Sunnyvale, Ca., USA - January 25, 2010, Sunnyvale, Ca., USA -MIPS Technologies, Inc., a provider of industry-standard processor architectures, announced that it has appointed Sandeep Vij as president, chief executive officer and director.
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Mr. Vij brings to MIPS Technologies more than 20 years of senior-level management and marketing experience in the semiconductor industry. Prior to joining MIPS Technologies, he was vice president and general manager of the Broadband and Consumer Division of Cavium Networks, a MIPS architecture licensee and leading provider of highly-integrated semiconductor products that enable intelligent processing in networking, communications, and connected home applications.
Prior to his role at Cavium Networks, Mr. Vij was on the executive staff of Xilinx Inc. As vice president and general manager of its General Products Division, Mr. Vij had profit and loss responsibility for Xilinx's high-volume products, managing all aspects of product planning, integrated circuit (IC) design, product engineering, technology implementation, manufacturing strategy and marketing.
Mr. Vij also pioneered and managed Xilinx's successful vertical markets businesses by developing high-level intellectual property (IP) solutions for the wired and wireless communications, storage, server, consumer, audio/video/broadcast, industrial, scientific and medical markets. He also held the position of vice president of worldwide marketing, services and support, where he was responsible for Xilinx's worldwide marketing, business operations and support activities across all divisions, products, end markets, channels and geographies. Prior to Xilinx, Mr. Vij spent five years in various senior roles at Altera Corporation.
Mr. Vij is a graduate of General Electric's Edison Engineering Program and Advanced Courses in Engineering. He sits on the Board of Directors of Coherent Inc., the world's leading manufacturer of lasers and photonics for commercial and scientific research applications. Mr. Vij holds an MSEE from Stanford University and a BSEE from San Jose State University. ■