Fred Berkowitz

Who is Fred Berkowitz?

Fred Berkowitz is Lightspeed Logic's Vice President of Engineering. His 25 years of experience in developing systems,

software, and chips includes senior roles at FyreStorm where as Vice

President of Engineering he managed the development of a highly

integrated power management SoC employing a revolutionary method for

voltage regulation. Prior to FyreStorm, Mr. Berkowitz was Vice

President of Engineering at AMCC, where he managed the development of

network processors, traffic managers, and switch fabrics. At AMCC, he

successfully released more than ten chips/chipsets to production,

including software and development systems. Mr. Berkowitz was also

director of I/O systems engineering at Silicon Graphics, managing the

development of high-end networking and mass storage subsystems, which

included three high-speed ASICs for Super HIPPI Host Adapters. He has

also held senior level positions at Storage Dimensions and Fujitsu/HAL

Computer Systems. Mr. Berkowitz holds a Masters Degree in Computer

Engineering from the University of Michigan, along with a Bachelors

Degree in Electrical Engineering from Union College in Schenectady, NY.