Crosspoint Solutions names Dr. Gary Leive vice president of engineering.SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 5, 1995--Crosspoint Solutions Inc. announced today that Dr. Gary W. Leive has been appointed Vice President of Engineering. Leive, 49, will be responsible for all product development, including new Field Programmable Gate Array See FPGA. (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. ) architecture, software tools and design methodology. He will report to Crosspoint Solutions 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. Robert N. Blair. Commenting on the appointment, Blair said: "We are delighted that Gary has chosen to join Crosspoint solutions. His experience in the FPGA arena, and his expertise in logic synthesis and design methodology will enable us to rapidly capitalize on the excellent opportunities in the Field Programmable Gate Array markets." Prior to joining Crosspoint Solutions, Leive served as Vice President of Engineering at Xilinx Inc., where he was responsible for FPGA product development. Before Xilinx, he was Vice President of Engineering at Gateway Design Automation, the developer of Verilog(TM) Simulation Tools. Most recently, Leive was Vice President of Engineering at OrCAD in Beaverton, Ore. Leive received a B.S.E.E. degree with honors from the University of Wisconsin (1968) and was awarded an M.S.E.E. (1976) and a Ph.D. (1981) from Carnegie Mellon University Carnegie Mellon University, at Pittsburgh, Pa.; est. 1967 through the merger of the Carnegie Institute of Technology (founded 1900, opened 1905) and the Mellon Institute of Industrial Research (founded 1913). where he was engaged in research on logic synthesis. He is a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers. Crosspoint Solutions, Inc., was founded in 1989 to develop and market the first Gate Array that is fully user-programmable. The company's FPGAs have compatible architecture, and use the same industry standard 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. (design) tools and libraries as the leading ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit) Pronounced "a-sick." A chip that is custom designed for a specific application rather than a general-purpose chip such as a microprocessor. vendors. Crosspoint Solutions is headquartered at 5000 Old Ironsides Drive, Santa Clara, CA 95054. -0- NOTE TO EDITORS: Leive resides in San Jose, Calif. Verilog is a trademark belonging to Cadence Design Systems (company) Cadence Design Systems - A company that sells electronic design automation software and services. http://cadence.com/. See also Verilog. Inc. CONTACT: Crosspoint Solutions Inc., Santa Clara Michael Levis, 408/988-1584, ext. 203 or Alfaro Company Kim Alfaro, 415/563-4769 |
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