SUNNYVALE--- Jim Pekarsky Joins SiliconBlue as Chief Financial Officer
SiliconBlue , pioneer of a new FPGA technology for consumer applications, today announced that Jim Pekarsky, former CFO of MoSys, Inc., AccelChip, Inc. and Virage Logic Corporation has joined SiliconBlue. He will be responsible for all financial and administrative aspects of the company and will report directly to Kapil Shankar, SiliconBlue's CEO. Pekarsky, a seasoned financial executive, brings more than 25 years of experience to the company.
Pekarsky led Virage Logic's IPO in August 2000 and AccelChip's acquisition by Xilinx in January 2006. He has also held senior financial and operational positions at Mentor Graphics Corporation and Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. Pekarsky received a B.S. in Accounting from Indiana University of Pennsylvania and an M.B.A. in Finance from Golden Gate University.
"Jim is a seasoned financial executive with extensive public and private company experience in the semiconductor industry," said Shankar. "We are pleased that he has agreed to join our team and help drive the growth of our business."
"I'm excited about the opportunity to join SiliconBlue as the Chief Financial Officer," said Pekarsky. "I am impressed with SiliconBlue's technological innovation and industry leadership in developing the first FPGA product optimized for handheld, mobile applications and I am eager to bring my experience with high-growth technology companies to this organization.”
About SiliconBlue’s Technology
SiliconBlue’s breakthrough NVCM (Non-Volatile Configuration Memory) technology provides both the lowest power and lowest cost non-volatile programmable solution for hand-held consumer products. Manufactured on standard TSMC 65 nanometer LP low-power process technology, SiliconBlue devices are unique among competing handheld products as they are the first to take advantage of the semiconductor industry trend to lead new node development using low power as the process driver.
About SiliconBlue
Funded in 2006, SiliconBlue has built from ground up, the first single-chip, reprogrammable, ultra-low power FPGA optimized for handheld, mobile applications. While incumbents have focused on speed, density and features, SiliconBlue has set a new standard for price, power and space. Our low cost, non-volatile and reprogrammable FPGAs feature: operating power as low as 25 uW (typical); logic cell gate complexity unparalleled in existing low power PLDs; sizes as small as 3mm by 4mm. Samples, evaluation boards and software tools are available now.
SiliconBlue has the backing of substantial venture capitalists with many years of experience investing in semiconductors. They include Crosslink Capital and BlueRun Ventures (formerly Nokia Venture Partners). For more information, please visit www.siliconbluetech.com