1394 Trade Association Selects New Board of Directors, Officers for Calendar Year 2002.Business Editors/High Tech Writers DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 22, 2002 The 1394 Trade Association, a worldwide organization dedicated to the advancement of the IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, New York, www.ieee.org) A membership organization that includes engineers, scientists and students in electronics and allied fields. 1394 multimedia standard, today announced its new directors and officers for 2002. The new board includes David Wooten of Cypress Semiconductor Cypress Semiconductor is a semiconductor design and manufacturing company. It began operations in 1982 and listed publicly in 1986. Two years later, the company shifted over to the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol, (NYSE: CY). , who is chairman this year under the 1394 Trade Association's rotating chair tradition. Vice Chairman is Max Bassler of Molex, Inc. The chief financial officer is Randy Trost of Texas Instruments; Eric Anderson of Apple Computer is secretary; Scott Smyers of Sony, chief technical officer; and Michael Winchell, LSI LSI: see integrated circuit. (Large Scale Integration) Between 3,000 and 100,000 transistors on a chip. See SSI, MSI, VLSI and ULSI. Logic, editor. Other members of the BoD include John Barber of NEC (NEC Corporation, Tokyo, www.nec.com, www.necus.com) An electronics conglomerate known in the U.S. for its monitors. In Japan, it had the lion's share of the PC market until the late 1990s (see PC 98). NEC was founded in Tokyo in 1899 as Nippon Electric Company, Ltd. Electronics; Steve Bard of Intel; Alan Berkema of Hewlett-Packard; Paul Borger of FCI (Flux Changes per Inch) The measurement of polarity reversals on a magnetic surface. In MFM, each flux change is equal to one bit. In RLL, a flux change generates more than one bit. ; Scott Fierstein of Microsoft Corp.; Prashant Kanhere of Zayante; Sam Liu of Newnex; Jalil Oraee of Oxford Semiconductor; Andreas Schloissnik of Yokogawa Electric; Dave Thompson of Agere; and Hans Van der Ven of Panasonic. Scott Smyers of Sony is the new Chief Technical Officer. The board is responsible for the ongoing policy-making pol·i·cy·mak·ing or pol·i·cy-mak·ing n. High-level development of policy, especially official government policy. adj. Of, relating to, or involving the making of high-level policy: , funding, and standards oversight governing the 1394 Trade Association. The 1394 Trade Association includes more than 170 companies worldwide dedicated to the advancement and enhancement of the IEEE 1394 standard, which is also known as FireWire(tm) and i.LINK(tm). For more details about the 1394 Trade Association, visit www.1394ta.org. Note to Editors: FireWire is a trademark of Apple Computer i.LINK is a trademark of Sony Corporation |
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