Architect of Original IBM PC Joins Philips Semiconductors; Lewis C. Eggebrecht to Head Up Multimedia PC Products Design.SUNNYVALE, Calif--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 23, 1996--Philips Semiconductors announced today that Lewis C. Eggebrecht has been named to the position of chief architect for the Multimedia PC Product Group. Eggebrecht directs a design team developing highly integrated ICs that drive multimedia PC applications. As chief architect, one of his main charters is to integrate emerging technologies developed by Philips into products that bring increased value and functionality to the desktop and portable markets. "Lew's arrival at Philips Semiconductors is the first step in our next phase of investment and commitment to the multimedia personal computer IC business. He brings significant value to our projected growth plans and positioning with his knowledge, expertise and capability," said Jon Thompson, general manager, Multimedia PC Product Group, Philips Semiconductors. "Specifically, Lew has been chartered to develop advanced multimedia architectures that will take advantage of Philips' wealth of technologies." Eggebrecht was the design team leader and architect on the original IBM PC. During his 14 years 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) , he held a number of key technical positions with the company, and developed IBM's first Realtime RISC processor. He holds six patents, five of which are on the IBM PC. He is the author of numerous technical articles and two books, and was a contributing author to Peter Norton's 6th edition of "Inside the PC." Eggebrecht was most recently a senior architect at S3 Corporation in Santa Clara, California Santa Clara, California (IPA: /ˌsæntəˈklærə/) , founded in 1777 and incorporated in 1852, is a city in Santa Clara County, in the U.S. state of California. , where he was responsible for the development of new graphics, video and audio architectures for a variety of products. Prior to S3, he worked for Integrated Circuit Systems in San Jose, California San Jose (IPA: /ˌsænhoʊˈzeɪ/) is the third-largest city in California, and the tenth-largest in the United States. It is the county seat of Santa Clara County. , as chief scientist, developing that firm's product strategies for all business areas. Eggebrecht has also worked for Commodore International, Dale, Gesek, McWilliam & Sheridan, and Franklin Computer. He was the founder and president of Trillium Network Systems, a consulting firm that developed numerous networking products for clients such as AT&T, Siemens, MCI (1) (Media Control Interface) A high-level programming interface from Microsoft and IBM for controlling multimedia devices. It provides commands and functions to open, play and close the device. (2) (Microwave Communications Inc. and others. Eggebrecht received a Bachelor of Science Noun 1. Bachelor of Science - a bachelor's degree in science BS, SB bachelor's degree, baccalaureate - an academic degree conferred on someone who has successfully completed undergraduate studies degree in electrical engineering from Michigan Technical University, Houghton, MI, and has completed advance degree work in analog computers and laser technology at the University of Minnesota (body, education) University of Minnesota - The home of Gopher. http://umn.edu/. Address: Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. and in digital electronics at Michigan Technical University. The Multimedia PC Product Group of Philips Semiconductors provides VLSI VLSI: see integrated circuit. (1) (Very Large Scale Integration) Between 100,000 and one million transistors on a chip. See SSI, MSI, LSI and ULSI. (2) (VLSI Technology, Inc., Tempe, AZ, www.semiconductors. multimedia solutions for desktop and portable computer applications. Philips Semiconductors, Inc., a subsidiary of Philips Electronics North America Corporation and an affiliate of Philips Electronics NV Philips Electronics NV in full Royal Philips Electronics NV Dutch Koninklijke Philips Electronics NV Major Dutch manufacturer of consumer electronics, household appliances, lightbulbs, and imaging equipment. , headquartered in Eindhoven, The Netherlands, is the eleventh largest semiconductor supplier in the world. Philips Semiconductors' innovations in digital audio, video and mobile technology position the company as a leader in the consumer, multimedia and digital communications markets. Sales offices are located in all major markets around the world and are supported by regional customer application labs. Additional information on Philips Semiconductors can be obtained by accessing the Philips Internet Home Page located at http://www.semiconductors.philips.com/ps/ CONTACT: Philips Semiconductors Emilio Robles Robles is a common surname in the Spanish language meaning oaks, and may refer to:
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