsel.
  
  
• Open-Silicon Appoints New VP of Engineering (Tuesday Sep. 18, 2018)
  Amid rapid custom silicon growth and innovation, Open-Silicon today announced the appointment of semiconductor industry veteran Anand Bariya as VP of engineering.
  
  
• Lattice Semiconductor Appoints Steve Douglass as Corporate VP, R&D (Wednesday Sep. 05, 2018)
  Lattice Semiconductor, a leading provider of customizable smart connectivity solutions, announced the appointment of Steve Douglass as the Company’s Corporate Vice President, R&D, effective immediately.
  
  
• Brite Semiconductor Appoints Dr. John Zhuang as Acting Chief Executive Officer (Monday Sep. 03, 2018)
  Brite Semiconductor today announced the resignation of Mr. Thomas Xu as Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) due to personal reasons, and the appointment of Dr. John Zhuang as Acting CEO.
  
  
• Lattice Semiconductor Appoints Jim Anderson as CEO (Tuesday Aug. 28, 2018)
  Lattice Semiconductor announced the appointment of Jim Anderson as the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer, and to the Company’s Board of Directors, effective September 4, 2018. Mr. Anderson brings broad technology industry experience and a proven track record of leading and transforming businesses to drive sustained growth and profitability.
  
  
• Esperanto Technologies Expands AI Engineering Leadership Team (Monday Aug. 20, 2018)
  Esperanto Technologies Inc., developer of high-performance, energy-efficient computing solutions for artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning applications based on the open standard RISC-V instruction set architecture, today announced it has appointed David Glasco as Vice President of Engineering and Dan Bailey as Senior Director of Engineering.
  
  
• Rambus Appoints Sanjay Saraf to Board of Directors (Monday Jul. 30, 2018)
  Rambus Inc. (NASDAQ: RMBS), a leader in digital security, semiconductor and IP products and services, today announced the appointment of Sanjay Saraf to its board of directors, effective immediately.
  
  
• Sankalp Semiconductor Appoints Sathish Kumar Ganesan as Vice President Engineering (Friday Jul. 27, 2018)
  Sankalp Semiconductor, a design service company offering comprehensive digital & mixed signal SoC services and solutions, has appointed Sathish Kumar Ganesan in the key position of Vice President Engineering for IP Business.
  
  
• Efinix Expands Executive Leadership Team and Board of Directors (Thursday Jul. 26, 2018)
  Efinix®, an innovator in programmable product platforms and technology, today announced the expansion of its executive leadership team and board of directors. Joining Efinix as SVP Operations and Applications is Ming Ng, and named to the board are industry leaders, Richard Sevcik and Christopher Norris.
  
  
• Silicon Industry Veteran Joins SiFive Executive Team (Wednesday Jul. 25, 2018)
  SiFive today announced Brad Holtzinger as Vice President of Worldwide Sales, where he will work with the existing global portfolio of SiFive customers and onboard new clients seeking to take advantage of the company's market-leading Core IP.
  
  
• Texas Instruments: Brian Crutcher resigned as CEO (Thursday Jul. 19, 2018)
  Texas Instruments today announced the resignation of Brian Crutcher as president, CEO and a member of the TI board.
  
  
• Veriest appoints Vukota Pekovic as General Manager, Serbia (Wednesday Jul. 11, 2018)
  Veriest Solutions, a leading provider of design and verification engineering services, announced today the appointment of Vukota Pekovic as General Manager of its Serbia-based operations.
  
  
• Rambus Announces Departure of Ron Black as Chief Executive Officer; Luc Seraphin Appointed Interim CEO (Friday Jun. 29, 2018)
  Rambus today announced that the Company’s Board of Directors has terminated Dr. Ron Black as Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately.
  
  
• Intel CEO Brian Krzanich Resigns, Board Appoints Bob Swan as Interim CEO (Thursday Jun. 21, 2018)
  Corporation today announced the resignation of Brian Krzanich as CEO and a member of the Board of Directors. The Board has named Chief Financial Officer Robert Swan Interim Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately.
  
  
• Intrinsic ID Names Kumi Thiruchelvam Vice President, Europe & Asia Sales (Tuesday Jun. 19, 2018)
  Intrinsic ID today announced the appointment of Kumi Thiruchelvam as vice president, Europe & Asia Sales. He reports to Chief Executive Officer Pim Tuyls.