Boston Circuits Announces Appointment of Asia Pacific Managing Director; Makoto Umemura to head Japanese subsidiary, link company to Asian markets.BURLINGTON, Mass. -- Boston Circuits, Inc. today announced that it has named Makoto Umemura as Asia Pacific Managing Director. With 13 years of technical and business experience in the semiconductor industry, Umemura will help expand the multi-core processor company into Asian markets. "With so many major consumer electronics and digital imaging companies concentrated in Asia, it is essential for us to establish a direct presence in that area," said Hiro Kataoka, 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 Boston Circuits. Based in Yokohama, Japan, Boston Circuits Asia will benefit from proximal access to silicon and packaging supply providers. In addition, as local software and hardware developers increase their prominence in the multimedia market, Boston Circuits will be able to capitalize on Cap´i`tal`ize on` v. t. 1. To turn (an opportunity) to one's advantage; to take advantage of (a situation); to profit from; as, to capitalize on an opponent's mistakes s>. technology developments as they occur. As Asia Pacific Managing Director, Umemura will establish a direct, long-term presence for Boston Circuits in Asia based on broad industry relationships cultivated through years of experience. Prior to joining BCI BCI Bat Conservation International BCI Brain-Computer Interface BCI Business Continuity Institute BCI Business Cycle Indicators BCI Banco de Credito e Inversiones (Chilean bank) BCI Bell Canada International , Umemura successfully launched Japanese operations for US-based NetSilicon, specializing in ARM based processors and software for embedded Inserted into. See embedded system. networking. In addition, as Director of Asia Pacific Sales and Marketing for that company, he developed its 32-bit network processor business with success throughout Asia. Umemura has also held key business development positions with Peerless Systems and Nihon Motorola, where he played a vital role in launching and developing its embedded PowerPC business in Japan. About Boston Circuits, Inc. Boston Circuits, Inc. (BCI) 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. , specializing in multi-core embedded processors A CPU chip used in a system other than a general purpose workstation, desktop or laptop computer. Such chips are used by the billions every year in a myriad of products. See embedded system. and software for next generation home and business multimedia devices. Using a new architecture called Grid on Chip(TM), processor cores are embedded into an on-chip network to enhance performance, reduce power consumption, and provide improved scalability. The gCORE(TM) family of multi-core processors integrates up to 16 processor cores with system components such as PCI Express A high-speed peripheral interconnect from Intel introduced in 2002. Note that although sometimes abbreviated "PCX," PCI Express is not the same as "PCI-X" (see PCI-SIG and PCI-X for comparison). As a result of the confusion, "PCI-E" or "PCIe" is the accepted abbreviation. and USB USB in full Universal Serial Bus Type of serial bus that allows peripheral devices (disks, modems, printers, digitizers, data gloves, etc.) to be easily connected to a computer. , giving customers an economical and flexible alternative to traditional embedded hardware. BCI's gCORE processors are supported by the company's patent pending GridWare(TM) technology, which simplifies software development by automatically distributing tasks to the multiple processor cores on the chip. Together, gCORE and GridWare comprise a powerful platform that fulfills the needs of multimedia devices in the Internet age. For more information, please visit http://www.bostoncircuits.com. |
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