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GaN-on-Silicon semiconductor solutions using its proprietary SIGANTIC manufacturing process.
The Nitronex process combines the superior power, efficiency and bandwidth performance of GaN with the reliability, ease of use and low-cost advantages of industry standard silicon substrates. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
“We are excited to add Nitronex, a leading innovator in GaN-based RF solutions, to our portfolio of RF semiconductor companies,” says John Ocampo, Co-Founder and President of Gaas Labs. We look forward to helping Nitronex further leverage its products and technologies and extend its RF market leadership.”
Charles Shalvoy, CEO of Nitronex comments on the acquisition, “John Ocampo and Gaas Labs have demonstrated their ability to build and develop companies that realise their full growth potential. Partnering with Gaas Labs is an important milestone for Nitronex, which will enable us to deliver greater value to our customers in the rapidly growing, high performance, GaN RF power device market. We are thrilled to continue advancing our GaN-on-Silicon technology and expanding our market presence with Gaas Labs’ backing and the aid of their strategic and operational expertise.”
Chairman and CEO of Fabrinet joins GigOptix Board of Directors
Tom Mitchell, co-founder and president of Seagate Technology company, and formerly Thailand’s largest foreign employer, has been appointed as an independent Class I Director
GigOptix, a fabless supplier of semiconductor and optical components that enable high speed information streaming has appointed David T. (Tom) Mitchell to fill a vacancy on GigOptix’s Board of Directors.
Mitchell has over 33 years of experience in the electronics and semiconductor industries, while founding and co-founding two of the biggest manufacturing names in the industry. Currently, Mitchell is the Chairman, Chief Executive Officer
and founder of Fabrinet for which he established the company vision of striving through manufacturing excellence and customer focus to be the very best manufacturing outsourcing solution for complex optical, industrial and automotive products. Mitchell was also a co-founder and president of Seagate Technology, a leading disk drive company, and formerly Thailand’s largest foreign employer.
Tom Mitchell is widely considered a pioneering force in the establishment of Asia as the pre-eminent manufacturing base for the hard disk drive industry. With his extensive experience in manufacturing of complex high precision electronics, Mitchell leveraged his expertise into other vertical markets such as optical, automotive and industrial products.
Today many of the world’s leading technology companies look to Fabrinet for the manufacture of their complex technology products. Mitchell has successfully established high quality, high volume, and low cost manufacturing bases in Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, India and China.
Mitchell received his Bachelor of Science degree in Economics from Montana State University. He has also served as Captain in the U.S. Marine Corp.
“As we move from an early stage company to a globally mature, world-class quality manufacturing organisation, I am delighted that Tom accepted our invitation to join our Board of Directors and welcome him on board,” comments Avi Katz, Chairman, Chief Executive and President of GigOptix.
“His wealth and depth of experience, pioneering the Asia Contract Manufacturing Industry, and building the leading CM of high-speed optical components in the world, will certainly add a new level of professional and technical expertise to our team, as we continue to rapidly grow as a production trusted partner with our large number of industry leading customers. With Tom’s appointment, we now have a board comprised of five independent directors whose diverse experiences will lead us to new and exciting horizons in GigOptix journey’s next chapter.”
“This is the first time I have accepted such an offer to join a board of directors of a public company and I am looking forward to this new role as a Director on the GigOptix Board. The future looks very promising for GigOptix based on their innovative
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