Dongbu HiTek Hires Analog Expert.SEOUL, South Korea -- Dongbu HiTek today named analog and mixed-signal expert Lou N. Hutter to the post of Senior Executive Vice President of the Analog Semiconductor Division, a new position reporting to Dr. Young Hwan Oh, 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. . During his distinguished 30-year tenure at Texas Instruments See TI. (company) Texas Instruments - (TI) A US electronics company. A TI engineer, Jack Kilby invented the integrated circuit in 1958. Three TI employees left the company in 1982 to start Compaq. , Mr. Hutter served most recently as Director of Mixed-Signal Technology Development. In this role, he was responsible for all analog and mixed-signal technology development across the company's diverse business entities, focusing primarily on the high performance analog, high volume analog, power management, and wireless business sectors. Becoming a TI Fellow in 1995, Mr. Hutter has 47 US patents to his credit and has authored numerous technical papers. At Dongbu HiTek, Mr. Hutter will lead the newly formed Analog Foundry Business Division as a General Manager where his primary responsibilities will include strategy, business, and technology development/delivery as well as customer support aimed at growing this key business. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Dr. Oh, "Mr. Hutter is a very significant addition to our company, and we are really excited about adding his expertise to our executive team. We are confident that he will be instrumental in enabling us to better serve our foundry customers worldwide as he also enhances our business value." Dr. Oh noted that over the past year, Dongbu HiTek demonstrated its commitment to developing and applying specialized semiconductor process technologies that deploy analog functions. In addition to launching the world's first BCDMOS process at the 0.18-micron node, the company also completed two joint BCDMOS chip developments at the 0.35-micron level, one with ADDtek in Taiwan and another with Silicon Mitus in Korea. About Dongbu HiTek Headquartered in Seoul, Korea, Dongbu HiTek Co., Ltd. offers advanced products and services across two major business areas: Agriculture and Semiconductor. The Semiconductor Business provides specialized chip foundry services that add high value to display, mobile and various analog applications. The company's two world-class fabs currently process 200mm wafers at nodes ranging from 0.35 microns to 110 nanometers. This wafer processing is supported by comprehensive design support (IP and design libraries), prototype development/verification, and packaging/module development. The Semiconductor Business specializes in developing best-in-class CMOS Image Sensor A CMOS-based chip that records the intensities of light as variable charges similar to a CCD chip. Although initially used in less expensive digital cameras, the quality of CMOS sensors has improved steadily. CMOS sensors have advantages over CCDs. (CIS Cis (sĭs), same as Kish (1.) (1) (CompuServe Information Service) See CompuServe. (2) (Card Information S ) and Display Driver IC (DDI ddI and ddC: see AZT. ) chips as well as chips that incorporate either High Voltage The term high voltage characterizes electrical circuits, in which the voltage used is the cause of particular safety concerns and insulation requirements. High voltage is used in electrical power distribution, in cathode ray tubes, to generate X-rays and particle beams, to or Flash memory functions. Dongbu HiTek's stock is publicly traded under 000990 on the Korea Stock Exchange Korea Stock Exchange The major securities market of Korea. . For more information, visit www.dongbuhitek.com. |
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