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February 14, 2005
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ATHENA ANNOUNCES ELECTION
OF DR. FRED TAYLOR TO IEEE FELLOW
Gainesville, FL - February
14, 2005 - Athena today announced that their founder,
chairman, and senior scientist, Dr. Fred Taylor, was recently
elected an Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
(IEEE) Fellow for his outstanding contributions to high-performance
digital signal processing. Taylor has been a key contributor
to Athena's product and technology research and development
efforts since he co-founded the company in 1986.
Taylor's election to IEEE Fellow,
effective January 1, 2005, represents one of the Institute's
most prestigious honors and the highest grade of membership
in the organization. The grade of Fellow recognizes unusual
distinction in the profession and is conferred only by invitation
of the Board of Directors upon a person of outstanding and
extraordinary qualifications and experience, who has made
important individual contributions to his field.
Taylor is a pioneer in the
field of residue arithmetic, an innovative method for reducing
the complexity of high precision arithmetic when implemented
in modern integrated circuits. In addition to his responsibilities
at Athena, Taylor is a professor of Electrical and Computer
Engineering and Computer and Information Sciences at the University
of Florida. He is the Director of the High-Speed Digital Architecture
Laboratory at the University of Florida. Taylor consults widely
to federal agencies and commercial firms in the areas of digital
signal processing, VLSI, and educational technology. Dr. Taylor
has been principal or co-principal investigator on over 70
sponsored research projects, holds 4 U.S. patents, and has
created numerous commercial software packages in digital signal
processing. Taylor has authored 10 books on the subject of
electronics and has published over 100 refereed journal articles.
About The Athena Group,
Inc.
The Athena Group, Inc. of Gainesville, Florida licenses signal
processing technology that delivers breakthrough performance,
reduced area, and reduced power consumption in a broad range
of SoC products. Athena technology is ideal for leading edge
applications such as secure e-commerce, wireless communications,
and video compression.
Athena was founded in 1986
and is privately held.
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For information on Athena products,
contact:
Pat Rugg, VP Sales and Marketing
The Athena Group, Inc.
408 W. University Avenue, Suite 306
Gainesville, FL 32601
Phone: (352) 371-2567 ext. 307
Toll-free: (800) 741-7440
Email: prugg@athena-group.com
Internet: www.athena-group.com
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