AMCC names new president and chief executive officer.SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 12, 1996--AMCC (Applied Micro Circuits Corp.) announces the appointment of David M. Rickey as president and chief executive officer. He returns to AMCC AMCC Applied Micro Circuits Corporation AMCC Air Mobility Control Center AMCC Ashore Mobile Contingency Communications AMCC Advanced Materials Commercialization Center AMCC allied movement coordination center (US DoD) where he led the turnaround of manufacturing operations from 1993 to 1995. As the Vice President of Operations at that time, Rickey led teams of AMCC employees in the creation of a top-notch fabrication fabrication (fab´rikā´sh  n),n the construction or making of a restoration. facility resulting in record-low defect densities, competitive cycle times and strong statistical process control. Rickey's experience in the electronics industry spans more than 15 years. Eight of them were at Northern Telecom, where he gained considerable experience in semiconductor manufacturing as Director of Silicon Fabrication. "David Rickey has an impressive track-record, not only with Northern Telecom, but with AMCC," stated Roger Smullen, board chairman of AMCC. "His proven ability to quickly assess a situation, take decisive action and lead a team to success made him the ideal choice for our new CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. ," Smullen added. "The potential of AMCC's technology and entire staff has consistently impressed me," stated Rickey. The new CEO, whose most recent assignment was at NexGen as Vice President of Operations, also pointed out his preference for working in a smaller organization where his team-building skills and hands-on approach will have a strong impact. "As president and CEO I can tap into the potential of the whole company and take it to the next level of engineering excellence." Based on its high speed bipolar ECL (Emitter-Coupled Logic) A digital circuit composed of bipolar transistors in which the emitter ends are wired together. ECL gates switch faster than TTL gates, but consume more power. See TTL, I2L and bipolar. 1. process, AMCC has developed strong gate array and standard cell ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit) Pronounced "a-sick." A chip that is custom designed for a specific application rather than a general-purpose chip such as a microprocessor. products. The company has more recently focused on application specific standard products (ASSPs) and has established itself as a leader in the telecom and computer markets. AMCC is particularly successful in SONET, ATM and PCI (1) (Payment Card Industry) See PCI DSS. (2) (Peripheral Component Interconnect) The most widely used I/O bus (peripheral bus). interface technologies. Rickey plans to further the company's market penetration in these areas. Since its founding in 1979, AMCC has developed a strong customer base that includes IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) , Northern Telecom, Hewlett Packard and Hughes Network Systems Hughes Network Systems, LLC (HNS), is a provider of broadband satellite network products for businesses and consumers. HNS pioneered the development of high-speed satellite Internet access services and IP-based networks with its original DirecPC service but which it now markets . The company has successfully made the transition from military to commercial business with military sales now representing less than 15% of total revenue. It has also expanded its offerings from strictly bipolar ASIC products to bipolar, CMOS (Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor) Pronounced "c-moss." The most widely used integrated circuit design. It is found in almost every electronic product from handheld devices to mainframes. and BiCMOS standard products. Sales of AMCC's standard products have increased by more than 65% in recent years. AMCC develops, manufactures and markets high-speed, high-reliability application specific standard products (ASSPs) and application specific integrated circuits (ASICs) for commercial and military applications. Manufactured using high-speed, low-power bipolar and BiCMOS technologies, AMCC's products serve the high performance requirements of the networking, computer, communications, instrumentation, aerospace and defense markets. For further information regarding AMCC and its products, write Marketing Communications Department AMCC, 6195 Lusk Blvd., San Diego, California “San Diego” redirects here. For other uses, see San Diego (disambiguation). San Diego is a coastal Southern California city located in the southwestern corner of the continental United States. As of 2006, the city has a population of 1,256,951. 92121-2793; or call 800/755-AMCC (800/755-2622), 619/450-9333, FAX: 619/450-9885, e-mail asicpr@amcc.com or access our internet site http://www.amcc.com. -0- NOTE TO EDITORS: AMCC is a registered trademark of Applied Micro Circuits Corp. CONTACT: Applied Micro Circuits Corp., San Diego Rocki Frantz, 619/535-6523 or Strategic Press Relations Dan Garza, 408/733-4669 |
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