Virage Logic (NASDAQ:VIRL) established a Dutch corporation (B.V.) in conjunction with its new research and R&D center in Eindhoven, The Netherlands. The new site has been established as a result of Virage Logic's recent acquisition of NXP's horizontal advanced CMOS IP rights and certain engineering talent and equipment. Virage Logic's Netherlands' R&D center will develop new products based on the acquired advanced CMOS I/Os, analog mixed signal and SoC infrastructure IP, and will provide on-going support to NXP.

Joshua Rom

Virage named Joshua Rom as the managing director of Virage Logic's Netherlands B.V. entity and GM of its newly formed Analog Business Unit. In these roles, Rom will be responsible for leading all operational aspects of the company's Netherlands' R&D center, establishing its new Analog business unit and furthering the company's longstanding successful partnership with NXP Semiconductors.  Rom was formerly the owner of Lighthouse Consulting and VP of Central Engineering at Ikanos.

Contact:
Alex Shubat, president, CEO and co-founder,  Virage Logic, www.viragelogic.com