30 May 2008

WiSpry, Inc., the RF IC design company, has enlisted the experience
of two MEMS experts to enhance its Advisory Board. Dr. Kurt Petersen
(pictured) and Dr. Gabriel Rebeiz have joined the company to assist the
company in its technology development.
Joining existing board members Joseph Adam, Jim Hartman and John
Petersen, the two new recruits bring years of MEMS and RF-MEMS
technology experience to the company.
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26 May 2008

Infineon Technologies, President & CEO, Dr. Wolfgang Ziebart
(pictured) has resigned from the company, effective June 1, 2008. Peter
Bauer, Member of the Management Board will assume the position as
‘Spokesman of the Management Board.
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22 May 2008
As General Manager of Strategic Operations for Applied Materials, Dr.
Randhir Thakur (pictured) will initially focus his efforts on the
company’s SunFab Thin Film Line for PV module production. Dr. Thakur
rejoins Applied Materials after a role as Vice President of technology
and fab operations at SanDisk, prior to which he spent five years with
Applied Materials in executive roles.
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22 May 2008

Former VP and General Manager for International Rectifier’s Power
Semiconductor Business Unit, Ian Warbrick has joined Peregrine
Semiconductor as Vice President of supply chain and customer service.
This new role will see Warbrick focus on development of communications
and delivery systems for the silicon-on-sapphire IC company.
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22 May 2008

Intel Corp.’s Board has announced the appointment of three new
Corporate Vice Presidents. Deborah Conrad, John Johnson and Diane
Bryant have each been appointed to the corporate roles in a move that
was welcomed by Paul Otellini (pictured), Intel President and CEO.
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22 May 2008

Sir Martin Wood OBE FRS (pictured), inventor of the world’s first
superconducting magnet and subsequent founder of Oxford Instruments in
1959, will be awarded The Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Neck
Ribbon by the Japanese Government at a ceremony in June.
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13 May 2008
Celerity, Inc. has named Timothy Harris as CEO with immediate effect.
Bringing over 25 years of management experience to the role, he departs
his most recent role as CEO of Komag, a recordable media manufacturer.
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13 May 2008
Erica McGill has accepted the post of in-house Media and Public
Relations Specialist for SEMATECH, a role that will see her liaise with
the public and press in relation to the company’s announcements,
activities and programs.
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13 May 2008

NXP Semiconductors has appointed former Ericsson CFO Karl-Henrik
Sundström (pictured) to serve as Chief Financial Officer and Executive
Vice President. Mr. Sundström replaces Peter van Bommel, who departed
the company for personal reasons while agreeing to aid the company in
its upcoming joint venture with STMicroelectronics.
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13 May 2008

Mario Rivas (pictured), formerly Executive Vice President, Computing
Solutions Group and Michel Cadieux, formerly Senior Vice President and
Chief Talent Officer, have left AMD to pursue new opportunities,
according to the Company, as part of a wider transformation of the
struggling microprocessor and graphics chip set producer. AMD said that
a new Centralized Engineering organization has been created that will
be co-led by Chekib Akrout, who is joining AMD from Freescale
Semiconductor, where he was Vice President of Design Technology and
Jeff VerHeul, Corporate Vice President of design engineering at AMD.
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