Atiq Raza Joins Board of Matrix Semiconductor.Business Editors SANTA CLARA Santa Clara, city, Cuba Santa Clara (sän`tä klä`rä), city (1994 est. pop. 217,000), capital of Villa Clara prov., central Cuba. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 28, 2003 Renowned Semiconductor Industry Veteran Brings Management and Strategic Experience To Innovative Semiconductor Start-Up Matrix Semiconductor -- a leading developer of high-density, low-cost three-dimensional semiconductors -- today announced the appointment of Mr. Atiq Raza to its board of directors. Currently founder, chairman and chief executive officer of Raza Foundries, Inc., Mr. Raza was previously president and chief operating officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. of Advanced Micro Devices (AMD (Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA, www.amd.com) A major manufacturer of semiconductor devices including x86-compatible CPUs, embedded processors, flash memories, programmable logic devices and networking chips. ). He became a key member of the company's management team after a merger with NexGen, where he was president and chief executive officer. While at AMD, Mr. Raza oversaw and guided the company's development and introduction of the successful K6 and Athlon microprocessor families, as well as communications-related products for ADSL See DSL. ADSL - Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line and HomeLAN applications. Before joining NexGen, Mr. Raza spent over twenty years TWENTY YEARS. The lapse of twenty years raises a presumption of certain facts, and after such a time, the party against whom the presumption has been raised, will be required to prove a negative to establish his rights. 2. in various management and engineering positions, most notably as vice president of technology centers at VLSI Technology VLSI Technology, Inc was a company which designed and manufactured custom and semi-custom ICs. The company was based in Silicon Valley, with headquarters at 1109 McKay Drive in San Jose, California. Inc. A highly respected industry veteran with broad industry expertise in engineering and management, Mr. Raza lends his insight and strategic guidance to several private companies and is a valuable and knowledgeable resource for Matrix Semiconductor's board. "We are proud to have created a company that can attract the interest and participation of such a well-respected individual as Atiq Raza," said Dennis Segers, president and chief executive officer of Matrix Semiconductor. "We expect Mr. Raza's experience, objectivity, and vision will help guide Matrix's strategic and tactical decision making, contributing to the long-term success of the Company." "Matrix Semiconductor is doing fundamentally groundbreaking work that is both innovative and achievable," said Mr. Raza. "I look forward to helping guide the strategic direction of this highly promising company as it brings its products to market. I believe Matrix has a great opportunity with its three-dimensional design and fabrication fabrication (fab´rikā´sh  n),n the construction or making of a restoration. technology." About Matrix Semiconductor Founded in 1998, Matrix Semiconductor, Inc. (Santa Clara, Calif.) has developed the means to create three-dimensional semiconductors using standard manufacturing techniques and materials. By optimizing use of a semiconductor wafer's area -- building "up" rather than "out" -- Matrix's 3-D technology produces highly dense chips at much lower costs than existing technologies. Matrix's first product, Matrix(TM) 3-D Memory (3DM), is a low cost, high density, non-volatile memory Refers to memory chips that hold their content without power being applied. It may refer to chips that are not changeable, such as ROMs and PROMs, or to chips that can be rewritten many times such as flash memory. compatible with existing standards and targeted for use in millions of portable electronic devices. More information is available at http://www.matrixsemi.com/. |
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