Amir Mashkoori Joins Entropic Communications Board of Directors.SAN DIEGO San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. -- Entropic Communications, a semiconductor company providing technologies that enable home networking for digital entertainment via coaxial cable, today announced Amir Mashkoori has joined the company's Board of Directors. Mashkoori is currently a senior vice president at Advanced Micro Devices (AMD (Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA, www.amd.com) A major manufacturer of semiconductor devices including x86-compatible CPUs, embedded processors, flash memories, programmable logic devices and networking chips. ), and a senior vice president and general manager at Spansion, the flash memory joint venture of AMD and Fujitsu Microelectronics, where he heads up the wireless business units. He has been in the semiconductor business more than 25 years since beginning his career with AMD in 1978. He also served as a senior executive with Trident Microsystems Trident Microsystems is a supplier of display-processors for flat panel displays (plasma, LCD, etc.). At one time, Trident was also a supplier of PC graphics chipsets and sound controllers. in the '90s. "I am looking forward to working with Entropic as it takes its unique technology proposition to market," Mashkoori said. "This company is well positioned to completely change the way consumers use and interact with digital entertainment for the home." "Amir is a proven leader and he has extensive experience in semiconductor operations, manufacturing general management, and executive management," according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Entropic president and 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. , Patrick Henry. "Amir's experience will be invaluable in helping us make the transition into the product commercialization phase of our company." Mashkoori earned both a bachelor's degree in business finance and an MBA MBA abbr. Master of Business Administration Noun 1. MBA - a master's degree in business Master in Business, Master in Business Administration from San Jose San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. State University, San Jose, Calif. Revolutionary Technology For Digital Entertainment Networking Entropic's c.LINK-270 chipset, when built into a variety of consumer electronics such as set-top boxes, digital video recorders, and televisions permits seamless networking over the existing coaxial cable infrastructure at speeds as high as 270Mbps. The high speed and reliability of coax make it the ideal medium for networking high-bandwidth applications such as video. Entropic is a founding member of the Multimedia Over Coax Alliance The Multimedia over Coax Alliance develops specifications for home networking over in-home coaxial cable, which is commonly used for antenna connections to TVs and radios, and cable TV. (MoCA(TM)), formed to standardize technologies for linking consumer entertainment devices over existing coax cabling. Other members include Cisco Systems, Comcast, EchoStar, Matsushita Electric (Panasonic), Motorola, RadioShack Corporation, and Toshiba. For more information: www.mocalliance.com. About Entropic Communications Entropic Communications is a privately held semiconductor company based in San Diego, Calif., enabling home networking for digital entertainment. Entropic's products allow consumers to easily share digital entertainment throughout the home by leveraging the existing coax infrastructure to fundamentally change the way content such as movies, music, and images are stored and networked by the average user. For more information: www.entropic.com. |
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