Dr. Walter Chen Named Chief Scientist At Scenix; Expert In Broadband Communication Systems To Drive Internet Connectivity Product Development.Business Editors and High-Tech Writers MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 24, 2000 Scenix Tuesday announced that it has named Dr. Walter Y. Chen to the newly created position of Chief Scientist. Chen, 43, will be responsible for defining and developing future generations of the company's high-performance controllers, which will be further optimized for communications, networking and Internet connectivity applications. He will also drive the definition and development of Virtual Peripheral A peripheral device simulated by the operating system. If the device is offline, the operating system stores the output from the application until the device becomes available. (TM) software modules for networking and Internet connectivity, including modules providing physical interface capabilities. In addition, Chen will serve as a key company spokesperson and interface with the communications community and standards bodies. A recognized expert in broadband and telephone line-based communication systems, Chen has more than 17 years of experience in R& (research and development) activities at AT& Bell Labs, NYNEX NYNEX New York-New England & X for the Unknown (Telephone Company) NYNEX New York Network Exchange , Bellcore, Texas Instruments (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :TXN TXN Texas Instruments (stock symbol) TXN Transaction (databases) TXN Tunxi, China (Airport Code) TXN Tarxien (postal locality, Malta) ) and Motorola (NYSE:MOT). He holds seven U.S. patents, and has authored or co-authored more than 50 technical contributions to industry standards bodies for the formulation of DSL DSL in full Digital Subscriber Line Broadband digital communications connection that operates over standard copper telephone wires. It requires a DSL modem, which splits transmissions into two frequency bands: the lower frequencies for voice (ordinary (digital subscriber line See DSL. (communications, protocol) Digital Subscriber Line - (DSL, or Digital Subscriber Loop, xDSL - see below) A family of digital telecommunications protocols designed to allow high speed data communication over the existing copper telephone lines between end-users and ) and home networking systems. &uot;The electronics industry has succeeded in putting intelligence into virtually everything we interact with by embedding microcontrollers in everything from TVs, microwave ovens and refrigerators to cars, vending machines and industrial control systems,&uot; said Chen. &uot;The next challenge is to interconnect all of these devices to increase their overall capabilities and usability. I'm very excited about the opportunity to help evolve the Scenix SX Series into a controller platform optimized to provide the communications and connectivity capabilities that will make cost-effective networking a reality by embedding the Internet in everyday things.&uot; The Scenix approach to embedded system design is to use its SX Series communications controller to execute tasks as software implementations called Virtual Peripheral modules. The SX Series, which offers up to 100 MIPS (Million Instructions Per Second) The execution speed of a computer. For example, .5 MIPS is 500,000 instructions per second; 100 MIPS is a hundred million instructions per second. (million operations per second) performance, also features a high-speed on-chip flash/EEPROM program memory into which Virtual Peripheral modules are loaded to configure -- and reconfigure -- the controller for a wide range of applications. &uot;I'm very proud to have a person of Walter's stature and reputation join us,&uot; said Bulent Celebi, Scenix 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. . &uot;His breadth and depth of experience are widely recognized, and I look forward to working with him to draw upon that experience to increasingly penetrate the network and connectivity markets.&uot; Most recently, Chen was Technical Director for Research &Development with Motorola's Internet &Networking Group. Among his major responsibilities there were identifying transmission environment issues and emerging technologies for the physical layer of home networks, and developing an end-to-end DSL architecture for stand-alone home network communications devices. Prior to that, Chen was Branch Manager for Access Systems at the Texas Instruments DSP (1) (Digital Signal Processor) A special-purpose CPU used for digital signal processing applications (see definition #2 below). It provides ultra-fast instruction sequences, such as shift and add, and multiply and add, which are commonly used in math-intensive R& Center, where he was responsible for the development of DSL and home network products. Chen's experience also includes being Senior Scientist at Bellcore, where he provided consulting services to such companies as Pacific Telesis Laboratories, US West and Bell Atlantic. Previously, he was a Member of the Technical Staff at NYNEX Science and Technology, and a Member of the Technical Staff at AT& Bell Laboratories. Chen holds a Bachelor of Science Noun 1. Bachelor of Science - a bachelor's degree in science BS, SB bachelor's degree, baccalaureate - an academic degree conferred on someone who has successfully completed undergraduate studies degree in electrical engineering from Polytechnic Institute of New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , a Master of Science degree in electrical engineering from California Institute of Technology California Institute of Technology, at Pasadena, Calif.; originally for men, became coeducational in 1970; founded 1891 as Throop Polytechnic Institute; called Throop College of Technology, 1913–20. , and a Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Polytechnic Institute of New York. He is the author of the popular technical book, DSL: Simulation Techniques and Standards Development for Digital Subscriber Lines, which has been referenced by many in the broadband communications industry. He is currently working on the next book about technical aspects of home transmission networks. Scenix With headquarters in Mountain View, Scenix provides communications software and controllers for embedded applications, with a market emphasis on embedding the Internet in everyday things. Scenix is the leading supplier of Virtual Peripheral(TM) software modules, which are functions that are conventionally realized in hardware. The company's software system-on-a-chip approach reduces time to production and system cost, while providing greater flexibility, compared to traditional design approaches. Recognition includes: -- &uot;Investor's Choice&uot; award, December 1999, as one of the top 10 privately held companies privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. at the Technologic Partners &uot;Technology Outlook Conference&uot; -- &uot;50 Hot Products of 1999&uot; by EDN Europe for the SX-Stack TCP/IP TCP/IP in full Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol Standard Internet communications protocols that allow digital computers to communicate over long distances. network protocol stack -- &uot;100 Hot Products of 1998&uot; by EDN for the 100 MIPS SX Series communication controller -- &uot;10 Top Processor List of 1998&uot; by Electronic News for the 100 MIPS SX Series communication controller Additional information on Scenix and its products can be found on the Web at www.scenix.com. Note to Editors: Virtual Peripheral is a trademark of Scenix Semiconductor Inc. |
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