August 9, 2003 – The VSI Alliance has named three new representatives to its board of directors. William Billowitch of Agere Systems, Peter Hirt of STMicroelectronics, and Andrew Moore of TSMC will join other members from Alcatel, Cadence Design, Infineon, Mentor Graphics, Motorola, Sonics and IBM. The VSI Alliance aims to develop and promote standards and specifications for system-on-chip development.