FSA Introduces 2007 Board of Directors

FSA, the voice of the global fabless business model, announces its
2007 Board of Directors.

Comprised of industry leaders that define FSA's strategic
direction, the Board of Directors includes 20 executives selected by
the Association's semiconductor members. Nine seats were open for
election, including three fabless company seats, three foundry seats,
one integrated device manufacturer (IDM) seat, one back-end supplier
seat and one design partner seat.

For the fabless seats, Jack Harding, chairman, president and chief
executive officer of eSilicon Corporation, is a new addition to the
board. Dr. Sanjay Jha, FSA chairman, executive vice president of
QUALCOMM and president of QUALCOMM CDMA Technologies, and Vahid
Manian, senior vice president, global manufacturing operations of
Broadcom Corporation, were re-elected. Each fabless company
representative serves a three-year term.

For foundry representation, Rick Cassidy, president of TSMC North
America; Dr. Fu-Tai Liou, president, America Business Group at UMC and
Michael Rekuc, senior vice president, worldwide sales and marketing at
Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing, were re-elected for another
term.

Bill Brocklehurst, director of external manufacturing at Freescale
Semiconductor, returns to the IDM seat. Dr. Tien Wu, chief operating
officer at ASE Group, was re-elected to represent back-end suppliers.
Dr. Aart de Geus, chairman and chief executive officer of Synopsys,
was also re-elected to represent design partners. These
representatives serve a one-year term.

Additional returning members to FSA's Board of Directors include:

-- Dr. Dwight Decker, FSA vice chairman and chairman and chief
executive officer, Conexant Systems, Inc.

-- Jodi Shelton, FSA co-founder and executive director

-- Dr. Robert Pepper, FSA director emeritus and chairman, KeyEye
Communications

-- Michael Fister, president and chief executive officer, Cadence
Design Systems, Inc.

-- David French, president and chief executive officer, Cirrus
Logic, Inc.

-- Colin Harris, vice president, worldwide operations,
PMC-Sierra, Inc.

-- Oleg Khaykin, chief operating officer, Amkor Technology

-- Dr. Nicky Lu, president and chief executive officer, Etron
Technology, Inc.

-- Chris Malachowsky, co-founder, NVIDIA fellow and senior vice
president of engineering and operations, NVIDIA

-- Steve Michael, vice president of operations and R&QA, Exar
Corporation

-- Hans Olsen, executive vice president and chief operating
officer, Pixelworks, Inc.

-- Jim Seto, vice president, strategic operations, ATI
Technologies, Inc.

-- Ron Torten, chief executive officer, Nemerix

-- Dr. Albert Wu, vice president of operations, Marvell
Semiconductor, Inc.

"FSA welcomes its 2007 Board of Directors, and we are pleased to
have such an impressive slate of executives providing thought
leadership to direct the association on its global initiatives," said
Jodi Shelton, co-founder and executive director of FSA. "The broad
range of companies represented provides varying perspectives that
guide FSA's direction in addressing industry opportunities and
challenges."

For more information, please visit www.fsa.org/association/board.

About FSA:

FSA is the voice of the global fabless business model.
Incorporated in 1994, FSA positively impacts the growth and return on
invested capital of this business model to enhance the environment for
innovation. It provides a platform for meaningful global collaboration
between fabless companies and their partners; identifies and
articulates opportunities and challenges to enable solutions; and
provides research, resources, publications and survey information.
Members include fabless companies and their supply chain and service
partners, representing more than 21 countries across the globe.
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