NetLogic Microsystems Names Mo Maghsoudnia as Vice President of Worldwide Manufacturing
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., — Jan. 18, 2007 — NetLogic Microsystems, Inc. [NASDAQ: NETL], the leader in the design and development of knowledge-based processors, today announced the appointment of Mozafar “Mo” Maghsoudnia as its vice president of worldwide manufacturing.
Maghsoudnia will be responsible for all of the company’s worldwide operations including fabrication, packaging, assembly, test and quality and reliability, and has served as the company’s vice president of manufacturing since August 2006, and its director of technology since June 2003. Maghsoudnia has extensive industry experience including 15 years with Analog Devices, Inc. where he was responsible for wafer fabrication and technology in his last assignment. Maghsoudnia holds a master of science degree in electrical engineering from Santa Clara University and a bachelor of science degree in microelectronic engineering from Rochester Institute of Technology.
“Mo has been instrumental in working with our design teams and manufacturing partners to help us timely bring to market our industry-leading knowledge-based processors,” said Ron Jankov, president and chief executive officer of NetLogic Microsystems. “His extensive operations experience will be extremely valuable as we bring to market more complex products designed and manufactured in ever-decreasing process geometries that place more stringent demands on the design, packaging, testing, quality and reliability of our processors.”
“NetLogic Microsystems is a proven technology leader in the design and development of knowledge-based processors,” said Mo Maghsoudnia. “I look forward to contributing my technology and operations experience and help the company continue to be a technology and product leader in knowledge-based processors.”
Ibrahim “Abe” Korgav, formerly the company’s senior vice president of manufacturing and business operations has been appointed the company’s senior vice president of worldwide business operations. In his new role, Korgav will be responsible for supporting new business markets the company is targeting.
About NetLogic Microsystems
NetLogic Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ:NETL), a fabless semiconductor company located in Mountain View, Calif., designs, develops and markets high performance knowledge-based processors for a variety of advanced Internet, corporate and other networking systems, such as routers, switches, network security appliances, network access equipment and networked storage devices. NetLogic Microsystems' knowledge-based processors use advanced processor architecture and a large knowledge or signature database to make complex decisions about individual packets of information traveling through the network. Knowledge-based processors from NetLogic Microsystems significantly enhance the ability of networking OEMs to supply network service providers with systems offering more advanced functionality for the Internet, such as application-based routing, voice transmission over the Internet, or VoIP, unified threat management (UTM) network security, virtual private networks, or VPNs, and streaming video and audio. NetLogic Microsystems' knowledge-based processors are interoperable with industry-leading CPUs, NPUs and routing/switching processors. For more information about products offered by NetLogic Microsystems, call 650.961.6676 or visit the NetLogic Microsystems Web site at http://www.netlogicmicro.com.
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