News Release from: ARC International
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 2 March 2004

Schlachte takes charge

Carl Schlachte has been named as the new Chief Executive of ARC International.

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Carl Schlachte has been named as the new Chief Executive of ARC International. He will assume his role with immediate effect and be based at the company's San Jose, California headquarters. As a result of the appointment, Dr Peter van Cuylenburg, Interim Chief Executive since December 2003, will resume his position as Non-Executive Chairman.

Dr van Cuylenburg commented: "We are delighted that Carl has accepted the board's offer to join ARC International as Chief Executive.

He has an extensive background in the semiconductor IP and microprocessor businesses, through his experience at ARM and Motorola, as well as having been CEO of two fabless semiconductor companies.

Carl's strong track record and industry knowledge will be instrumental in leading ARC in the implementation of its new strategic direction".

Carl Schlachte, CEO of ARC commented: "I share ARC's vision of the increasing importance of application-specific SoC design solutions and believe that the company's industry-leading new processor products position it strongly for success in this growing market".

Carl Schlachte, 40, brings with him 20 years experience in the semiconductor industry.

He joins ARC from Raza Microelectronics following it's acquisition of Sandcraft, a fabless semiconductor provider of high performance microprocessors where he held the position of President and CEO.

Prior to Sandcraft, Schlachte served as Chairman and CEO of BOPS, a semiconductor company focused on the development of high-performance digital signal processing technologies.

Previously, Schlachte worked for ARM Holdings, where he held the positions of Vice President of North America and Embedded Business Development Manager.

He also spent 11 years working for Motorola in the Semiconductor Products Sector where he held positions of increasing responsibility in the sales function.

He holds a BS degree in computer science from Clemson University.

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