Applied Materials Appoints Aart J. de Geus to Board of Directors.SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- Applied Materials, Inc. today announced the appointment of Aart J. de Geus to serve on its Board of Directors, effective immediately. Dr. de Geus has also been appointed to serve as a member of the Strategy Committee of the Board. "We are delighted to have someone with Aart's tremendous knowledge of the semiconductor industry and chip design on our Board," said James C. Morgan, chairman of Applied Materials. "His global experience, leadership skills and broad-based expertise will complement and enhance the existing composition of our Board. I am confident that he will make valuable contributions to Applied." Since co-founding Synopsys in 1986, Dr. de Geus has built the company to be a world leader in electronic design automation (EDA (1) (Electronic Design Automation) Using the computer to design, lay out, verify and simulate the performance of electronic circuits on a chip or printed circuit board. ). He currently serves as chairman of the Board and chief executive officer of Synopsys. Since 1986, Dr. de Geus has served as a director of and held various positions at Synopsys, including president, senior vice president of Engineering and senior vice president of Marketing. From 1982 to 1986, Dr. de Geus was employed by General Electric Corporation, where he was the manager of the Advanced Computer-Aided Engineering Group. Dr. de Geus was made a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Not to be confused with the Institution of Electrical Engineers (IEE). The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers or IEEE (pronounced as eye-triple-e in 1999. He is a member of the board of the Silicon Valley Leadership Group The Silicon Valley Leadership Group (SVLG) is an organization to, from its website, "involve principal officers and senior managers of member companies in a cooperative effort with local, regional, state, and federal government officials to address major public policy issues , TechNet, the Fabless Semiconductor Association and is Chairman of the Electronic Design Automation Consortium. Dr. de Geus is active in the community and is well known for his philanthropic endeavors, particularly in promoting education in math and science. Dr. de Geus holds an M.S.E.E. from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology The Swiss Federal Institute of Technology may refer to one of two institutes of higher education in Switzerland:
Applied Materials, Inc. (Nasdaq:AMAT AMAT Applied Materials (stock symbol) AMAT Average Memory Access Time AMAT Automatic Message Accounting Transmitter AMAT Anti-Materiel (bomb or mine) AMAT Ageing Management Assessment Team ) is the global leader in Nanomanufacturing Technology[TM] solutions with a broad portfolio of innovative equipment, services and software products for the fabrication fabrication (fab´rikā´sh  n),n the construction or making of a restoration. of semiconductor chips, flat panels, solar photovoltaic cells, flexible electronics and energy efficient glass. At Applied Materials, we apply Nanomanufacturing Technology to improve the way people live. Learn more at www.appliedmaterials.com. |
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