Corrent Corp. Elects Semiconductor Veteran William Lattin, Ph.D., to Board of Directors.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers TEMPE, Ariz.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 18, 2001 Corrent Corp., a fabless semiconductor start-up company start-up company A new business. founded by a group of leading visionaries in the Internet security ''This article or section is being rewritten at Internet security is the process of protecting data and privacy of devices connected to internet from information robbery, hacking, malware infection and unwanted software. field, Wednesday announced it has elected William W. (Bill) Lattin, Ph.D., a 30-year veteran of the semiconductor industry, to its board of directors. Lattin began his career in 1969 with Motorola's Semiconductor Products Sector. From 1975 until 1986, he served at Intel as vice president and general manager of the company's System Group. In 1986, Lattin joined Logic Automation as president and chief executive officer, and led the start-up company to become a profitable $20 million business. In 1992, Logic Automation and LMSI LMSI Local Mobile Station Identity LMSI Lockheed Martin Services, Inc. LMSI Local Mobile Subscriber Identity LMSI Laboratory Management Systems, Inc. LMSI Laser Magnetic Storage Incorporated LMSI Lower Manhattan Security Initiative merged to form Logic Modeling, where Lattin continued to serve as 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. until 1994 when Synopsys acquired the company. Lattin retired as executive vice president of Synopsys in 1999, and will retire from the Synopsys board of directors this month, a position he has held since 1995. "Dr. Lattin is a valuable and significant addition to our board of directors," said Richard Takahashi, president and CEO of Corrent Corp. "In addition to his impressive academic credentials and extensive technical experience in the semiconductor industry, he brings us the knowledge and wisdom he has gained from his distinguished career that spans from launching start-up businesses to leading multi-million dollar companies." Lattin currently serves on the board of directors of the Oregon Graduate Institute, Synopsys Inc., FEI FEI Fédération Équestre Internationale. Co., easystreet Online Services Inc., Merix Corp., Adexa Inc. and is an active consultant for Vitesse Semiconductor. He has a B.S.E.E., and a M.S.E.E. from the University of California at Berkeley (body, education) University of California at Berkeley - (UCB) See also Berzerkley, BSD. http://berkeley.edu/. Note to British and Commonwealth readers: that's /berk'lee/, not /bark'lee/ as in British Received Pronunciation. and a Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Arizona State University Arizona State University, at Tempe; coeducational; opened 1886 as a normal school, became 1925 Tempe State Teachers College, renamed 1945 Arizona State College at Tempe. Its present name was adopted in 1958. . Lattin holds seven patents, is a founding member of VHDL (VHSIC Hardware Description Language) A hardware description language (HDL) used to design electronic systems at the component, board and system level. VHDL allows models to be developed at a very high level of abstraction. International and is a senior member of 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. . Lattin currently resides in Portland, Ore. "Serving on Corrent's board of directors is an exciting opportunity for me," said Lattin. "Corrent has assembled the leading experts in the encryption field to design a solution that will give corporations and consumers the peace of mind they need to ensure that their data is secure. "At the same time, Corrent's unique architecture gives system designers relief by off-loading the network processor and alleviating bottlenecks in high-speed networks. "As both businesses and consumers continue to completely depend on the Internet as an every day tool of survival, the need for security is becoming an increasingly critical requirement, and Corrent is poised to achieve significant success in this marketplace." About Corrent Corp. Corrent Corp. 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. focused on providing network system designers with the highest quality security chips at fiber-optic speeds. Corrent's Internet data security and acceleration processors are based on an advanced architecture optimized for maximum network transparency that eliminates traditional processing bottlenecks associated with the secure exchange of IP data through virtual private networks (VPNs) and business-to-business transactions. Unlike traditionally architected software and hardware solutions, Corrent's security chips provide greater speed, scalability and compatibility with the industry's evolving fiber-optic security standards. For more information visit: http://www.corrent.com. |
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