Connex Technology Announces Appointment of Barry Cox As Chairman of the Board of Directors
Posted on: Wednesday, 12 October 2005, 18:00 CDT
LOS GATOS, Calif., Oct. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Connex Technology, developer of the ConnexArray(TM) Programmable Video Platform (PVP), today announced the appointment of Barry Cox as the Chairman of the Board of Directors effective October 1st, 2005.
"We are delighted that Barry Cox, with his wealth of experience and expertise in the semiconductor industry has agreed to join Connex Technology as our Chairman of the Board. We believe that he will make an invaluable contribution to our business as we continue our corporate development," said Paul Vroomen, President and Chief Executive Officer of Connex Technology.
Mr. Cox has 40 years of experience in the semiconductor industry. Mr. Cox serves as the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Nova Measuring Instruments Ltd. a publicly traded, semiconductor capital equipment company, and as a member of the board of directors of privately held Summit MicroElectronics and Softier. Additionally, Mr. Cox was an active member of management and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Quantum Effect Devices, Inc. (QEDI), a fabless semiconductor company, from July 1998 until August 2000. QEDI held its initial public offering in January 2000 and was acquired by PMC-Sierra (PMCS) in August 2000. Mr Cox began his semiconductor career at Texas Instrument in 1969. He joined Intel in 1975 where he served in various capacities, most recently as President, Intel Europe. Mr. Cox holds a BS degree in Engineering from the US Air Force Academy and an MBA from Boston University.
"Connex Technology has developed an innovative vector processor architecture that has the potential to substantially change the future of video processing. I look forward to working with Connex Technology at this exciting time," said Mr. Cox.
About Connex Technology
Based in Los Gatos, California, Connex Technology has developed a patented vector processing architecture known as ConnexArray(TM). This disruptive massively parallel processor-in-memory architecture enables exciting new capabilities in digital signal processing. Boasting a silicon efficiency that rivals that of ASICs, the ConnexArray family of media processor SoCs addresses the spiraling costs of ASIC development by finally offering the cost efficiency of ASIC and 100% software programmability at the same time. Additional information is available online at http://www.connextechnology.com/.
Connex Technology, Inc.
CONTACT: Anand Sheel of Connex Technology, Inc, +1-408-354-4285, oranand@connextechnology.com; or Sabrina Joseph of Morphoses, Inc.,+1-408-726-1577, or connexpr@morphoses.com, for Connex Technology, Inc.
Web site: http://www.connextechnology.com/
Source: PRNewswire
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