Catalyst Semiconductor Adds VP for Nonvolatile Memory and Mixed-Signal Design.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 20, 2002 Catalyst Semiconductor (Nasdaq:CATS) today announced the appointment of Dr. George Smarandoiu as Vice President of Design. Joining Catalyst Semiconductor from Atmel Corporation, where he was the Director of Mixed-Mode Product Development, Mr. Smarandoiu will report to Catalyst 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. Gelu Voicu. "We are very pleased George has joined Catalyst," said Gelu Voicu, Catalyst President and CEO. "He broadens our mixed-signal design capability and deepens and expands our nonvolatile memory capabilities. George has been responsible for many "industry first" products in the 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. area and has successfully developed system-on-a-chip products that incorporated controllers, memory and analog functions. His addition to the Catalyst R&D development team strengthens our ability to develop and market both memory and mixed-signal products." Dr. George Smarandoiu has over 20 years of successful integrated circuit development The integrated circuit (IC) development process is complex and arduous. The high level process for developing an integrated circuit starts with defining product requirements, progresses through architectural definition, implementation, bringup and finally productization. experience at such firms as Siliconix, SEEQ SEEQ Student Evaluation of Educational Quality Technology, Inc. and Atmel Corporation. At Catalyst Semiconductor, Mr. Smarandoiu is responsible for non-volatile memory and mixed-signal circuit development. Mr. Smarandoiu received Master of Engineering and Doctor of Engineering degrees from the University of California, Berkeley The University of California, Berkeley is a public research university located in Berkeley, California, United States. Commonly referred to as UC Berkeley, Berkeley and Cal . He has several US and international patents and has authored papers for and served as guest editor for the IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, New York, www.ieee.org) A membership organization that includes engineers, scientists and students in electronics and allied fields. Journal of Solid-State Circuits. About Catalyst Semiconductor Founded in 1985, Catalyst Semiconductor, Inc. is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California. The Company is a developer and marketer of programmable products used in telecommunications, networking systems, computation, automotive, industrial and consumer markets. The Company designs and markets a broad range of programmable products including Flash Memories, Parallel and Serial EEPROMs with I2C I2C Inter-Integrated Circuit I2C Intelligent Interface Controller I2C Intelligent Controller , SPI (1) (Stateful Packet Inspection) See stateful inspection. (2) (Service Provider Interface) The programming interface for developing Windows drivers under WOSA. and Microwire interfaces, NVRAMs, Digitally Programmable Potentiometers, Microcontroller Supervisory circuits and other programmable Mixed Signal products. Typical applications for the Company's products include optical networks, modems, wireless LANs, network cards, PC BIOS, DIMM (Dual In-Line Memory Module) A printed circuit board that holds memory chips and plugs into a DIMM socket on the motherboard. See memory module. DIMM - Dual In-Line Memory Module modules, cellular telephones, digital satellite box receivers, set-top boxes and Internet routers. Catalyst's Quality Management System is ISO (1) See ISO speed. (2) (International Organization for Standardization, Geneva, Switzerland, www.iso.ch) An organization that sets international standards, founded in 1946. The U.S. member body is ANSI. 9001 certified. Additional information about Catalyst Semiconductor is available on the Company's web site at www.catalyst-semiconductor.com. Except for those statements that report the Company's historical results, the statements being made are forward-looking statements. Actual results could differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements. Additional information concerning factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements is contained under the heading "Certain Factors That May Affect the Company's Future Results of Operations" listed from time to time in Catalyst's SEC reports including but not limited to the report on Form 10-K for the year ended April 30, 2002, and to the reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended July 31, 2002, and October 31, 2002. Editor Notes: 1. Trademark notices: DPP is a trademark of Catalyst Semiconductor. I2C is a registered trademark of Philips Corporation. SPI is a trademark of Motorola, Inc. Microwire is a trademark of National Semiconductor. |
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