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    Brian L. Halla, Chairman, is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of National Semiconductor Corporation. He joined the Company as Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer on May 3, 1996. He was formerly Executive Vice President of LSI Logic Corporation, responsible for the development of all LSI Logic product lines. Prior to that, he was with Intel Corporation for 14 years. Halla serves on the boards of Cisco Systems, Inc. and the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA). He has a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from the University of Nebraska.

 

  Steven R. Appleton is the Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and President of Micron Technology, Inc, a position he has held since 1994. Micron is a leading worldwide provider of semiconductor memory solutions for computer and computer-peripheral manufacturing, consumer electronics, CAD/CAM, office automation, telecommunications, networking and data processing, and graphics display. Appleton joined Micron in 1983 and has held a series of increasingly responsible positions, including Production Manager, Director of Manufacturing, and Vice President of Manufacturing. In 1991, Appleton was appointed President and Chief Operating Officer of Micron.

 

    Gary P. Arnold has extensive experience in the international electronics industry in finance, strategic planning and operations. From January 1993 to March 2000 he was President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Analogy, Inc., a leading supplier of product design and simulation software headquartered in Beaverton, Oregon. Prior to that he held Chief Financial Officer positions at Tektronix, Inc., and at National Semiconductor.

 

    Richard J. Danzig is Senior Advisor for the Center for Strategic and International Studies. He previously served as Secretary of the Navy in the Clinton administration from November 1998 to January 2001. Prior to that he was a Traveling Fellow in Asia and Europe for the Center for International Political Economy and as an Adjunct Professor at Maxwell's School of Citizenship and Public Affairs. He also served previously as a member of National Semiconductor's board from 1987 to 1993. Danzig is a graduate of Reed College, and also has degrees from Yale Law School and from Oxford University, where he was a Rhodes Scholar.

 

    John T. Dickson is the former president and Chief Executive Officer of Agere Systems, a global leader in storage, wireless data and networks. He serves on the board of directors of Mettler-Toledo International, Inc. and KLA-Tencor Corp.  He previously served as a board member of the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA).

 

    Robert J. Frankenberg is the former Chairman, President and CEO of Novell, Inc., and prior to that served as Vice President and General Manager of Hewlett-Packard's Personal Information Products Group. He has a degree in computer engineering from San Jose State University and is an SEP graduate of Stanford University's Graduate School of Business.

 

    Dr. Modesto A. Maidique has since 1986 been President of Florida International University in Miami, a public research university that enrolls over 38,000 students. Prior to that, he served on the faculties of Stanford University, Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Previously, he was a co-founder of Analog Devices Semiconductor and Vice President and General Manager of the Analog Devices Linear IC Division.

 

    Edward R. McCracken retired as Chairman of Silicon Graphics Inc., Mountain View, California, in 1998. SGI designs, manufactures and markets visual computer systems used for conceptual design, analysis and simulation. He previously was associated with Hewlett-Packard for 16 years. He is the former co-chairman of The United States Advisory Council on the Information Infrastructure and also the former co-chairman of Joint Venture: Silicon Valley Network. He is chairman of The PRASAD Project, a charitable foundation.