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Market Cap:$98.6M
Last Fiscal Year Sales:$14.0M
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Founded in 1991, MoSys develops, markets and licenses differentiated embedded memory and high speed parallel and serial interface IP for advanced SoC designs. MoSys' patented 1T-SRAM and 1T-Flash memory technologies offer a combination of high density, low power consumption, high speed and low cost advantages that are unmatched by other available memory technologies for a variety of networking, computing, storage and consumer/graphics applications. MoSys' silicon-proven interface IP portfolio includes DDR3/2 Combo PHYs, as well as SerDes IP that support data rates from 1 Gigabit per second (Gbps) to 11Gbps, across a wide range of standards, including PCI-Express, XAUI, SATA, USB and 10G KR. MoSys IP has been production-proven in more than 190 million devices.

Board of Directors
Carl E. Berg
Number of Employees 191
Contact Information

755 N Mathilda Ave

Sunnyvale, California 94085-3511

mosys.com

(408) 731-1800

NAICS Code Semiconductor and Related Device Manufacturing: 334413

Recent Events

  • MoSys, Inc. Reports Second Quarter 2009 Financial Results

    7/29/09 - Financial Announcement - View Story

  • MoSys Acquires Prism Circuits, Inc.

    6/10/09 - Merger / Acquisition - View Story

  • MoSys Releases Financial Results

    5/10/09 - Financial Announcement - View Story

  • MoSys to Announce First Quarter 2009 Financial Results on April 28, 2009

    4/14/09 - Financial Announcement - View Story

  • MoSys to Announce Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2008 Financial Results on February 9, 2009

    1/16/09 - Financial Announcement - View Story

  • MoSys Picks Real Intent for IP Verification, Timing Closure

    1/15/09 - Licensing / Contract - View Story

  • Silicon Clocks names French CEO

    11/18/08 - Mgmt. Change Entering - Vice President - View Story

  • MoSys, Inc. Provides Business Update and Announces Stock Repurchase Plan

    10/14/08 - Financial Announcement - View Story

  • MoSys, Inc. Reports Second Quarter 2008 Financial Results

    7/30/08 - Financial Announcement - View Story

  • MoSys, Inc. Reports First Quarter 2008 Financial Results

    4/30/08 - Financial Announcement - View Story

  • MoSys, Inc. Reports Fourth Quarter and Fiscal 2007 Financial Results

    2/12/08 - Financial Announcement - View Story

  • MoSys Appoints James W. Sullivan as Chief Financial Officer

    1/22/08 - Mgmt. Change Entering - Finance - View Story

  • Pond takes seat on Brooks board, MoSys names new CEO

    11/10/07 - Board Member - Entering - View Story

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Decision Makers

Name (plus bio) Position
Leonard Perham Chief Executive Officer, President and Director
James Sullivan Vice President of Finance and Cfo
Jim Pekarsky Vice President of Finance & Chief Financial Officer
Mehdi Bathaee Chief Operating Officer
Wingyu Leung Director, Executive Vice President, Chief Technical Officer
Yu Leung Wing Executive Vice President & Cto
Sundari Mitra Executive Vice President
Dhaval Ajmera Vice President of Strategic Accounts
Hem Hingarh Vice President of Engineering
Mr Dave DeMaria Vice President of Operations
Raj Singh Vice President, Marketing, Business Dev, Worldwide Sales
Kamesh Rao Director of Engineering
James D. Kupec Director

Board of Directors

Name (plus bio) Position
Carl E. Berg Board of Directors
Len Perham Board of Directors
Wing Leung Board of Directors
Chenming Hu Board of Directors
Chester J. Silvestri Board of Directors
Chet Silvestri Board of Directors
Chi-Ping Hsu Board of Directors
Chi-Ping Hsuan Board of Directors
Tommy Eng Board of Directors

For more than five years, Berg has been an influential Silicon Valley industrial real estate developer and a private venture capital investor. Berg is currently chairman, CEO and director of Mission West Properties Inc. (MSW), a real estate investment company. He also serves as director of Valence Technology Inc., Monolithic Systems Inc., Focus Enhancements Inc. and Systems Integrated Research. Berg's past major investments have included Integrated Device Technology and Sun Microsystems. He holds a bachelors degree in corporate finance from the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque.

