Chip Express' New of VP Engineering and R&D Believes 'The Time is Now for Gate Arrays'; Dr. Stephen Bateman Joins 'Strong, Able, Experienced Management Team'.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers 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)--Jan. 27, 2003 "If gate arrays hadn't been invented 20 years ago, it would be necessary to invent them now," paraphrases Dr. Stephen Bateman, who has joined Chip Express -- the Advanced Gate Array Cost Leader -- as Vice President of Engineering and R&D. Bateman, the latest high-profile appointment to the Chip Express management team, heads up an Engineering and Design Services Group in Santa Clara, Calif., as well as an R&D group in Haifa, Israel, that includes software, tool, IC design, and process specialists. Prior to joining Chip Express, Bateman worked extensively in the USA and Europe across a broad range of engineering disciplines. In his recent roles as technical advisor to a number of semiconductor start-ups, he formulated some strong opinions on the role of advanced gate arrays. "Gate arrays are not going to kill FPGAs or standard cell designs," he comments. "However, there is a big gap between FPGAs which are prohibitively expensive in volume, and the standard cell approach, which is complex and time consuming, and which requires huge volumes to amortize the large up-front NRE (Non-Recurring Engineering) Refers to the cost of creating a new product, which is paid up front. Contrast with "production cost," which is ongoing and based on the quantity of material produced. costs. The industry needs an alternative, and Advanced Gate Arrays provide the perfect, modern solution." Chip Express' Advanced Gate Arrays, details Bateman, are attractive to established companies looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. the most cost-effective solution, as well as emerging businesses that need to prove the viability of their concept with a real production run, without spending all the seed and Series B investment capital in one go. Chip Express delivers silicon for worldwide applications running from a few thousand pieces and up in a choice of process geometries. "We are a technology company, and we keep track of what's happening in the process world, but the majority of our customers don't need leading edge 90nm technology. 0.18 micron designs are starting to come through and 0.25 micron is still huge -- that's where we're positioned." Bateman concludes, "Chip Express is serious about Advanced Gate Arrays. The company is well funded and has a very credible management team with proven skills. Everyone at Chip Express is an evangelist evangelist (ĭvăn`jəlĭst) [Gr.,=Gospel], title given to saints Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. The four evangelists are often symbolized respectively by a man, a lion, an ox, and an eagle, on the basis of Rev. 4.6–10. -- Gate Arrays must no longer be regarded merely in terms of an FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array) A type of gate array that is programmed in the field rather than in a semiconductor fab. Containing up to hundreds of thousands of gates, there are a variety of FPGA architectures on the market. conversion strategy -- they are the viable, economic, elegant and modern choice." About Stephen Bateman Dr. Stephen Bateman is Vice President of Engineering and R&D at Chip Express. Prior to joining Chip Express, he was Worldwide Director of PHY See physical layer and physical. Design at Cypress Semiconductor Cypress Semiconductor is a semiconductor design and manufacturing company. It began operations in 1982 and listed publicly in 1986. Two years later, the company shifted over to the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol, (NYSE: CY). . Before that, Bateman served as Senior VP of Engineering at BridgeWave Communications, where he headed the R&D and product development groups for fixed wireless access products. Bateman previously served as VP of Engineering at GateField, where was responsible for the ProASIC re-programmable FPGA system, including IC design, software, systems engineering, and architecture development. Bateman has extensive experience in the semiconductor, software, EDA (1) (Electronic Design Automation) Using the computer to design, lay out, verify and simulate the performance of electronic circuits on a chip or printed circuit board. tools, and communications industries. He is a Chartered Electronic Engineer and a Fellow of the Institution of Electrical Engineers This is a list of electrical engineers, people who made contributions to electrical engineering or computer engineering.
electrical engineering Branch of engineering concerned with the practical applications of electricity in all its forms, including those of electronics. and Ph.D. for research work on the design of High-Speed Digital Data Communication Systems. About Chip Express Chip Express is a leading manufacturer of late-stage programmable Advanced Gate Array ASICs (Application Specific 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. ). The company's innovative, patented technology enables the consolidation of wafer manufacture tooling, reducing time-to-market and the cost of initial production. Modular Array devices find wide use in automotive electronics, computing, communications, consumer products, industrial control, medical equipment, and military/aerospace systems. Headquartered in Santa Clara, CA, Chip Express is a privately held corporation Noun 1. privately held corporation - a corporation owned by a few people; shares have no public market close corporation, closed corporation, private corporation , founded in the U.S. in 1989. A subsidiary, Chip Express (Israel) Ltd. performs Research & Development and manages European operations. This press release contains forward-looking statements forward-looking statement A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections. based on current information available to Chip Express Corporation as of the date hereof. These statements are based on Management's current expectations and may ultimately prove to be incorrect or false. Factors which could cause future results to differ materially from the results discussed, implied, or forecasted in the forward-looking statements include delays in scheduled product availability dates (which could result from various occurrences including development or testing difficulties, software errors, shortages in appropriately skilled engineers and project management problems); the risks inherent in the commercialization of the Company's anticipated products and services; shifts in customer or market demand for the Company's anticipated products; the impact of competitive products and pricing; and possible disruptive effects of organizational changes, including retaining key personnel and coordinating operations. Chip Express Corp. assumes no obligation to revise or update any forward-looking statements contained in this press release. (c) 2003 Chip Express Corp. All other products or service names mentioned herein are the property of their respective owners. NOTE TO EDITORS: Photo available upon request. |
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