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Analog Devices Names Robert Yung Vice President

By TechTaffy Desk

[Techtaffy Newsdesk]

Robert Yung has joined Analog Devices in the newly created role of vice president, strategy and corporate development, reporting to Jerald G. Fishman, president and chief executive officer. This new role was created to widen the reach of ADI’s existing technology, explore new areas of signal processing technology, and uncover new markets and applications, says the company.

Most recently, Mr. Yung served as chief technology officer (CTO) of Tessera Technologies and of PMC Sierra. Prior, he was a lead architect in Sun Microsystems’ UltraSPARC microprocessor program and served as the company’s CTO in Asia. Mr. Yung also worked for Intel serving as its CTO in China as well as CTO of the Intel Communication Group and Intel Enterprise Processor Group. He was a founder and partner of GSR Ventures, which specializes in providing equity funding of early stage technology in semiconductors, wireless, and Internet services. Mr. Yung received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of California at Berkeley.

 

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