IPextreme Opens Tokyo Design Center, Kirk Saotome to Head Operation
CAMPBELL, Calif.—(BUSINESS WIRE)—Dec. 20, 2005—
IPextreme Inc, a supplier of trusted on-chip subsystems,
today announced the opening of a Design Center in Tokyo, Japan. Kirk
Saotome, named director of the Design Center, will head IPextreme's
Japanese operations and report directly to IPextreme president and CEO
Warren Savage.
"IPextreme is making excellent traction in the market as evidenced
by the opening of our third design center this year. With this newest
facility, headed by Mr. Saotome, IPextreme is well poised to support
our growing base of customers in Japan," said Savage. "Moreover, Mr.
Saotome's knowledge of the region and his background in system design,
development and intellectual property integration will be a major
asset in boosting IPextreme's ability to serve customers and grow
business throughout the Asia Pacific."
IPextreme supplies silicon-proven intellectual property (IP)
subsystems, based on designs sourced from leading semiconductor
companies such as Infineon and Freescale, to customers building large
system-on-chip (SoC) devices. To best support the IP it sells,
IPextreme recently opened additional design centers in the Silicon
Valley, Calif. and in Munich -- close to customers in the world's
major semiconductor design hubs.
Mr. Saotome comes to IPextreme with a diverse and strong
background in the electronics industry, including embedded software
development, IC design, system integration and electronic design
automation (EDA) methodology. He has worked in both technical and
business positions such as engineering, field application, business
development, marketing and business planning.
Prior to joining IPextreme, Mr. Saotome worked for a design
consulting firm introducing a unique, reconfigurable platform solution
for high-end digital signal processing applications. Mr. Saotome was
directly involved in managing engineering projects in support of the
platform, including high-speed PCB design, RTOS porting and companion
chip development. In addition, he was responsible for business
planning and development where he engaged with numerous customers and
strategic partners.
Previously, Mr. Saotome worked in the EDA industry marketing
system level design tools at Cadence and consulting on design reuse at
Synopsys. He holds a BS in Math from Science University of Tokyo.
About IPextreme Inc.
IPextreme brings high-value intellectual property (IP) from large
semiconductor companies to consumer and automotive System-on-Chip
(SOC) designers worldwide. These products are silicon-proven to
minimize design risk and provided in a process independent and EDA
neutral format, for easy use by the broadest range of customers. With
a decade of experience in developing, packaging, licensing and
supporting IP, our team offers a complete business solution for
semiconductor companies to strategically leverage their internal IP
portfolio to grow overall revenue. IPextreme has offices in Campbell,
California, Munich, Germany and Tokyo, Japan. www.ip-extreme.com.
IPextreme is pending a registered trademark.
Contact:
IPextreme Inc
Karen Crannell, 408-540-0096
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KJ Communications for IPextreme in the USA
Eileen Elam, 650-917-1488
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Annette Bley PR for IPextreme in Europe
Annette Bley, +44 (0)20 7482 4800
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