Tundra Semiconductor appoints Vice President Strategy and Marketing

OTTAWA, Aug. 17 /CNW Telbec/ - Tundra Semiconductor Corporation          
(TSX: TUN), the leader in System Interconnect, today announced that Mr. Ray
Burgess has joined the Company in the position of Vice President of Strategy
and Marketing. The role will focus on driving the growth strategy for the
company, positioning Tundra for continued success in its target markets.
Mr. Burgess comes to the position with more than 24 years of leadership
experience in the semiconductor industry, including strategy formulation,
marketing and general management. Most recently, he was the Senior Vice
President of Strategy, Marketing and Communications at Freescale
Semiconductor, Inc. helping that company through its successful Initial Public
Offering (IPO) in 2004. Since the beginning of 2005, Mr. Burgess has worked
closely with the Tundra leadership team in a consulting capacity.
"I welcome Ray to our management team and look forward to his
contributions to our on-going growth strategy," said Jim Roche, President and
CEO of Tundra. "Ray's impressive record of accomplishments and experience in
business development as well as marketing will strengthen the Company."
"I am excited to join the Tundra team and to take on this role to help
accelerate the Company's growth path," said Ray Burgess, Vice President,
Strategy and Marketing. "The System Interconnect market offers tremendous
opportunities for growth and value creation, and I feel that Tundra is well
positioned to capitalize on several key market trends, such as the transition
from bus to switch-based fabric architectures as well as the accelerating
outsourcing trend."

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