Organization Position Status
Mission West Properties CEO Current
Hancock Fabrics, Inc. Chief Executive Officer Current
Videonics, Inc. Co-Founder Current
FOCUS Enhancements, Inc. Co-Founder of Videonics Current
MoSys Inc. developer Current
Hancock Fabrics, Inc. Chairman of The Board Current
Valence Technology, Inc. Director and Chairman of The Board Current
Eksigent Technologies, LLC Chairman of the Board Current
Integrated Device Technology, Inc. board member Current
Lnxw Board of Directors Current
Valence Technology, Inc. Board Member Current
Hancock Fabrics, Inc. Director Current
eSilicon Corporation Director Current
Quantum3d Inc. Director Current
Mission West Properties Director Current
Mission West Properties President Former
Monolithic Systems LLC Director Current
MoSys Inc. Chairman Current
MoSys Inc. Board of Directors Current
Mission West Properties Chairman of The Board, Chief Executive, Officer and Director Former
FOCUS Enhancements, Inc. Developer Former
FOCUS Enhancements, Inc. Director Current
Systems, Inc. Former
Videonics, Inc. Board of Directors Former
The University of New Mexico B.A. degree Former
Valence Technology, Inc. member Former

Mr. Perham has been a successful entrepreneur with over 30 years of executive leadership and semiconductor industry experience. Since retiring from Integrated Device Technology in 2000, Mr. Perham has been chairman of the board of NetLogic Microsystems (NASDAQ:NETL), chairman of the board at QuickSil a mixed signal foundry, chairman of the board of Optimal Corporation, Corporate Advisor to Imera Systems and Venture Partner with AsiaTech Management. From 1991 to 2000, Mr. Perham served as CEO of Integrated Device Technology (NASDAQ:IDTI). He was appointed president and elected to the board of directors in 1986. During his 16-year tenure, Mr. Perham incubated several companies under the IDT umbrella including Galileo Technology (acquired by Marvell Technology), Quantum Effect Devices (acquired by PMC-Sierra), Monolithic System Technology, Clear-Logic and Centaur Technology. Prior to joining IDT, Mr. Perham was president and CEO of Optical Information Systems Inc., a division of Exxon. He was also a member of the founding team at Zilog Inc. and held management positions at Advanced Micro Devices and Western Digital. Mr. Perham received a BS in electrical engineering from Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts in 1968.

Organization Position Status
MoSys Inc. CEO Current
MoSys Inc. President Current
Asiatech Management LLC Venture Partner Current
Venture Capital, LLC Venture Partner Current
Mg Holdings/Sip Current
Asiatech Management LLC Chairman of the Board Current
Quicksil, Incorporated Chairman of The Board Current
Optimal Corporation Chairman of the Board Current
NetLogic Microsystems, Inc. Chairman Current
eSilicon Corporation Board of Directors Current
MoSys Inc. Board of Directors Current
Imera Systems Inc Board of Directors Current
Integrated Device Technology, Inc. CEO Former
Asiatech Management LLC Corporate Advisor Current
Northeastern University BS In Electrical Engineering Former

Leonard Perham, Mr. Perham was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer in November 2007. Mr. Perham was one of the original investors of MoSys and served on our Board of Directors from 1991 to 1997. Until his retirement from Integrated Device Technology, Inc., or IDT, in 2000, Mr. Perham served as its Chief Executive Officer from 1991 and President and board member from 1986. In his role at IDT, one of our early investors, Mr. Perham served on our board of directors from 1991 to 1997. Mr. Perham has served as chairman of the board of directors of NetLogic Microsystems, a fabless semiconductor company, and has been a venture partner with AsiaTech Management, a venture capital firm. Prior to joining IDT, Mr. Perham was President and CEO of Optical Information Systems, Inc., a division of Exxon Enterprises. He was also a member of the founding team at Zilog Inc. and held management positions at Advanced Micro Devices and Western Digital. Mr. Perham received a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from Northeastern University.

