eASIC Corporation, a leading provider of Single Mask Adaptable ASIC™
devices today announced the appointment of Dr. Edward H. Frank to the
company’s Board of Directors. Dr. Frank was recently vice president of
Macintosh Hardware Systems Engineering at Apple, Inc. and currently
serves on the board of directors for Fusion-io, Inc.
“Ed’s strong and proven history of developing and bringing revolutionary
solutions to market makes him an excellent addition to our board of
directors,” said Ronnie Vasishta, president and CEO of eASIC. “His
expertise in delivering innovative silicon and systems, at companies
both large and small, will be invaluable as we continue to provide
unique silicon customizations solution to our system customers.”
“Custom silicon is critical for developing innovative solutions,” said
Dr. Frank. “But cost, engineering effort, and development time are major
issues. eASIC’s proven Single Mask Adaptable ASIC dramatically reduces
those impediments, creating unique and significant opportunities for
eASIC customers. I am excited to be working with the eASIC team and
leveraging my experience and expertise to further accelerate the
company’s growth.”
Previously, Dr. Frank was the vice president of research and development
at Broadcom, following its acquisition of Epigram Inc., a company he
co-founded. Dr. Frank also co-founded NetPower Inc. and held senior
technology leadership positions at Sun Microsystems Inc. He is a named
inventor on over 50 patents and is a Life Trustee of Carnegie Mellon
University. Dr. Frank holds BSEE and MSEE degrees from Stanford
University and a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Carnegie Mellon
University.
About eASIC
eASIC is a fabless semiconductor company offering breakthrough Single
Mask Adaptable ASIC devices aimed at dramatically reducing the overall
cost and time-to-production of customized semiconductor devices.
Low-cost, high-performance and fast-turn ASIC and System-on-Chip designs
are enabled through patented technology utilizing Via-layer customizable
routing. This innovative fabric allows eASIC to offer a new generation
of ASICs with significantly lower up-front costs than traditional ASICs.
Privately held eASIC Corporation is headquartered in Santa Clara,
California. Investors include Khosla Ventures, Kleiner Perkins Caufield
and Byers (KPCB), Crescendo Ventures, Seagate Technology (NASDAQ:STX)
and Evergreen Partners. For more information on eASIC please visit www.easic.com.
eASIC and Single Mask Adaptable ASIC are trademarks of eASIC Corporation
and registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
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