Si2 announces board of directors for 2010-2011

AUSTIN, USA: The Silicon Integration Initiative (Si2) announced the election of their Board of Directors for the 2010-2011 term, as well as the place and time for the Annual Open Meeting.

The newest elected member to Si2's Board is from GLOBALFOUNDRIES, represented by Dr. Mojy Chian, senior vice president, Design Services and Enablement.

The nine re-elected Board Members and their representatives are:

AMD – Jim Miller, vice president of Design Engineering;
Apache Design Solutions - Vic Kulkarni, senior vice president and general manager of RTL Business Unit;
ARM Inc. - Dr. John Goodenough, world wide director Design Technology;
Cadence Design Systems Inc. – Dr. Charlie Huang, senior vice president and chief strategy officer;
IBM – Dr. Leon Stok, vice president, Electronic Design Automation Technologies;
Intel Corp. - Rahul Goyal, director, EDA Business;
LSI - Prabhakaran (Prabhu) Krishnamurthy, senior director, Design Tools & Methodology;
National Semiconductor - James Lin, vice president of Technology Infrastructure; and Synopsys - John Chilton, sr. vice president, Marketing & Strategic Development.

“I offer a warm welcome to Mojy as our newest elected Board member, and congratulate all returning Board members on this success,” said Steve Schulz, president & CEO.

“This year's election of a leading pure-play foundry to Si2's Board marks another first for Si2, as we continue to expand Si2's scope of relevance and influence to benefit the entire semiconductor supply chain. We are extremely pleased to have their insight and expertise on the strategic and business affairs of Si2.”