Organization Position Status
MoSys Inc. Chief Executive Officer, President and Director Current
NetLogic Microsystems, Inc. Chair of Board Current
MoSys Inc. Board of Directors Current
Asiatech Management LLC Venture Partner Former
Northeastern University Bachelor of Science Degree In Electrical Engineering Former

Organization Position Status
The Endurance Group President Current
MoSys Inc. Vice President of Finance and Cfo Current
eSilicon Corporation Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer Current
Apptera, Inc. Chief Financial Officer and Vice President of Finance Current
Buz-Land Presentations, Inc. Illustrator of Current
Boyfriend 101 Dating & Relationship Coach Current
Netergy Microelectronics, Inc. Chief Financial Officer Former
8x8, Inc. Cfo, Vice President, Finance & Secretary Former
The Endurance Group Founder Current
The Endurance Group Partner Former
PricewaterhouseCoopers Former
New York University M.S. In Real Estate Development and Investment Former
New York University B.S. in accounting Former
Aiga Former

Organization Position Status
MoSys Inc. Vice President of Finance & Chief Financial Officer Current
Siliconblue™ Technologies Corporation Chief Financial Officer Current
Wavesat Inc Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Current
Accelchip, Inc. Chief Financial Officer Former
Virage Logic Corporation Cfo Former
Mentor Graphics Corporation Director and General Manager Former
Golden Gate University MBA In Finance Former
Indiana University of Pennsylvania Bachelor of Science In Accounting Former
Indiana, Inc. BS In Accounting Former

Organization Position Status
MoSys Inc. Chief Operating Officer Current

Organization Position Status
MoSys Inc. Executive Vice President, Chief Technical Officer Current
MoSys Inc. Board of Directors Current

Wingyu Leung. Dr. Leung has served as our Executive Vice President, Engineering, and Chief Technical Officer and as a member of our board of directors since April 1992. Dr. Leung also served as our Secretary from April 1992 until May 1996 and again from May 1997 until August 2000. Prior to joining us, Dr. Leung served as a technology consultant to several high technology companies, including Rambus, Inc., a developer of a high-speed chip-to-chip interface technology. Prior to that time, Dr. Leung served as a member of the technical staff of Rambus, and as a senior engineering manager at Integrated Device Technology, Inc., where he managed and participated in circuit design activities. Dr. Leung holds a B.S. in electrical engineering from the University of Maryland, a M.S. in electrical engineering from the University of Illinois, and a Ph.D. in electrical engineering and computer science from the University of California at Berkeley.

Organization Position Status
MoSys Inc. Director, Executive Vice President, Chief Technical Officer Current
eSilicon Corporation Executive Vice President, Chief Technical Officer and Director Current
Integrated Device Technology, Inc. Senior Engineering Manager Former
eSilicon Corporation Technology Consultant Former
MoSys Inc. Technology Consultant Former
MoSys Inc. Director Former
University of California, Berkeley Ph.D. In Electrical Engineering Former
University of Illinois M.S. In Electrical Engineering Former
University of Maryland B.S. In Electrical Engineering Former
Integrated Device Technology, Inc. Member Former

Organization Position Status
MoSys Inc. Executive Vice President & Cto Current
MoSys Inc. Board of Directors Current

Sundari Mitra is Chief Executive Officer at Prism Circuits Inc. She has more than 20 years of semiconductor experience leading teams of over 200 engineers for major microprocessor and chip design efforts at Sun Microsystems and Intel. Her leadership and engineering management helped create the original 386SL/486SL microprocessors at Intel and the UltraSPARC microprocessor family at Sun Microsystems. Sundari's innovations in analog/mixed signal design for Interface/IO design, clock distribution, clock management and power management for highly complex semiconductor designs lead to the initial ideas behind Prism Circuits. Sundari has 8 patents and participates on the boards of three companies as advisor. She has an MSEE from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a BSEE from MSU Baroda (India).

Organization Position Status
Prism Circuits Inc. Founder, Chief Executive Officer Current
eSilicon Corporation Executive Vice President Current
MoSys Inc. Executive Vice President Current
University of Illinois Msee Former

Organization Position Status
MoSys Inc. Vice President of Strategic Accounts Current
Ceva, Inc. Vice President of North American Sales Former
Emuzed, Inc. Vice President of World Wide Marketing and Sales Former
University of Florida Msee Former
University of Bombay Bsee Former

Mr. Hingarh brings over 30 years of executive management experience in engineering and product line management to MoSys. Prior to joining MoSys, he was vice president of engineering at Hellosoft, Inc., an IP licensor of embedded system software for convergence mobile platforms. Before that, he was senior vice president of engineering at Silicon Access Networks. He has also served as senior director of engineering at Sun Microsystems and product line director at National Semiconductor, and was involved in many key technology developments at Fairchild Research Center. Mr. Hingarh earned his bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from the BITS Pilani, India and a master's degree in electrical engineering from the University of California at Berkeley.

