FREMONT, Calif., Sept. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- GTronix, Inc., a privately-held semiconductor company developing novel analog technology for consumer electronics, today announced the appointment of Dr. Sanjay Bhandari as vice president of engineering. Bhandari, 41, will drive product development for GTronix's programmable and adaptive analog technology for applications including wired/wireless headsets, cell phones, PDAs, laptop computers and audio/video personal electronic devices. Dr. Bhandari reports directly to the company's CEO, Hubert R. Engelbrechten.

Engelbrechten comments, "Analog technology is key to providing the low power and cost efficiencies required for next generation portable consumer electronics products. With his analog engineering expertise, customer support and management background, Sanjay is the perfect complement to our engineering organization, which has grown to more than 25 designers, a majority of whom have Ph.D.s. Sanjay will be instrumental in leading this premier team of analog experts to create and deliver our emerging semiconductor solutions for the next generation of consumer electronics."

"I'm very impressed with the world-class design talent that GTronix has attracted and the innovative analog technology the company is developing," says Bhandari. "GTronix is positioned in a critical path of consumer electronics design and I look forward to supporting the company during this exciting time of product and corporate growth."

Bhandari has nearly two decades expertise in virtually all areas of electronic product design, development, and customer support at aggressive young startup firms, as well as billion-dollar global leaders. Prior to joining GTronix, Dr. Bhandari served as senior director of analog/mixed-signal design engineering at Ikanos Communications, where he was responsible for developing several generations of its world-leading VDSL PHY analog chipsets, as well as the company's Residential Gateway analog solutions. Prior to Ikanos, Dr. Bhandari served as design engineering manager at Philips Semiconductors, where he developed advanced ICs for hard disk drives. Dr. Bhandari also has served at ST Microelectronics, Duet Technologies and the Center for Applied Research in Electronics in New Delhi, India.

Dr. Bhandari received his BSEE from the College of Engg, Pune, his MSEE from Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi and his Ph.D. from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay. Dr. Bhandari has published numerous technical papers and holds nine patents in analog circuits and system design.

Bhandari succeeds Dr. Hans Klein as vice president of engineering. Klein has been appointed senior vice president of Advanced Product Development.

About GTronix

Founded in 2003, GTronix is a fabless semiconductor company developing novel analog technology to extract real-world sensory information for portable consumer electronic products. Its mission is to become a market and technology leader in bringing local intelligence to sensory interfaces through the application of its programmable and adaptive analog VLSI signal processing capability.

The company's APT(TM) Technology -- Smart Analog for Sensory Processing -- leverages proprietary analog algorithms, a programmable floating gate transistor structure and new circuit design techniques for implementing signal processing functions. GTronix will apply its APT Technology, covered by 15 patents, to create silicon and module products for customers requiring ultra-low power, size and cost for portable consumer electronics.

Headquartered in Fremont, Calif., with offices in Atlanta, GA, the venture-backed startup firm secured an initial seed funding round from the Georgia Tech incubator and subsequent rounds from Menlo Ventures and JAFCO Ventures. Its products will be manufactured by Vanguard International Semiconductor Company using standard CMOS technology. For more information visit http://www.gtronix.com/

The GTronix name and logo, APT Technology, and Smart Analog for Sensory Processing are trademarks of GTronix Inc. All other trademarks and servicemarks are the property of their respective owners.

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CONTACT: Shawn Scarlett of GTronix, Inc., +1-510-770-8300, ext. 231,
sscarlett@gtronix.com

Web site: http://www.gtronix.com/