Andrew Viterbi Board’s Director at Link_A_Media Devices

Link_A_Media Devices (LAMD), in the development of semiconductor SoC solutions for the data storage market, announces the addition of Dr. Andrew Viterbi to its Board of Directors.

 Dr. Viterbi is a respected leader in the business and engineering communities. He is the inventor of the Viterbi algorithm, which is deployed in all SoCs used in hard disk drives today, and contributed to the development of the Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) standard for phone networks. His career has spanned various positions including the co-founder of Qualcomm Inc. and Linkabit Corp., President of the Viterbi Group, and a Professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of California Los Angeles and the University of California San Diego.

"I have followed Link_A_Media’s progress for some time and find its culture of innovation compelling. The company has already emerged as the technology leader in the data storage application with its introduction of Low Density Parity Check (LDPC) SoC products in the mobile hard disk market," said Dr. Viterbi. "With its strong financial backing, customer traction, technology leadership and executive team, the company is well positioned to deliver compelling SoC solutions to the broad data storage market."

"We are very pleased to have Dr. Viterbi join our Board of Directors," said Dr. Hemant Thapar, Chairman and CEO of LAMD. "Dr. Viterbi’s experience as an eminent technologist and successful businessman is indeed rare. During this time of exciting growth for our company, we look forward to receiving the benefit of his experience and counsel."

Dr. Viterbi earned his Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering and Master of Science in Electrical Engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and his Ph.D. from University of Southern California in Digital Communications. Dr. Viterbi is the recipient of many prestigious awards around the world, including the National Medal of Science, the Royal Society of Edinburgh Wolfson James Clerk Maxwell Award, the IEEE Alexander Graham Bell Medal, the IEEE Medal of Honor, and the Benjamin Franklin Medal in Electrical Engineering. The University of Southern California School of Engineering was renamed the Viterbi School of Engineering in his honor. Dr. Viterbi is a member of the USC Board of Trustees and also serves on the Board of Trustees of the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute.