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Open-Silicon CEO Dr. Naveed Sherwani Elected to Global Semiconductor Alliance Board of Directors
| Source: Open-Silicon, Inc.
MILPITAS, CA--(Marketwire - December 3, 2007) - Open-Silicon, Inc., a fabless semiconductor
company providing a reliable, predictable and cost-effective alternative to
traditional chip design and supply chain models, announced today that Dr.
Naveed Sherwani has been elected to a 3 year term on the board of directors
of the Global Semiconductor Alliance (GSA). The Board of Directors includes
20 executives selected by the Alliance's semiconductor members.
Dr. Sherwani brings the unique perspective of an executive who has served
the industry in the educational realm as a professor and textbook author,
worked for a large semiconductor company, and as an entrepreneur who has
founded two successful fabless semiconductor companies to his position on
the board of directors for the GSA.
"I am honored by the confidence my industry peers demonstrated by electing
me to this board," said Dr. Naveed Sherwani. "I am excited about the
opportunity to leverage my technical expertise and innovative business
ideas to help shape the focus of the GSA on evolving the IC supply chain
into an open model that drives accelerated growth."
About Dr. Naveed Sherwani
Dr. Sherwani has over 20 years of experience in technical engineering and
general management and currently serves as the President and CEO of
Open-Silicon, which he founded to bring cost-effectiveness, predictability
and reliability to the ASIC market. Prior to founding Open-Silicon, Dr.
Sherwani was the founder and General Manager of Intel Microelectronics
Services, where he led efforts to promote the use of disciplined ASIC
methodologies to improve design efficiency and time-to-market. Naveed
currently serves on the Board of Directors of Integration and the Technical
Advisory Board for Pyxis Technology.
Naveed served as a Professor at Western Michigan University and is the
author of the main textbook on Physical Design, "Algorithms for VLSI
Physical Design Automation," which is widely used at major universities
around the world. Dr. Sherwani received his Ph.D from the University of
Nebraska-Lincoln.
About Open-Silicon, Inc.
Open-Silicon, Inc. is a fabless ASIC company that was founded to set new
standards for the predictability, reliability, and cost-effectiveness of
ASICs and enable our customers to differentiate their products with custom
silicon. Through our "Science of ASICs" initiative we continue to introduce
technology advantages that help our customers increase their chance for
success in the market. For more information, visit Open-Silicon's website
at www.open-silicon.com or call 408-240-5700.