Message-ID: <13619705.1075861166522.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2001 04:47:35 -0800 (PST) From: morning26@alerts.equityalert.com To: alewis@ect.enron.com Subject: Your News Alert for BRCM Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ANSI_X3.4-1968 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-From: "Equity Alert Center" @ENRON X-To: Andrew Lewis X-cc: X-bcc: X-Folder: \ALEWIS (Non-Privileged)\Lewis, Andrew H.\Deleted Items X-Origin: Lewis-A X-FileName: ALEWIS (Non-Privileged).pst =09[IMAGE]=09 =09[IMAGE]=09[IMAGE]=09 [IMAGE] [IMAGE] [IMAGE] [IMAGE] Upgrades [IMAGE] DownGrades= [IMAGE] Coverage Initiated [IMAGE] Stock Splits [IMAGE] Buybacks [IMAG= E] Pos Pre-Announce [IMAGE] Neg Pre-Announce [IMAGE] [IMAGE] [IMAG= E] [IMAGE] [IMAGE] Unsubscribe [IMAGE] Update my Membership / Profile [= IMAGE] Forgot Username / Password [IMAGE] Add / Edit Alerts [IMAGE] View = My Alerts [IMAGE] [IMAGE] [IMAGE] [IMAGE] [IMAGE] [IMAGE] [IMAGE] [= IMAGE] [IMAGE] =09 As requested, your News Alert for BRCM follows from Eq= uityAlert.com. Entrepreneur and Investor G. Venkatesh Joins Ikanos Comm= unications Board of Directors=1DFormer Broadcom Executive Brings Extensive = Experience in Semiconductor and Networking Industries FREMONT, Calif., No= v 26, 2001 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Ikanos Communications, Inc., a developer of s= mart silicon for profitable broadband, today announced that G. `Ven' Venkat= esh has joined the company's board of directors. Venkatesh brings extensive= entrepreneurial and sales experience in the semiconductor and communicatio= ns industries to Ikanos. The company recently introduced a family of progra= mmable chipsets that enable equipment vendors to develop products that deli= ver speeds scalable from 64 Kbps to 100 Mbps at a distance of up to 5,000 f= eet over existing copper infrastructure. The chipsets support multiple high= -speed technologies and international standards, including Long Range Fast = Ethernet(TM) (LRFE), Ethernet in the First Mile (EFM), and Very High Bit Ra= te Digital Subscriber Line (VDSL-DMT). Venkatesh is an entrepreneur, exec= utive, and investor who serves on the boards of several technology companie= s. Most recently, he was vice president of switching products at Broadcom C= orp. Venkatesh previously was president and CEO of Maverick Networks, which= he founded in 1998 and which Broadcom acquired in 1999. A resident entrepr= eneur at Mayfield Fund in 1995, Venkatesh was recruited by Mayfield to be p= resident and CEO of Silicon Light Machines, acquired by Cypress Semiconduct= ors in 2000. Earlier, he spent ten years at Adaptec, Inc., as general manag= er and a senior executive officer. "I joined Ikanos' board because the co= mpany has great technology, excellent products, and really smart people, se= veral of whom I've worked with before, including Ikanos CEO Rajesh Vashist,= " said Venkatesh. "Now Ikanos is at a significant junction in its growth, a= nd I can support the company by helping it to grow to the next phase of cus= tomer acquisition." "Because its chipsets are standards based, Ikanos has= the potential to dominate the market for broadband-over-copper solutions,"= said Venkatesh. "The company will thus play an important role in bringing = high-speed access to small and medium-sized businesses and homes. I expect = that the markets Ikanos targets -- Multi-Tenant/Multi-Dwelling Units, Metro= Fiber Extension, and Long Range Ethernet -- will be as big or bigger than = the enterprise networking market." "Ikanos is thrilled to have Ven join t= he board. He has the kind of experience that Ikanos can benefit from at thi= s point in its development," said Rajesh Vashist, president and CEO of Ikan= os. "Ven is an industry veteran who's launched and scaled up several techno= logy startups. With his vast experience in management and technology, Ven w= ill strengthen Ikanos' future in the telecom industry." About Ikanos Comm= unications Founded in 1999 and based in Silicon Valley, Ikanos Communicati= ons, Inc., has created a new class of silicon that serves the entire range = of worldwide broadband markets and applications with a single programmable = chipset. Ikanos' industry-leading solution includes the SmartLeap(TM) 8100 = for broadband access concentrators and the CleverConnect(TM) 150 for custom= er premise equipment. These chipsets form an end-to-end broadband solution = that enables access equipment vendors to serve many different customers whi= le slashing time to market and lowering development, manufacturing, and inv= entory costs. Ikanos also offers the Ikanos Programmable Operating System(T= M) (iPOS) that consists of firmware and APIs. iPOS enables equipment vendor= s to dynamically configure LRFE, EFM, VDSL-DMT 998, VDSL-DMT 997, and VDSL-= DMT Flex on Ikanos chipsets. Ikanos Communications provides comprehensive= offerings that encompass silicon, embedded software, reference designs, hi= gh-level APIs, and extensive documentation. Ikanos is a member of, and cont= ributes to, ANSI, the IEEE 802.3 EFM Study Group, DSL Forum, and ITU-T. For= additional information about Ikanos Communications, please visit the compa= ny's Web site at www.ikanos.com or contact Connie Henry at 1.510.438.6276 o= r chenry@ikanos.com. 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