Artimi Welcomes Jon Castor to Its Board of Directors.SANTA CLARA, Calif. & CAMBRIDGE, England -- Castor Enhances Board of Single Chip UWB (Ultra-WideBand) A wireless technology that uses less power and provides higher speed than 802.11 Wi-Fi networks or first-generation Bluetooth products. UWB is expected to provide wireless video transmission for home theater systems, cable TV, auto safety and Systems Semiconductor Company Artimi Inc., the single chip Ultra Wideband (UWB) systems semiconductor company, has expanded its board of directors with the appointment of veteran executive and strategist Jon Castor. Mr. Castor has over 25 years of industry experience, including 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. and co-founder of TeraLogic, a world leader in HDTV (High Definition TV) A set of digital television (DTV) standards that offer the highest resolution and sharpest picture. Although some HDTV sets are available in standard (rather square) screen sizes, the overwhelming majority of sets are wide screen, which eliminates SOCs, SVP of Oak Technology's and Zoran Corporation's digital television divisions, and corporate strategist for several leading major corporations. "Jon is a highly regarded strategist and seasoned executive with extensive experience in the fast growing HDTV semiconductor and systems solutions market," said Giuseppe Zocco, general partner of Index Ventures and Artimi director. "His strategic insights and experience in high volume semiconductors for digital video products are already bringing benefits to the development of Artimi's global strategy." "Artimi has made unprecedented advances in UWB development," stated Mr. Castor. "Artimi's recently released RTMI-100, the world's first true single chip UWB IC, is ideally suited for networking the next generation of consumer audio and video products. The RTMI-100 is gaining significant interest from customers in Asia who are developing home entertainment and mobile products. I'm looking forward to continuing to work with the impressive Artimi team to help further define its strategy and build a successful company." Colin Macnab, CEO of Artimi added, "We are very pleased to welcome Jon to Artimi's Board of Directors. His unique combination of strategic, entrepreneurial and digital consumer electronics industry experience will help to support Artimi's growth in the networking of digital media and consumer electronics devices market. Artimi's success is underpinned by its industry leading single chip UWB solutions, the quality of its Board of Directors and the support of leading US and European venture capital investors, Accel Partners, Amadeus Capital Partners, Index Ventures and Oak Investment Partners." Mr. Castor is also a member of the Board of Directors of Genesis Microchip (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite System) The European term for a global satellite-based radio navigation system. See Galileo. ), the leading supplier of display image processors. He holds a B.A. with distinction from Northwestern University and a M.B.A. from Stanford Graduate School of Business The Stanford Graduate School of Business (also known as Stanford Business School or Stanford GSB) is one of the professional schools of Stanford University, in Stanford, California. It is one of the leading business schools in the United States. . About Artimi Artimi is a fabless semiconductor company A fabless semiconductor company specializes in the design and sale of hardware devices implemented on semiconductor chips. It achieves an advantage by outsourcing the fabrication of the devices to a specialized semiconductor manufacturer called a semiconductor foundry or "fab. developing single chip system solutions for high bandwidth wireless connectivity based on UWB technologies. Artimi has corporate headquarters 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. , research and development headquarters in Cambridge, UK and a sales office in Taipei, Taiwan. For more information, visit www.artimi.com. |
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