Actel announced the appointment of Rich Brossart to vice president of product marketing. In his position, Brossart will be responsible for the continued development and implementation of product marketing plans for Actel's standard silicon products, application solutions, intellectual property (IP) and development tools. Brossart brings more than 20 years experience in the semiconductor industry to Actel. Prior to joining Actel, he held various sales and marketing positions at LSI Logic, where most recently he was the vice president, technology marketing responsible for RapidChip, cell-based ASICs, design tools, IP and strategic partnerships. He began his career in the marketing organization of AMD.