CAMD California Micro Devices Corp. (MM)

MILPITAS, Calif., April 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- California Micro Devices (NASDAQ:CAMD) today announced that it has established a design center in Phoenix, Arizona. The mission of the Phoenix Design Center is to develop advanced protection products for markets not currently served by CMD, including telecom infrastructure. The new design center will be led by Dr. Sudhama Shastri, who recently joined CMD. Before joining CMD, Dr. Shastri held engineering management positions at ON Semiconductor as well as engineering management and technical positions at Motorola. Dr. Shastri holds a B.Tech. degree from the Indian Institute of Technology and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from the University of Texas. In a related move, CMD also announced the promotion of Dr. Albert Gu to head its protection development activities in Milpitas aimed at high volume markets including mobile handsets and digital televisions. Prior to joining CMD in 2007, Dr. Gu held technical management positions at TriQuint and Global Communication Technology as well as technical positions at Motorola and Sandia Labs. Dr. Gu holds a B.S. degree from National Tsing-Hua University, an M.S. degree from the University of New Mexico and a Ph.D. from Kansas State University. Both Dr. Gu and Dr. Shastri report to Juergen Lutz, CMD engineering vice president. Lutz noted that the new Phoenix Design Center represents a major new thrust for the company's protection R&D capabilities and enables it to tap into a large pool of talented and experienced engineers. "I'm delighted that Dr. Shastri has agreed to lead our Phoenix Design Center and to announce the well deserved promotion of Dr. Gu. Both gentlemen bring a wealth of experience and demonstrated leadership capability to their new roles." About California Micro Devices Corporation California Micro Devices Corporation is a leading supplier of application specific analog and mixed signal semiconductor products for the mobile handset, digital consumer electronics and personal computer markets. Key products include protection devices for mobile handsets, digital consumer electronics products such as digital TVs, and personal computers as well as analog and mixed signal ICs for mobile handset displays. Detailed corporate and product information may be accessed at http://www.cmd.com/. DATASOURCE: California Micro Devices CONTACT: Kevin Berry, Chief Financial Officer of California Micro Devices, +1-408-934-3144, Web site: http://www.cmd.com/

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