Organization Position Status
MoSys Inc. Vice President of Engineering Current
Hellosoft, Inc. Vice President of Engineering Former
National Semiconductor Corporation Product Line Director Former
University of California, Berkeley Master's Degree In Electrical Engineering Former
Birla Institute of Technology & Science Bachelor's Degree In Electrical Engineering Former

Mr. DeMaria is a successful executive with over 25 years of experience in the electronics industry. Prior to joining MoSys, he was a senior vice president at Apache Design Solutions, a technology leader in EDA. Previously, he was CEO of Optimal Corporation, an EDA company that he helped grow and ultimately merge with Apache. Before that, he held a number of executive positions in leading EDA companies, including eight years at Cadence Design Systems, where he served as executive vice president of the Systems business unit and, senior vice president of worldwide marketing and strategy. Prior to Cadence, he was group vice president of the systems business at Viewlogic and managing director of Zuken-Redac. Mr. DeMaria attended Boston University for a B.S. degree in computer engineering.

Organization Position Status
MoSys Inc. Vice President of Operations Current
eSilicon Corporation Vice President of Operations Current
Apache Corporation Current
Optimal Corporation Board of Directors Current
Optimal Corporation Chief Executive Officer Former
Apache Design Solutions, Inc. Senior Vice President, Chip, Package, System Former
Viewlogic Group Vice President Former
Zuken, Inc. Former
Cadence, LLC Former
Boston University BS Degree In Computer Engineering Former

Mr. Singh adds 25 years of experience to the MoSys team. He joins the company from Synfora, an EDA company where he was vice president of sales and marketing. He previously served as the vice president of worldwide sales of Virage Logic and was executive vice-president and general manager at 3Dlabs. Prior to 3Dlabs, Mr. Singh was vice president of Dupont Pixel. Mr. Singh graduated with honors from Kings College, University of Aberdeen, Scotland, receiving a combined masters degree in English Literature.

Organization Position Status
eSilicon Corporation Vice President of Worldwide Sales, Marketing and Business Development Current
MoSys Inc. Vice President, Marketing, Business Dev, Worldwide Sales Current
Synfora, Inc Vice President of Sales and Marketing Former
Virage Logic Corporation Vice President of Worldwide Sales Former
University of Aberdeen Masters Degree In English Literature. Former
Kings College Former

Kamesh Rao is widely recognized as one of the world's foremost non-volatile memory design experts. He is Director of Engineering, NVM Products at MoSys inc. He was Director of design at Xilinx inc. in their CPLD division and Xilinx Research Labs. He holds over 32 patents worldwide on various aspects of non-volatile memory, CPLD and FPGA designs. He received Ross Freeman Award for Technical Innovation in 1996. He managed a high-level system design tools project at IMEC, Belgium. He previously worked in non-volatile memory design at National Semiconductor, Signetics, intel and Catalyst Semiconductor. He designed the first Flash memory product for intel in 1986. He holds two Ph.Ds, in Solid State Physics from the University of Wisconsin, Madison and in Nuclear Quadrupole Resonance from Andhra University, Waltair, India. He was an Assistant Professor of Physics for 4 years at Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan.

Organization Position Status
MoSys Inc. Director of Engineering Current
Picongen Board of Directors Current
Signetics, Inc Former
National Semiconductor Corporation Former

Organization Position Status
National Chiao Tung University Honorary Professor Current
Spatial Photonics, Inc Professor Current
Pacific Biosciences Current
Nscore, Inc. Chair Professor of Microelectronics In Electrical Engineering Current
Group IV Semiconductor Inc. Board of Directors Current
Spatial Photonics, Inc Board of Directors Current
MoSys Inc. Board of Directors Current
eSilicon Corporation Director Current
Ieee Fellow Current
Institute of Physics Fellow Current
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd. Chief Technology Officer Former
Cadence Design Systems, Inc. Chairman Former
East Bay Chinese School Chairman Former
University of California, Berkeley Ph.D. Degrees In Electrical Engineering Former
University of California, Berkeley M.S. Former
University of California, Berkeley B.S. Degree In Electrical Engineering Former

