| Business Summary | | V3
Semiconductor,
Inc.
is
in
the
business
of
originating,
designing,
and
marketing
high
performance
peripheral
and
core
silicon
products
for
the
Embedded
Systems
market.
The
Company's
products
are
designed
to
function
in
tandem
with
specific
microprocessors
manufactured
by
third
parties
such
as
Intel
Corporation,
Motorola
Corporation,
International
Business
Machines,
Hitachi
Semiconductor
of
America,
Quantum
Effect
Design,
Texas
Instruments,
Integrated
Device
Technology,
and
Advanced
Micro
Devices.
The
Company's
principal
product
lines
fall
into
four
categories:
Burst
(DRAM)
Memory
Controllers
(BMC,
PDC,
and
SDC
Families),
Small
System
Controllers
(SSC
Family),
PCI
Bridge
Controllers
(PBC,
EPC,
USC,
HPC,
PSC)
and
PCI
to
PCI
Bridges
(PPB
Family).
The
Company's
products
are
designed
to
be
compatible
with
existing
and
new
standards
and
technologies
such
as
PCI
with
I2O. | More
from
Market Guide: Expanded
Business Description |
| Financial Summary | | VVVI
specializes
in
chips,
chipsets
supported
by
board
level
platforms
and
development
software,
that
provide
direct-connection
interfaces
to
popular
embedded
processors,
to
allow
implementation
of
such
common
functions
as
I/O,
DRAM
and
PCI
Bridge
Controllers.
For
the
fiscal
year
ended
9/30/00,
sales
rose
14%
to
$7.7
million.
Net
loss
totalled
$1.6
million,
vs.
an
income
of
$230
thousand.
Results
reflect
increased
units
shipped,
offset
by
increased
personnel
and
R&D
expenses. | More
from
Market Guide: Significant
Developments |
| Officers | | | FY2000
Compensation | | Pay | Exer | |
| Thomas Gurnee, 49 Chairman,
Co-CEO | -- | -- | Carl Mitchell, 40 Pres,
Co-CEO, Chief Financial Officer, Sec., Treasurer | $123K | $250K | Michael Alford, 40 CTO | 107K | -- | Dollar amounts are as of 30-Sep-2000 and compensation values are for the fiscal year ending on that date; "Pay" is salary, bonuses, etc.; "Exer" is the value of options excercised during the fiscal year. |
| More
from
Market Guide on Officers & Directors: Expanded
List, Bios,
Compensation,
Options
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