J. Daniel McCranie, Chairman of the Board since August 2002 and a Director since November 2001. Since October 2008, Mr. McCranie has served as Executive Chairman of Virage Logic, a provider of applicationoptimized semiconductor intellectual property platforms. Previously, Mr. McCranie was President and Chief Executive Officer of Virage Logic from January 2007 to October 2008, Executive Chairman of Virage Logic from March 2006 to January 2007, and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Virage Logic from August 2003 to March 2006. Prior to this, Mr. McCranie was employed by Cypress Semiconductor from 1993 to 2001, a supplier of diversified, broadline semiconductor products with a focus on communications, lastly as its Vice President, Marketing and Sales. He retired from that position in 2001. From 1986 to 1993, Mr. McCranie was President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of SEEQ Technology, Inc., a manufacturer of semiconductor devices. In addition to Virage Logic, Mr. McCranie currently serves on the boards of directors of Cypress Semiconductor and Actel Corporation, a designer and provider of field programmable gate arrays and programmable system chips.

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