Artisan Components Appoints Senior Executive To Expand Strategic Customer Programs.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 7, 2000 Artisan Components Inc., (Nasdaq:ARTI), the leading provider of physical intellectual property (IP) components, today announced the appointment of Eduard Weichselbaumer to the newly created position of vice president of strategic programs. Weichselbaumer's objective is to expand Artisan's library business with key semiconductor manufacturers and system companies. He will report to Mark Templeton Mark Templeton (b. 1975) is Principal Trombone of the London Philharmonic Orchestra. Mark studied at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama 1994-1998 with Eric Crees, Simon Wills and Peter Gane. During this time he became principal of the Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra. , 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. of Artisan Components. "The complexity of advanced deep-submicron processes requires a new technical and business approach for semiconductor and system companies to be successful," said Mark Templeton, president and CEO of Artisan Components. "As the library industry leader, Artisan is best positioned to provide the capabilities to make these companies successful. Eduard has an extensive background in developing and managing programs in this area. I am confident his leadership will be a tremendous asset to Artisan and I am thrilled to have him join our team." Weichselbaumer is a seasoned executive with 20 years of experience in sales and marketing management for 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. and semiconductor companies. Before joining Artisan, Weichselbaumer headed the Worldwide Library Sales and Business Development team at Synopsys, Inc. Prior to this, he held senior management positions with Pacific Silicon Technologies, HHB HHB Headquarters Battery HHb Deoxyhemoglobin HHB Headquarters & Headquarters Battery HHB Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion HHB Half Human Band (band) HHB Hello Honey Bear Systems, LSI LSI: see integrated circuit. (Large Scale Integration) Between 3,000 and 100,000 transistors on a chip. See SSI, MSI, VLSI and ULSI. Logic and Fairchild Semiconductor. Weichselbaumer holds an MSEE MSEE Master of Science in Electrical Engineering MSEE Mean Square Estimation Error MSEE Major Source Enforcement Effort MSEE Materials Science and Electrical Engineering (Purdue University building) degree from Technical University 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 equivalent from Siemens Business School, both in Munich, Germany. Artisan also announced that Larry Fagg, vice president of worldwide sales, has left the company to pursue other interests. In recognizing Fagg's departure, Templeton noted, "We thank Larry for his significant contributions to Artisan's success and growth and we wish him well in his future endeavors." About Artisan Components Founded in 1991, Artisan Components, Inc., (Nasdaq:ARTI) provides high-quality silicon intellectual property (IP) to the world's largest semiconductor manufacturers. The company's Process-Perfect(TM) products, including embedded memories, standard cells and I/Os, are tuned to each manufacturer's process. Semiconductor manufacturers, in turn, provide these products to their design customers so that they may achieve the full speed, density and low power potential of the semiconductor process. Artisan's library products are designed to work with the most popular EDA tools in the industry including Avant!, Cadence Design Systems (company) Cadence Design Systems - A company that sells electronic design automation software and services. http://cadence.com/. See also Verilog. , Synopsys and Mentor Graphics Mentor Graphics, Inc (NASDAQ: MENT) is a US-based multinational corporation dealing in electronic design automation (EDA) for electrical engineering and electronics, as of 2004, ranked third in the EDA industry it helped create. . Artisan Components is headquartered at 1195 Bordeaux Drive, Sunnyvale, CA 94089-1201; phone (408) 734-5600; fax (408) 734-5050; Web address http://www.artisan.com. Artisan Components, Artisan and Process-Perfect are trademarks of Artisan Components, Inc. All other trademarks or registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners. |
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