Mike Noonen and Steve Roddy to Speak at Semico IP Conference

Phoenix, Arizona April 11, 2012 - Semico is proud to announce the addition of Mike Noonen and Steve Roddy to its speaker lineup for the IP Ecosystem conference to be held May 16, 2012. They will participate on the panel titled, Will IP Subsystems Help Reduce Complexity...At What Cost? Other companies represented include ARM, Cadence Sonics, Synopsys, Mentor Graphics, Atrenta, Memoir Systems, Analog Bits, Tabula, and TSMC.

This is a premier, one-day event held May 16, 2012 at the Doubletree Hotel in San Jose, California. You will not want to miss presentations from all aspects of the IP ecosystem, including: developers, integrators, design tool makers, foundries, users and system architects. Register now to secure your seat at this ground-breaking conference!

Michael Noonen is Senior Vice President, Worldwide Sales and Marketing at GLOBALFOUNDRIES. He joined the company in January 2012 after serving at NXP Semiconductors from 2008 to 2011. Prior to NXP, he held several leadership positions with National Semiconductor from 2001 to 2008. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering and holds multiple patents in the areas of internet telephony and video communications.

Steve Roddy is Vice President of Marketing at Tensilica, Inc. Prior to Tensilica, he served as Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Amphion Semiconductor, which has since been acquired by Conexant. He was instrumental in transforming Amphion from a design services company into a provider of audio, video and communications IP (intellectual property). Before Conexant, he held leadership roles at Cadence, Synopsys, LSI Logic and AMCC. Steve holds a BSEE from the University of California at Berkeley and an MBA from the Anderson School of Management, University of California in Los Angeles.

Michael Noonen
Senior Vice President, Worldwide Sales and Marketing
GLOBALFOUNDRIES

Steve Roddy
Vice President of Marketing
Tensilica, Inc.

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For more information, please contact:
Jim Feldhan
602-997-0337
jimf@semico.com

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Joanne Itow
602-459-4826
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