Catalyst Semiconductor's CEO Radu Vanco Talks to The Wall Street Transcript.Business Editors NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 27, 2000 The Wall Street Transcript A generic term for any kind of copy, particularly an official or certified representation of the record of what took place in a court during a trial or other legal proceeding. A transcript of record has published an in-depth interview with Radu Vanco, 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 Catalyst Semiconductor (Nasdaq:CATS), in which he talks at length about the company's future. The entire 2,400-word interview is available free online at http://www.twst.com/ceos.htm Vanco gives an overview of the company. "From the beginning, the company was very focused on 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. technology. Over time, the company has grown a presence in this area including both segments -- the smaller density memories, called EEPROM (Electrically Erasable Programmable ROM) A rewritable memory chip that holds its content without power. Although EEPROMs spawned flash memory, EEPROMs are byte addressable at the write level, whereas flash chips must erase a block of bytes before rewriting. , and the larger density, which are called Flash memories. For the most part of these years, the Years, The the seven decades of Eleanor Pargiter’s life. [Br. Lit.: Benét, 1109] See : Time company has been very focused on this business. The company always had an international presence and has developed very strong relationships with key partners, some of which have lasted since the inception. The best example is our 15-year relationship with Oki Electric, our principal foundry A semiconductor manufacturer that makes chips for third parties. It may be a large chip maker that sells its excess manufacturing capacity or one that makes chips exclusively for other companies. . More recently, we have opened a secondary foundry with X-Fab in Texas." Vanco explains, "Our decision was to focus first on the profitable core business of the company, which includes a variety of EEPROM -- small- to medium-density non-volatile memories. These products have a very large applications base. We also continue to operate in the Flash memory business in medium and lower densities, where we feel we can be profitable." Looking forward, Vanco states, "I am also very excited about introducing the first products and beginning to see some interest and first results in our analog mixed-signal product line. I think over the next few months, we are going to see more of these products coming out and that is extremely exciting because it is, in effect, starting to build a new identity for the company." This interview is part of a 132-page Semiconductor Industry Issue available at http://www.twst.com/info/info224.htm or by calling (212) 952-7433 The Wall Street Transcript is a premier weekly investment publication serving serious long-term investors Long-term investor A person who makes investments for a period of at least five years in order to finance his or her long-term goals. for over 37 years. The Wall Street Transcript has launched a new free service where investors can ask Catalyst Semiconductor (or any public company) a question at http://www.qawire.com The Wall Street Transcript does not endorse To sign a paper or document, thereby making it possible for the rights represented therein to pass to another individual. Also spelled indorse. endorse (indorse) v. the views of any interviewees nor does it make stock recommendations. For subscription information call (800) 246-7673. |
|
||||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion