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Tensilica Inc.

is in the Technology Industry

Last Fiscal Year Sales:$750.0K
  • Private
  • US
President & Chief Executive Officer
Jack Guedj
Number of Employees 100
Contact Information

3255-6 Scott Blvd

Santa Clara, California 95054

www.tensilica.c...

(408) 986-8000

NAICS Code Custom Computer Programming Services: 541511

Recent Events

  • Samsung rolls out fastest Cortex-A8 chip

    11/29/09 - Licensing / Contract - View Story

  • Dataplane processor core hits 1GHz

    11/05/09 - Product Announcement - View Story

  • Tensilica Introduces Small, Ultra-Low-Power Dataplane Processor Core for Deeply Embedded Control

    10/19/09 - Product Announcement - View Story

  • Micrium broadens its support for Tensilica into dataplane architectures

    10/02/09 - Joint Venture / Alliance - View Story

  • Linley on Mobile: ARC acquisition, i.MX233, cellular forecast, 1GHz Cortex-A8, Tensilica DSP

    9/01/09 - Product Announcement - View Story

  • Tata Elxsi's DSP Software Solutions Tested on Tensilica's ConnX D2 DSP Engine

    9/04/09 - Product Announcement - View Story

  • Santa Clara, California, \ July 29, 2009 \ Tensilica, Inc. today announced that Validity Sensors,...

    7/30/09 - Licensing / Contract - View Story

  • Validity Sensors Licenses Two Tensilica Processors for High-Volume Fingerprint Sensors

    7/26/09 - Licensing / Contract - View Story

  • Validity Sensors Licenses Two Tensilica Processors for High-Volume Fingerprint Sensors

    7/25/09 - Licensing / Contract - View Story

  • DSPs tailored for 3G/4G base stations

    6/23/09 - Product Announcement - View Story

News & Analysis

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Decision Makers

Name (plus bio) Position
Jack Guedj President & Chief Executive Officer
Chris Carney Chief Financial Officer
Beatrice Fu Senior Vice President of Engineering
Jerry Ardizzone Senior Vice President of Worldwide Sales
Ashish Dixit Vice President of Hardware Engineering
Steve Roddy Vice President of Marketing
Chris Rowen
Mahesh Venkatraman

Board of Directors

Name (plus bio) Position
Harvey Jones Board Member
James Wei Board Member
Jerry Fiddler Board Member

Organization Position Status
Tensilica Inc. President & Chief Executive Officer Current
Tensilica Inc. Board Member Current

Organization Position Status
Tensilica Inc. Chief Financial Officer Current
Integrated Systems, LLC Corporate Controller Former

Organization Position Status
Tensilica Inc. Senior Vice President of Engineering Current
Microsoft Corporation Former

Organization Position Status
Tensilica Inc. Senior Vice President of Worldwide Sales Current
Tensilica Inc. Vice President, Worldwide Sales Former

Organization Position Status
Powerforward Vice President of Hardware Engineering, Tensilica Current
Tensilica Inc. Vice President of Hardware Engineering Current
Silicon Graphics, Inc. director of engineering Former
Intel Corporation logic design engineer Former

Organization Position Status
Globalpress Connection, Inc. Vice President Marketing, Tensilica Current
Tensilica Inc. Vice President of Marketing Current
LSI Corporation Former

Organization Position Status
Tensilica Inc. Current
Tensilica Inc. Board Member Current

Organization Position Status
Tensilica Inc. Current

Organization Position Status
Automotive Devices Solution Chairman and Cofounder, Tensilica, Inc. Current
Navis LLC Chairman and Co-Founder, Tensilica Inc. Current
Ask About Computers Chairman, Tensilica, Inc. Current
Wind Corporation Board of Directors Current
Nvda Board of Directors Current
Quadro Director Current
Mizi Research, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Crossbow Technology Board of Directors Current
Ageia, Inc. Director Current
Wind River Systems, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Tensilica Inc. Board Member Current
Purevideo Zone Director Current
NVIDIA Corporation Board of Directors Current
SteelEye Technology, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Synopsys, Inc. Chief Executive Officer Former
Daisy Systems Chief Executive Officer Former
Navis LLC Chief Executive Officer Former
Daisy Systems President Former
Navis LLC President Former
Tensilica Inc. Chairman and Co-Founder Former
MIT Sloan School of Management M.S. In Management Former
Navis LLC Board of Directors Former
Massachusetts Institute of Technology M.S. degree in Management Former
MIT Sloan School of Management M.S. In Management Former
Georgetown University BS Degree In Mathematics Former

James Wei has been a venture capitalist for the past twelve years. He offers deep expertise in the communications and semiconductor industries and a unique insight and expertise in helping startup companies do business worldwide. James currently serves on the Board of Directors for Movaz Networks, Cogent Communications, 3PAR, Commverge Solutions, Tensilica, Force10 Networks, ONStor, XHP, and Stretch. He also works actively with Mirapoint, Catena Networks, and Sipix Imaging. He is also a founder and an investment committee member of Meritech Capital, a late stage information technology fund with $1.8 billion under management. Before founding Worldview, James was a Fund Manager at JAFCO, where he sponsored investments and developed Asian business development strategies for U.S. technology companies. He was a board member or observer for CommQuest Technologies, MMC Networks, NeoMagic, NVIDIA, and OSI. He also co-sponsored investments in ACC, Advanced Fibre Communications, Corvis, Tellium, Cosine, Oplink, Cyras, Tivoli Systems, Silicon Spice, Ciena, and Synernetics. Prior to JAFCO, James held engineering positions at Sony and IBM. James holds a BS degree in Systems Design Engineering from the University of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada.

Organization Position Status
Worldview Technology Partners Co-Founder Current
Mirapoint Inc. Current
Onstor Inc Board of Directors Current
3PAR, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Miradia Board of Directors Current
Luxim Corporation Director Current
Tensilica Inc. Board Member Current
Worldview Technology Partners General Partner Former
Worldview Technology Partners Owner Former
JAFCO Co., Ltd. Fund Manager Former
International Business Machines Corporation Marketing Former
Sony Corporation Marketing Former
NVIDIA Corporation Board Member Former
NeoMagic Corporation Board Member Former
MMC Networks Board Member Former
Silicon Spice, Inc. Investor Former
NeoMagic Corporation Investor Former
NVIDIA Corporation Investor Former
Ciena Corporation Investor Former
M.M.C., Inc. Investor Former
University of Waterloo B.S. Degree In Systems Design Engineering Former

Organization Position Status
Wind River Systems, Inc. Co-Founder Current
Msri Founder, Wind River Current
Wind River, Inc. Founder Current
Solazyme, Inc Chairman Current
Crossbow Technology Board of Directors Current
Tensilica Inc. Board Member Current
Automotive Devices Solution Board of Directors Current
Msri Board of Directors Current
Solazyme, Inc Board of Directors Current
Mizi Research, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Wind River Systems, Inc. Board of Directors Current
DB4OBJECTS, Inc. Director Current
Wind River, Inc. Chief Executive Officer Former
Wind River Systems, Inc. CEO Former
Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory Scientist Former
Wind River, Inc. Advisory Board Former
University of Illinois MS In Computer Science Former
University of Illinois BA In Music Former
University of California, Berkeley Former
Wharton Graduate School of the University of Pennsylvania Former