Fairchild Semiconductor International Inc.

Dr. Izak Bencuya, was the Executive Vice President of Fairchild Semiconductor and the General Manager of the Functional Power Products Group in San Jose, California until the end of 2007. Dr. Bencuya has over 25 years of power semiconductor industry experience. He began his career at Yale University where he researched ultra thin oxide MOS devices. Dr. Bencuya later worked at GTE Laboratories and Siliconix in various research and management roles to develop and market leading edge Power Devices, such as MOSFETs, IGBTs and SITs. He joined Fairchild Semiconductor in 1994 to start the Power Products business which grew to be a $950M annual revenue business under his leadership providing Power Semiconductor solutions for all power supply applications in the computing, communications, industrial, consumer and automotive markets. Dr. Bencuya has a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Bogazici University in Istanbul, Turkey, an M.S. and Ph.D. in Engineering and Applied Science from Yale University. He is a member of the IEEE Electron Device Society. Dr. Bencuya holds 22 patents and has published extensively in the electronics field.

Retired Army General John Watkins, Jr. entered the private sector in 1995 as CIO of the Pratt & Whitney division of United Technologies Corporation. In 2000, Mr. Watkins joined Fairchild Semiconductor as Senior Vice President, CIO, and member of the Fairchild Executive Committee. At Fairchild, Mr. Watkins lead the corporate initiative toward an Integrated Global Enterprise via eBusiness, including Advanced Supply Chain Management, CRM, web-based Order Management and Dynamic Pricing.

Mark S. Frey, executive vice president and chief financial officer, joined Fairchild in March of 2006. Frey was previously vice president, Finance and Corporate Controller for Lam Research Corporation, a major supplier of wafer fabrication equipment and services to the world's semiconductor industry. Prior experience included serving as vice president of Finance for Raychem Corporation's Electronics OEM Division. Earlier Frey held financial positions with Activision and Memorex.

Robin Goodwin is responsible for leading Fairchild's global planning, purchasing and logistics organizations. Mr. Goodwin joined Fairchild as part of its founding in 1997 as the Director of Finance. He transitioned to SCM in 2001 and assumed the leadership position in developing Fairchild's first global planning organization.

Kevin London became Vice President of Human Resources in July 2002. He has over 20 years experience in the semiconductor industry. Prior to assuming his current role, he held various Human Resource management positions at Fairchild's South Portland, Maine site during the previous sixteen years. Prior to that, Mr. London held a variety of management positions within Operations.

IRVINE, Calif., Nov. 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Broadcom Corporation (Nasdaq: BRCM), the leading provider of integrated circuits enabling broadband communications, today announced that Alan E. "Lanny" Ross, a member of its Board of Directors, has assumed a full-time role as interim Chief Operating Officer, in charge of internal operations. "Lanny has been involved with the company for many years as an adviser and as a very active board member," said Dr. Henry T. Nicholas III, Broadcom's President and CEO. "Recently, we have asked him to increase his involvement as we have undertaken our company-wide cost cutting and restructuring efforts. Although previously retired, Lanny has now agreed to join Broadcom full time on an indefinite basis, to run our internal operations and to help recruit and expand our senior executive staff." "Lanny's extensive experience in managing the operations of semiconductor companies in various stages of growth will serve Broadcom and its shareholders extremely well as we take the company to the next level. We are fortunate now to have Lanny on a full-time basis," Dr. Nicholas said. Mr. Ross, who was elected to Broadcom's Board of Directors in 1995, served for many years as the President of Rockwell International's Telecommunications Group, which included the Newport Beach-based semiconductor operation. Under Mr. Ross's leadership, Rockwell's semiconductor revenue grew from $140 million to more than $1 billion and Rockwell became the worldwide leader in voiceband modems. He retired in 1995. Later Rockwell spun off its semiconductor operations to the public to launch Conexant Systems. Before joining Rockwell, Mr. Ross served as Vice President and General Manager of National Semiconductor's ASIC business, and prior to that was Vice President and General Manager of Fairchild Semiconductor's ASIC division. During 1978-1982, he was Vice President and General Manager of the Fairchild Semiconductor Test Systems division, a manufacturer of computer-aided semiconductor test systems. During 1994, he served as Chairman of the Board of the Semiconductor Industry Association, the premier trade association representing the U.S. microchip industry. Mr. Ross also served on the Board of Sematech as well as the Telecommunications Industry Association. "Broadcom's track record for entering new markets and then quickly establishing itself as the market leader speaks for itself," Mr. Ross said. "I'm very excited to have the opportunity to apply my operational experience to help scale the operations of this great company as its new emerging markets transition to volume production." Mr. Ross will remain on Broadcom's Board of Directors, but has resigned from the Board's Audit Committee.

Dr. Kuran's interest in international water problems led to his innovative work in the field of capacitive deionization in 1990. Over the past fifteen years, this has been widely covered and highlighted in the international media. He has delivered key-note speeches at international forums sponsored by the United Nations Development Program, various governments, monarchs, Non-Government Organizations, universities, media outlets and institutional and sophisticated investors. Dr. Shihab Kuran has a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering and is currently attending the world-renowned The General Manager Program at the Harvard Business School (through May 2006). He has over fifteen years of international semiconductor experience. Dr. Kuran has been featured and published in more than thirty-five publications. Currently, Dr. Kuran is a Vice President at Fairchild Semiconductor in South Portland, Maine, U.S.A., which is the world's leading supplier of components that optimize system power in automotive, communications, computing, consumer and industrial applications. He is in charge of development for the Analog Products Group (APG), leading one of the world's most experienced teams in this field. He is also responsible for managing the company's strategic direction for highly integrated devices for APG. Prior to joining Fairchild Semiconductor, Dr. Kuran was senior vice president of strategic marketing at Sipex Corporation, Milpitas, California. USA, where he was responsible for the strategy and restructuring of the company's focus on power management. Dr. Kuran began his career as a design engineer in advanced circuit design with ANADIGICS, Inc. of Warren, New Jersey, USA, and advanced into management roles in engineering, design technology, advanced development and business development.

