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Barry Cox, a member of Summit Microelectronic s Board is also Executive Chairman of the Board of BrightScale Inc. BrightScale is a privately held fabless semiconductor company. From September, 2000 until December, 2005, Mr. Cox maintained a relationship with Lightspeed Venture Partners where he worked with portfolio companies in all aspects of corporate development. Mr. Cox was Chairman of the Board of Directors of Nova Measuring Instruments Ltd., a publicly traded, semiconductor capital equipment company from May, 2003 until retiring in February, 2006. Additionally, Mr. Cox is a member of the board of directors of privately held, Nanoconduction Inc. and GigaFin Networks. Mr. Cox was the Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors of Quantum Effect Devices, Inc. (QEDI), a fabless semiconductor company, from July, 1998 until August, 2000. QEDI was acquired by PMC-Sierra (PMCS) in August, 2000. Mr. Cox joined Weitek Corporation, a publicly traded, fabless semiconductor company, in April, 1992 as President, Chief Operating Officer and a director, and was its Chief Executive Officer from October, 1993 to December, 1995. In February 1984, Mr. Cox co-founded and was a director of ATEQ Corporation, a semiconductor capital equipment company, and from 1987 until 1992 served as its President and Chief Executive Officer. ATEQ merged with ETEC Systems in 1992 and held its initial public offering in 1995. Mr. Cox was a founder of ICA Technology, a Japanese joint venture and was a member of the board of directors from 1989 to 1992.Mr. Cox's experience prior to ATEQ includes eight years with Intel Corporation, most recently as the President of Intel Europe and six years with Texas Instruments. Mr. Cox holds a BS degree in engineering from the US Air Force Academy and an MBA from Boston University. | 