Charles Cotton

CHARLES COTTON has been Chief Executive Officer of Virata Corporation
since September 1997. Mr. Cotton joined the company in January 1995,
first as a Consultant, and then in August 1995 as General Manager,
Europe, and was subsequently promoted to Chief Operating Officer in July
1996. From January 1991 to December 1995, Mr. Cotton was an Independent
Consultant. In 1990, he served as Chief Executive Officer of Shandwick
Europe, a public relations consulting firm. From 1988 to 1989, Mr.
Cotton served as President of Thermal Scientific and as a Director of
its parent company, Thermal Scientific Plc. From 1983 to 1986, he served
in a variety of international marketing and operations functions for
Sinclair Research. Mr. Cotton holds an Honors degree in Physics from
Oxford University.