Organization Position Status
MoSys Inc. Board of Directors Current
MoSys Inc. Director, Chief Executive Officer and President Former
Michigan State University Master of Science Degrees In Electrical Engineering Former
Michigan State University Bachelor of Science Former

Organization Position Status
MoSys Inc. Board of Directors Current
Magma Design Automation Inc. Board of Directors Current
Tripath Technology, Inc. CEO Former
MoSys Inc. CEO Former
Tripath Technology, Inc. chief operating officer Former
MIPS Technologies, Inc. vice president Former
MIPS Technologies, Inc. general manager Former
Arcot Systems Inc. chairman Former
Michigan State University master of science degrees in electrical engineering Former
Harvard Business School MBA Former

Chi-Ping Hsu. Dr. Hsu was appointed to our board of directors on August 12, 2004. Dr. Hsu is currently a Vice President at Cadence Design Systems in charge of the company s synthesis product lines, which position he has held since April 2003. From November 2001 to April 2003, Dr. Hsu was President and Chief Operating Officer of Get2Chip, a supplier of high-performance system-on-chip synthesis, which was acquired by Cadence. From January 1995 to November 2001, Dr. Hsu was a member of the Executive Staff at Avant! where he was responsible for directing the company s product and business strategy. A graduate of the Taiwan National University with a B.S. in electrical engineering, Dr. Hsu also holds a Ph.D. in electrical engineering and computer science from the University of California at Berkeley.

Organization Position Status
Cadence Design Systems, Inc. Vice President Current
eSilicon Corporation Director Current
MoSys Inc. Board of Directors Current

is an accomplished EDA executive with over twenty years of experience, appointed to the MoSys board of directors in August, 2004. Dr. Hsu is currently a vice president at Cadence Design Systems (NYSE:CDN), in charge of the company's synthesis product line. Previously, Dr. Hsu served as president and chief operating officer of Get2Chip, a supplier of high-performance system-on-chip (SOC) synthesis, which was acquired by Cadence.

Organization Position Status
MoSys Inc. Board of Directors Current

Jim Kupec brings more than 20 years of senior management experience in semiconductor development and operations to eSilicon. Kupec's prior experience includes president of UMC USA, with worldwide marketing, sales and field engineering responsibilities for UMC's silicon foundry operations. While at UMC, he grew sales from $750 million to $3.2 billion. Prior to UMC, Kupec held several senior management positions at Cypress Semiconductor, including P&L responsibility for memory, datacom, programmable logic and computer products. Kupec started his career at Mostek/United Technologies. He has held a board of directors seat for the Fabless Semiconductor Association and serves on the board of directors for MoSys. He also advises several technology companies. He earned a bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana and a Masters in Business Administration degree from the Southern Methodist University in Dallas.

Organization Position Status
eSilicon Corporation Chief Operating Officer Current
GLOBALFOUNDRIES Inc. Senior Vice President Current
eSilicon Corporation Director Current
MoSys Inc. Director Current
UMC USA President Former
Cypress Semiconductor Corporation Former
MoSys Inc. Chairman Former
Global Semiconductor Association Board of Directors Former
Southern Methodist University Masters In Business Administration Degree Former
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Bachelor's Degree In Electrical Engineering Former
University of Illinois Bachelor's Degree In Electrical Engineering Former
Southern Methodist University Degree Former

Tommy Eng has over 20 years of corporate management, engineering management, and entrepreneurial experience in software/hardware design, system/IC design, IP business, design services business, and Electronic Design Automation (EDA). He was appointed to the MoSys board of directors in August, 2004. Tommy is a partner in EXA Ventures, a venture capital investment firm specializing in IT, semiconductor, communications, multimedia technology/services/content, software, and the incubation of early stage technology companies. Before founding EXA Ventures, Tommy held various executive and engineering positions at Tera Systems, Mentor Graphics, Silicon Compiler Systems, and Bell Labs. Tommy also serves on the board of directors of MoSys and Focus Enhancements, both publicly-traded semiconductor companies, and five other private companies.

Organization Position Status
MoSys Inc. Board of Directors Current
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     MOSY $3.72 -0.11 (-2.87% )
Average Volume 86,098
Shares Outstanding 31.22M
Market Cap 116.1M
Year High 5.09
Year Low 1.38
Earnings Per Share -0.65
P/E Ratio -5.72
Dividend N/A
Yield N/A
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