Eli Fruchter

Eli Fruchter is the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Companys subsidiary EZchip, a position that he has held since EZchip’s inception, and has been a Director of the Company since its inception. He served as General Manager of the Company from its inception until May 1999, and as President, Chief Executive Officer and General Manager of the Company from May 1999 through September 1999. From March 1995 until September 1999 he was the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Company. Mr. Fruchter was among the founders of Adacom Technologies Ltd., a manufacturer of data communications products for the IBM 3270 environment. From April 1985 until December 1987 he served as a research and development manager at Adacom, and from January 1988 until November 1989 he was the Manager of Adacoms Marketing Department. Before helping to found Adacom in 1985, Mr. Fruchter was Manager Research and Development Group of Fibronics Ltd., a manufacturer of data communications and fiberoptics systems. Mr. Fruchter holds a B. Sc. degree in Electrical Engineering from the Technion Israel Institute of Technology