Analog Devices Announces Election of Christine King to Board Of Directors.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers NORWOOD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 30, 2003 Analog Devices, Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : ADI), a global leader in high-performance semiconductors for signal processing applications, today announced the election of semiconductor industry veteran Christine King to the board of directors. "Chris brings tremendous semiconductor industry experience that encompasses not only management positions but also technical positions in her 26 years in the semiconductor industry," said Ray Stata, ADI chairman. "With her years of experience with 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) Microelectronics and her current position as 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. of AMI Semiconductor, she has the background to provide insight on many different levels of our business." Ms. King has been president and CEO of AMI Semiconductor, a privately-held designer, developer, and manufacturer of application-specific integrated circuits, since September of 2001. Prior to this, she was vice president of Semiconductor Products for IBM Microelectronics. She spent a total of 23 years at IBM with accomplishments including the launch of the IBM application-specific integrated circuits (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. ) business in 1993 and the launch of the networking business in 1998. As part of her director responsibilities, Ms. King will serve on ADI's Corporate Governance & Nominating committee. The addition of Ms. King brings the total number of directors to eight. Analog Devices is a leading manufacturer of precision high-performance integrated circuits used in analog and digital signal processing See DSP. Digital Signal Processing - (DSP) Computer manipulation of analog signals (commonly sound or image) which have been converted to digital form (sampled). applications. The company is headquartered in Norwood, Massachusetts and employs approximately 8,600 people worldwide. It has manufacturing facilities in Massachusetts, California, North Carolina, Ireland, the Philippines and the United Kingdom. Analog Devices' stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) World's largest marketplace for securities. The exchange began as an informal meeting of 24 men in 1792 on what is now Wall Street in New York City. and the company is included in the S&P 500 Index. |
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