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Levy Gerzberg
Levy Gerzberg (born 1945) is an Israeli-American businessman and inventor, known for co-founding Zoran Corporation. Zoran pioneered directly and via acquisitions the design and marketing of system on a chip (SoC) technology and devices which operate many consumer electronic products. These include Digital Camera, Digital Cameras, DVD Player, DVD Players, DVRs, High-definition television, HDTV sets, Set-top box, set-top boxes, Home Theaters, Printer (computing), Printers, Digital Tuners, and more. Early life Born in Israel, he attended the Technion, Israel's Institute of Technology, earning a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering and a master’s degree in medical electronics. He moved to the United States in 1972 and earned a Ph.D in electrical engineering from Stanford University. He was a doctoral student of integrated circuitry pioneer James D. Meindl. Career He began his career as an associate director of Stanford’s Electronics Laboratory. In 1981, he co-founded Zora ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zoran Corporation
Zoran Corporation was a multinational digital technology company, founded in 1981 and headquartered in Silicon Valley, that was predominantly focused on designing and selling SoC (System on a Chip) integrated circuits for consumer electronics applications. The name ''Zoran'' is derived from the Hebrew word for silicon. Zoran was incorporated in the state of Delaware and had offices in Canada, China, England, Germany, India, Israel, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, and the US. Zoran had strong ties with Israel, with a strong R&D presence and being the beneficiary of incentives from organizations such as Israel's Ministry of Industry and Trade. After an early focus on filter and signal processors for military, industrial and medical applications, Zoran started focusing on data compression products for emerging multimedia applications and became better known in the late 1990s as a supplier of Motion JPEG codec chips used on PC add-in cards for video capture and video editing application ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |