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Federico Faggin co-founded our company and has served as its Chairman of the Board since January 1999. He served as a director President and Chief Executive Officer from March 1987 to December 1998. Mr. Faggin is currently President Chief Executive Officer and director of Foveon Inc. He is also a director of BlueArc Inc. Zilog Inc. a public company and a designer manufacturer and marketer of integrated microcontroller products and Integrated Device Technology Inc. a public company and a producer of integrated circuits. Mr. Faggin also co-founded Cygnet Technologies Inc. in 1982 and Zilog Inc. in 1974. Mr. Faggin served as Department Manager in Research and Development at Intel Corporation from 1970 to 1974 and led the design and development of the world's first microprocessor and more than 25 integrated circuits. In 1968 Mr. Faggin was employed by Fairchild Semiconductor and led the development of the original MOS Silicon Gate Technology and designed the world's first commercial integrated circuit to use such technology. He is the recipient of many honors and awards including the 1988 International Marconi Fellowship Award the 1994 IEEE W. Wallace McDowell Award and the 1997 Kyoto Prize. In addition in 1996 Mr. Faggin was inducted in the National Inventor's Hall of Fame for the co-invention of the microprocessor. Mr. Faggin holds a doctorate in physics summa cum laude from the University of Padua Italy. He also holds honorary doctorate degrees in computer science from the University of Milan Italy and in electrical engineering from the University of Rome Italy.
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