A View from C-Level

John Daane spent his summers in the Silicon Valley working at his father's electronics store in an age when the orchards outnumbered the high-tech campuses. He spent his formative years in semiconductors at LSI Logic, where he was considered at one point the heir apparent to LSI Chairman Wilf Corrigan. But Daane shocked the industry when he jumped to the CEO's office at programmable logic maker Altera Corp. He sits in a unique position with a keen view of the ASIC world as he drives Altera into new segments and applications.