Catalyst Semiconductor Hires Vice President of Technology.Business Editors/Technology Writers SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 10, 2001 Catalyst Semiconductor (Nasdaq:CATS) today announced the appointment of Sorin Georgescu as Vice President of Technology. Joining Catalyst Semiconductor from Tripath Technology, where he was the Senior Director of Process Development, Mr. Georgescu will report to Radu Vanco, President, 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. and Chairman of the Company. Mr. Sorin Georgescu has over 20 years of semiconductor device and process development experience at such firms as Tripath Technology, SanDisk, Power Integrations and Spectrian. His experience includes CMOS (Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor) Pronounced "c-moss." The most widely used integrated circuit design. It is found in almost every electronic product from handheld devices to mainframes. , BiCMOS, HVIC HVIC High-Voltage Integrated Circuit (High-Voltage Integrated Circuits Integrated circuits Miniature electronic circuits produced within and upon a single semiconductor crystal, usually silicon. Integrated circuits range in complexity from simple logic circuits and amplifiers, about 1/20 in. (1. ) and non-volatile memory technology, processes and architectures. At Catalyst Semiconductor, Mr. Georgescu is responsible for non-volatile memory and mixed-signal process technology development. In addition, he will select, qualify and manage Catalyst's foundry partners worldwide. "We are very pleased Sorin has joined Catalyst," said Radu Vanco, President, CEO and Chairman of Catalyst Semiconductor. "He has a wealth of process development experience and a proven record of transferring non-volatile memory and mixed-signal products into high-volume production. His addition to the Catalyst R&D development team strengthens our ability to develop and market both memory and mixed-signal products." Georgescu has 11 granted or pending patents and has authored over a dozen semiconductor journal and conferences articles, including papers 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 Electronics and the IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices. Mr. Georgescu received a 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 Polytechncial Institute in Bucharest, Romania. About Catalyst Semiconductor Founded in 1985, Catalyst Semiconductor, Inc. is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California. The Company designs and markets a broad range of programmable products including Flash Memories, Serial and Parallel EEPROMs, NVRAM (Non-Volatile RAM) May refer to dynamic RAM (DRAM) and static RAM (SRAM) chips that are backed up by a battery or to non-volatile chips such as flash memory. See non-volatile memory, dynamic RAM, static RAM and solid state disk. , Digitally Programmable Potentiometers (DPP DPP - Dining Philosophers Problem (TM)), Microcontroller Supervisory circuits and other programmable Mixed-Signal products. Catalyst products are used in telecommunications, networking systems, computation, automotive, industrial and consumer markets. Typical applications include optical networks, modems, 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. For additional information about Catalyst Semiconductor, visit our 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. Factors which could cause actual results to differ from expectations include the following: economic conditions in the market generally and in the semiconductor industry specifically, volatility in supply and demand affecting revenues and market prices, price and availability of silicon foundry, assembly and test subcontract capacity required to meet financial targets and/or meet backlog requirements, risks and delays associated with bringing up new production capabilities with deliveries from subcontractors, timing and market acceptance of new products, increased expenses associated with new product introductions or process changes, delays in developing or achieving volume production of new products, which can result in delays or failure to contribute to revenues and profits, ability of the Company to maintain its customer and vendor base and delays in and/or inability in raising additional capital. 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 Form 10-K A report required by the SEC from exchange-listed companies that provides for annual disclosure of certain financial information. Form 10-K See 10-K. for the year ended April 30, 2001. Editor Note: DPP(TM) is a trademark of Catalyst. |
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