Board of Directors

Walden C. Rhines
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of the Company since 2000; President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company from 1993 to 2000. Executive Vice President, Semiconductor Group, and Vice President of Texas Instruments Inc. (a manufacturer of electronics products) from 1987 to 1993; director of Triquint Semiconductor, Inc. and Cirrus Logic, Inc. (both manufacturers of semiconductors).

Sir Peter Bonfield
International Business Advisor since 2002. Chairman of the Executive Committee and Chief Executive Officer of British Telecommunications PLC (a provider of Telecoms Services) from 1996 to 2002. Director of AstraZeneca Group PLC (a Pharmaceutical company), Ericsson (telecommunication company) and T.S.M.C (semiconductor fondry). Vice-President, British Quality Foundation, member of the International Advisory Board of Citigroup and Consultant for Perot Systems. Chairman of the Supervisory Board of NXP Semiconductors, effective October 1st, 2006. This is a Dutch based group which was previously Philips Semiconductor.

Marsha B. Congdon
Private investor since 1997; Vice President, Policy and Strategy, of US West Inc. (a provider of communications services) from 1995-1997; Regional Vice President and Chief Executive Officer-Oregon from 1992-1995; Vice President and Chief Executive Officer-Oregon from 1987 to 1992.

James R. Fiebiger
Semiconductor Industry Consultant since 2005; Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Lovoltech Inc. (a semiconductor company) from 1999 to 2004; Vice Chairman and Managing Director of Technology Licensing of Gatefield Corporation (a semiconductor company) from 1998 to 2000; President and Chief Executive Officer of Gatefield Corporation from 1996 to 1998; director of Actel Corporation (a developer of field programmable gate arrays), Power Integrations, Inc. (a supplier of high-voltage integrated circuits), QLogic Corporation (a developer of semiconductor and board-level products) and Pixelworks, Inc. (a developer of semiconductors and software for advanced displays).

Gregory K. Hinckley
President of the Company since 2000; Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer of the Company from 1997 to 2000; Senior Vice President and Vice President of VLSI Technology, Inc. (a semiconductor company) from 1992 to 1997; director of Amkor Technology (a provider of semiconductor packaging and test services) ), Intermec Inc. (automated data collection), and Arcsoft Inc (a provider of digital imaging technologies)..

Kevin McDonough
Private investor and President of Kammstone LLC (a consulting firm providing services to the electronics industry) since 2002; President and Chief Executive Officer of ChipData, Inc. (an internet service company) from 1999 to 2002; Vice President and General Manager of National Semiconductor Corporation (a manufacturer of electronic components) from 1997 to 1999; Senior Vice President of Engineering of Cyrix Corporation (a manufacturer of microprocessors) from 1989 to 1997.

Patrick B. McManus
McManus retired from Charles Schwab as its senior vice president of finance. Prior to that, he held executive-level finance and management positions at companies including Pacific Express Airlines, Acurex Solar Corporation, Itel Corporation and Univest Venture Capital. He holds an MBA from Stanford University and a bachelor's degree from Dartmouth.

Fontaine K. Richardson
Private investor since 2000; General Partner of Eastech III and Vice President of Eastech Management Company (affiliated private venture capital firms) from 1983 to 2000; director Network Engines (an appliance technology company). Co-founder of Applicon Inc., one of the earliest companies in the EDA industry.