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BitWave Semiconductor Expands Senior Management Team with VP Engineering
Lowell, MA, November 12th, 2008:
BitWave Semiconductor, Inc., a fabless semiconductor company and innovator of programmable radio frequency integrated circuits (RFIC), has appointed industry veteran Dr. Gregory W. Sheets as their new Vice President of Engineering. Greg joins BitWave’s senior management team during a key period as they begin volume shipments of the patented BW1102 Softransceiver™ RFIC. Greg adds a powerful blend of design expertise and managements skills to the engineering team as BitWave continues development of its Softransceiver RFIC product family. He will report directly to Dr. Mike Farese, President and CEO of BitWave.
Greg joins BitWave from LSI Logic where he was responsible for managing a global team of over 170 engineers developing multiple mixed-signal ASICs. Greg also has prior experience from Agere, Seagate, and VTC. At VTC, Greg led IC development and a startup activity to bring up VTC’s Colorado design center. BitWave expects that Greg’s long history of design engineering management and product development for high volume production will enable him to immediately support BitWave’s business goals.
Dr. Mike Farese, commented, “Greg joins our team at a key milestone in the BitWave story as we release our first Softransceiver RFIC to production. BitWave will transition from research and development to volume production during 2009. Greg will support that transition and play a pivotal role in guiding future development of our next generation RFIC. We are excited by Greg’s deep experience in IC design management, on-time product development programs, and proven engineering leadership.”
Dr. Sheets added, “Wireless IC Development teams have been challenged to meet aggressive goals for cost, power and performance as the number of frequency bands and wireless protocols included in each design have increased.” Sheets continued, “BitWave’s reconfigurable Softransceiver architecture addresses this problem and offers handset and femtocell designers an innovative approach to system design to reduce chip count and system complexity. I am thrilled to join BitWave at this very exciting time and contribute to the overall growth of the company.”
About BitWave Semiconductor
BitWave Semiconductor, Incorporated, (www.bitwave.com) is a fabless semiconductor company and developer of the Softransceiver RFIC. Mobile devices using the Softransceiver can operate on multiple frequencies and communication protocols, giving consumers and businesses a broader choice of networks and services. The Softransceiver allows network operators to offer services on demand and allows manufacturers to build a single, low-cost radio that can be used in any network, anytime, anywhere. All of these benefits are achieved while lowering the total bill of materials, increasing phone battery life and increasing radio performance.
Softransceiver is a trademark of BitWave Semiconductor.
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