Press Release

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Steve Cliffe
Nanotech Semiconductor Limited
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steve.cliffe@nanosemi.co.uk
   
 
 
Nanotech Semiconductor announces new Vice-President appointment
 
Dr. Stephen Morris joins as Vice-President Engineering
 
 

Bristol, England, October 16th 2006 - Nanotech Semiconductor Limited ('Nanotech'), a fabless IC company specializing in advanced Analogue & Mixed-Signal ICs for Communications applications, today announced the appointment of Dr. Stephen Morris as Vice President, Engineering.

Steve joined Plessey Research (Caswell) Ltd in the late '70s, initially working on ultra-low noise microelectronic devices and infrared systems. While at Caswell he developed specialisation in DSP systems, digital radio architectures, analog CMOS design and mixed-signal IC's for telecom, datacom, and satellite communication systems. In 1986 Steve joined Dialog Semiconductor/ TEMIC where he continued his work on complex mixed-signal IC and EDA developments as Design Manager before gaining the position of VP Engineering for the company’s worldwide operation. Early in 1996 Steve joined GEC Plessey Semiconductor as Director of Mixed-Signal Business overseeing 10 design centres worldwide. During the company's transition to Mitel and then Zarlink he moved across to the Medical Semiconductor division to build up teams in California and later back in the UK spearheading R&D activities for ultra-low power, complex RFAMS, CMOS SoC's for applications in medical telemetry and implanted systems.
Dr. Stephen Morris

Dr. Morris is a visiting Professor at the University of Westminster and has authored nearly 30 scientific papers and contributed to several books on IC design and data converters. He is a Fellow of the IEE.
 
Gary Steele, CEO, commented: 'We are delighted to be able to complete the senior management team at this time. The search has taken us most of this year to complete, as it was so important to find the right person. Steve's extensive knowledge of ultra low power, mixed signal ICs, and long experience in managing project teams large and small, and across multiple sites, is a great fit with our needs. Steve will be instrumental in the next stage of growth for the design team - we believe we already have one of the largest and most experienced design teams in the World in this space, and our goal is to be the clear Number 1.'
 
Steve Cliffe, VP Sales & Marketing added: 'I worked with Steve before when we were both at Dialog, during what I felt to be the most productive phase, leading up to Dialog's IPO. I know we're both looking forward to repeating that success again'
 
About Nanotech Semiconductor
Nanotech is a Venture-Capital backed, UK based fabless chip company, focused on Analog and mixed-signal ICs principally for fiber-optics based communications.
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