Charles A. Huff is an Industrial Engineer experienced in facilities planning and operational performance improvement for under-performing and developing businesses. Charlie is the Principal-Owner of C. A. Huff & Associates, a regional Industrial Engineering practice. Areas of specialty include facility planning & design, operations analysis & control and productivity improvement. Clients include NASA-Jet Propulsion Laboratory, ITT, Ameron, Avery Label, California Steel Industries, Tropitone Furniture and Callaway Golf. Prior to establishing C.A. Huff & Associates in 1981, he consulted for the firm of Booz, Allen & Hamilton. He possesses a total of twenty years of progressive engineering and operations management experience gained at General Dynamics, Fairchild Semiconductor and Cummins Engine Company. Most recently, he has successfully developed, planned and conducted in-house educational courses of instruction pertinent to the justification and equipment specification for major capital projects. The objective of said courses is to improve the funding request preparation, presentation and execution skills of client personnel. Charlie has prepared plans for the new construction, expansion, modernization, rearrangement and/or tenant improvement of plant facilities totaling 2.5 MM square feet for a variety of manufacturing, warehousing and support activities. He has administered a $10 MM plant capital equipment modernization program for a 450 machine tool, 2 MM square foot aerospace manufacturing facility. He has provided full technical direction for the turnaround reorganization of an electronic laminated manufacturer; during which he prepared and presented operational and financial analyses which served as the basis to avert bankruptcy. He formulated, developed and installed an employee gain sharing program which produced a 60% after tax profit improvement via improved capacity utilization and reduced resource consumption for a USWA organized steel producer. Charlie is a graduate of the University of California at Berkeley with a BS degree in Industrial Engineering. He has successfully completed graduate level programs leading to masters degrees in both Industrial Engineering and Business Administration. He is registered as a Professional Engineer (Industrial) in the State of California and is a Senior Member of the Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE).

Dave Viale is an educator, consultant, and writer. He is the founder and president of CFME, an International Education, Training and Consulting Company. He brings a diverse work experience to CFME, including a combined more than 20 years work experience at Arthur Andersen, Fairchild SemiConductor, and Hewlett Packard, as well as several Leadership Positions. He was a practicing CPA, and also taught for several universities and colleges. Capitalizing on this varied background, Dave brings a cross-functional perspective to his consulting, classes, speeches, seminars, and key executive presentations, which he delivers across the US, Canada, Europe, and the Far East. During the last ten years, Dave has specialized in Supply Chain Management and Contract Manufacturing. This global experience, when combined with his educational training, brings a unique blend of theory, practicability, and financial impact to his presentations, consulting engagements and his books. Dave is the author of the BEST-SELLING APICS Books, Basics of Manufacturing and Basics of Inventory Management, as well as the other books listed on this web site. His most recent addition, The Law of 64/4 (An 80/20 of An 80/20) business process is included in three books: All About Manufacturing and Supply Chain Management; Finance for All Functions; and Leader Development and Individual Approach.

Jolyon Terwilliger has over 15 years' experience in both the Broadcast and Information Technology arenas. Since the late 1990's Terwilliger has worked as a Consultant in Software Development and Systems Administration for such companies as L.L. Bean and Fairchild Semiconductor. Terwilliger is educated in DHTML, PHP, PERL, JAVA, Microsoft and Linux technologies. He enjoys his summers and weathers the winters in Portland, Maine.

Professor Magnanti became a director in September 2003. He has been a faculty member at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology since 1971 and Dean of Engineering since 1999. He was a founding co-director of MIT s Leaders for Manufacturing and Systems Design and Management Programs. His research and teaching interests focus on large-scale optimization, with applications to production planning and scheduling, transportation planning, facility location, logistics and communication systems design. He is a director of Emptoris and the Ford Design Institute.

Mr. Carinalli has served on our Board since October 1996. Mr. Carinalli has held numerous executive roles in technology companies various positions for National Semiconductor, Inc., a publicly traded company, most recently as Senior Vice President and Chief Technical Officer, and as a Board member of the Board of Directors of Fairchild Semiconductor. Mr. Carinalli also has served on the Boards of Directors of private companies.

Mr. McGarity was Senior Vice President of worldwide marketing and sales for Texas Instruments. During part of his 27 years with the company, Mr. McGarity lived and worked in France and England. Throughout his career Mr. McGarity managed the sales, applications, strategic marketing and distribution functions. He also managed the company's first pan-European semiconductor business structure and established and implemented a global distribution strategy that accounts for 20 percent of Texas Instrument's business. As Senior Vice President, McGarity was credited with having transformed TI from a technical-manufacturing organization into a global, marketing-focused enterprise. Beyond that, Mr. McGarity, was responsible for the global semiconductor group's information technology services and worldwide quality organization. Prior to his career with TI, Mr. McGarity was a lieutenant in the United States Navy, and piloted an A6 Aircraft in the Vietnam War. Mr. McGarity studied at Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin where he obtained a B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering as well as his Naval Reserve Officer Training.