Charles Cotton interim CEO of XMOS

LONDON: XMOS Semiconductor Limited, the vendor of event-driven multi-core processor chips, headquartered in Bristol, England, has announced that Charles Cotton has been appointed a member of the board and also as interim chief executive officer. Charles Cotton takes over from James Foster, who will serve as an advisor to the company.

The company, however, did not explain why Charles Cotton has been appointed on an interim basis or why James Foster, a co-founder of XMOS Semiconductor, is standing down.

In a statement, William Elmore, chairman of the board of XMOS Semiconductor and co-founder of Foundation Capital, claimed that the company is “transforming” the electronics industry with a highly innovative type of programmable silicon which allows digital systems to be defined entirely in standard, high-level software and that Charles Cotton is the “ideal leader to take XMOS Semiconductor forward.”

The professional experience of Charles Cotton includes having served as executive chairman of GlobespanVirata, and also as CEO of Virata Corporation before it merged with Globespan. Charles Cotton is at present a director of Four Semiconductor, based in California, the United States.

He is also a director of Cambridge Enterprise, the University of Cambridge’s organisation that is responsible for spin-outs, consulting activities, and licensing.