Levy Gerzberg

Dr. Levy Gerzberg (born 1945) is an Israeli-American[1] businessman, known for founding the Zoran Corporation.

Early life

Born in Israel, he attended the Technion in Israel, where he earned his bachelor's degree and master's degree. He received a PhD from Stanford University.

Career

Levy Gerzberg has created the successful processor for the DVD players and other gadgets with about 35% market share. Its Coach line of digital camera processors is also popular.[2]

Awards

In 2003, Gerzberg was a National Finalist and Award Recipient of the EY Entrepreneur of the Year Award.[3]

His published works include Monolithic Power Spectrum Centroid Detector from Stanford University in 1979.[4] In 2007 he was elected to a seat on the Board of Industry Leaders of the Consumer Electronics Association.[5]

gollark: Can you be more specific? IIRC Star Trek phasers did a gazillion random things depending on plot convenience.
gollark: I'm hoping there's some comparatively cheap way to at least mitigate the climatic issues, because otherwise it seems unlikely that (without massive societal change of some kind) much will be done.
gollark: In practice I think the fuel is unlikely to run out, given the multitude of ways to increase uranium use efficiency which aren't economical right now.
gollark: Really? The statistics I vaguely remember reading said we had something like 50 years even using it inefficiently.
gollark: And/or rapidly (in space terms) be pulled in.

References
  1. Alix Wall (Sep 13, 2013). "From Israel to Alcatraz, 68-year-old is in the swim". J. Retrieved 2019-10-18.
  2. Bajarin, Tim (2009-11-09). "The Future of PC and Mobile Processors". PC Magazine.
  3. "Board of Directors - Levy Grzberg." CSR PLC. CSR, n.d. Web. 13 Apr. 2015. <http://www.csr.com/investor-centre/board-of-directors Archived 2015-04-13 at Archive.today>
  4. Gerzberg, Levy; Stanford University; Stanford Electronics Laboratories (1979). Monolithic Power Spectrum Centroid Detector. Integrated Circuits Laboratory, Stanford Electronics Laboratories, Stanford University.
  5. "Zoran Corporations CEO Dr. Levy Gerzberg Serving on Consumer Electronics Associations Board of Industry Leaders". Lexdon Business Library. 2007-01-29. Retrieved 2013-09-24.


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