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Guilt admitted in water-pollution case

By Onell R. Soto
UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER
February 19, 2005 - A Mira Mesa circuit board company and one of its owners pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court to knowingly allowing polluted wastewater to flow into the San Diego sewage system.

The company, Moore Printed Circuits, agreed to pay a $75,000 fine, and the owner, Ghanshyambhai Patel, of Chicago, faces less than a year in prison at a sentencing set for May 25.

The company's president, Paramanand "Perry" Sheth, is scheduled to be sentenced Friday on pollution charges as the result of an earlier plea agreement in San Diego federal court.

The company pleaded guilty to illegally discharging contaminated water in 2003. Patel pleaded guilty to conspiring to run the factory knowing that it would pollute.

The charges stem from broken pollution-control equipment at the factory that the owners decided was too expensive to fix.

Authorities said in court documents that workers at the plant tampered with monitoring equipment and manipulated the flow of wastewater when inspectors visited.

A third man, Gandaji Chavda, of Chicago, who owns one-fourth of the company, reached a plea agreement with prosecutors. However, the judge rejected the agreement and scheduled a trial for May 31.

The company had a permit allowing its factory on Nancy Ridge Drive to discharge small amounts of copper into the city's sewage system, but exceeded that amount at least nine times between October 2001 and September 2003, prosecutors said in an indictment last September.

They also said the company illegally discharged extremely acidic water into the sewers.

The Point Loma wastewater treatment plant is unable to remove copper, which can affect marine life in the Pacific Ocean. That's why industrial users are required to remove pollutants at the factory, city officials said last year.

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Onell Soto: (619) 293-1280; onell.soto@uniontrib.com

Sirenza Microdevices Announces Release of High Performance Digital TV and Set-Top Box Amplifier IC

BROOMFIELD, Colo., April 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Sirenza Microdevices (Nasdaq: SMDI), a leading designer and supplier of high-performance radio frequency (RF) components for communications equipment manufacturers, today announced the release of the S510067, an RF silicon CMOS 3.3V RF integrated circuit (RFIC) for intermediate frequency (IF) digital TV applications. Developed to help improve the performance and reduce the number of components in HDTVs and digital set-top boxes, the new S510067 offers a solution which combines multiple functions into one RFIC.

This IC is designed for use in VSB/NTSC receivers, PC TV tuners, VSB/QAM/NTSC tuner network interface modules (NIM), and integrated HDTVs and set-top boxes. The S510067 includes two highly linear input automated gain control (AGC) amplifiers and IF video amplifiers in one package while reducing costly components, circuit complexity and printed circuit board space. In addition, the S510067 operates from 20 to 100 MHz, has a gain range of 14 to 68dB and has more than 54dB of total gain control range.

John Pelose, vice president and general manager of Sirenza's Amplifier Division commented, "The production release of this IF AGC amplifier demonstrates Sirenza's dedication to diversifying both product breadth and end markets." Pelose added, "This high-performance amplifier product continues our focus on providing our customers with integrated component solutions that enable them to reduce their product cost and complexity."

The S510067 is offered in either industry standard QFN-28 or 20 pin TSSOP packages and is "green" or RoHS compliant. RFIC test evaluation boards with complete typical applications circuits are available upon request. For more detailed information please visit http://www.sirenza.com.

Sirenza Microdevices, Inc.
Headquartered in Broomfield, Colo., with design centers throughout the U.S., Sirenza Microdevices is a leading designer and an ISO 9001:2000 Quality Management System and ISO 14001:2004 Environmental Management System certified (registered by QMI) supplier of high performance radio frequency (RF) components for the commercial communications and aerospace and defense (A&D) equipment markets. Sirenza's integrated circuit (IC) and multi-chip module (MCM) product lines include amplifiers, power amplifiers, transceivers, tuners, discrete devices, RF signal processing components, signal source components, government and military specified components, and antennae and receivers for satellite radio. Detailed product information may be found on Sirenza's website at http://www.sirenza.com.

NOTE: Sirenza Microdevices(R) and the Sirenza logo are trademarks of Sirenza Microdevices, Inc. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners.

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LynuxWorks Appoints 25-Year Embedded Systems Industry Expert to Lead Business Development in Military and Aerospace Market

Steve Blackman Joins to Expand LynuxWorks' Successful Implementation of Its Military and Aerospace Business Strategy

SAN JOSE, CA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 07/05/2005 -- LynuxWorks™ Inc. today appointed Steve Blackman to director of business development for the company's military and aerospace market segment.

Mr. Blackman joins LynuxWorks with more than 25 years of embedded systems experience within the military and aerospace markets. In his new role, he will be responsible for business development, strategic partnerships, product strategy and developing the company's overall future vision in the aerospace and defense markets. In addition, Mr. Blackman will focus on LynuxWorks' involvement and support for both the military's Future Combat Systems program as well as the information assurance solutions program.

Prior to joining LynuxWorks, Mr. Blackman was the senior director of business development for Wind River's aerospace and defense business unit. While in this role for Wind River, Mr. Blackman directed the company's entry into the integrated modular avionics market with a COTS-based development platform that supported the safety critical standards of ARINC-653 and DO-178B. Mr. Blackman was also responsible for the development and market introduction of the company's secure RTOS technology.

Prior to his role at Wind River, Mr. Blackman held various sales and marketing positions at Embedded Support Tools, Applied Microsystems, Mentor Graphics, Honeywell, and Data General.

Mr. Blackman holds a Bachelor of Science degree in applied and engineering physics from Cornell University and a Master's in management from Boston University.

"I speak on behalf of myself and everyone at LynuxWorks in saying that we are honored and eager to have Steve join our distinguished and highly regarded team," said Dr. Inder Singh, CEO and chairman of LynuxWorks. "We are certain that he will continue the strong momentum we have underway in the military and aerospace market, and open an array of new doors for us."

About LynuxWorks

LynuxWorks is a world leader in the embedded software market, providing operating systems, software development products and consulting services for the world's most successful communications, aerospace/defense, and consumer products companies. Established in 1988, the company is a technology leader in the real-time operating systems (RTOS) industry, and a founding member of the Embedded Linux Consortium (ELC). LynuxWorks' headquarters are located in San José, California. For more information, please visit www.lynuxworks.com.

LynuxWorks is a trademark and LynxOS and BlueCat are registered trademarks of LynuxWorks, Inc. Other brand or product names are registered trademarks or trademarks of the respective holders. Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds.

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For more information, contact:
Kirsten Long
LynuxWorks Inc.
408-979-4404
Email Contact

Roger Villareal
Weber Shandwick
415-248-3425
Email Contact

SOURCE: LynuxWorks

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