Global Semiconductor Alliance (GSA) announces its 2008 Board of
Directors. Comprised of industry leaders that define GSA´s strategic
direction, the Board of Directors includes 20 executives selected by
the Alliance´s semiconductor members.
This year, 13 positions were open for election, including five
fabless company positions, three foundry positions, one integrated
device manufacturer (IDM) position, two back-end supplier positions
and two design partner positions.
New fabless directors include Dr. Naveed Sherwani, president and
chief executive officer, Open-Silicon; Vincent Tong, vice president of
worldwide quality and reliability engineering, Xilinx, Inc. and John
Urwin, chief operating officer, Wolfson Microelectronics. Dr. Dwight
Decker, GSA chairman, non-executive chairman of the board, Conexant
Systems, Inc. and Colin Harris, vice president and chief operating
officer, PMC-Sierra, Inc., were re-elected. Each will serve a
three-year term.
For foundry representation, Rick Cassidy, president of TSMC North
America, Dr. Fu-Tai Liou, president of the America business group at
UMC and Michael Rekuc, president of the Americas region at Chartered
Semiconductor, were re-elected for another one-year term.
Steven Longoria, vice president of Semiconductor Solutions, IBM,
was elected to the IDM director position. Oleg Khaykin, executive vice
president and chief operating officer, Amkor Technology and Dr. Tien
Wu, chief operating officer at ASE Group, return to represent back-end
suppliers. Representing design partners, Dr. Walden Rhines, chairman
of the board and chief executive officer at Mentor Graphics
Corporation, joins the Board, and Dr. Aart de Geus, chairman of the
board and chief executive officer of Synopsys, Inc. was re-elected.
These representatives serve a one-year term.
Additional returning members include:
-- Dr. Sanjay Jha, GSA vice chairman, chief operating officer of
Qualcomm and president of Qualcomm CDMA Technologies
-- Jodi Shelton, GSA co-founder and executive director
-- Dr. Robert Pepper, GSA director emeritus and chairman of the
board, KeyEye Communications
-- Danny Biran, senior vice president, product and corporate
marketing, Altera Corporation
-- Jack Harding, chairman, president and chief executive officer,
eSilicon Corporation
-- Dr. Nicky Lu, president and chief executive officer, Etron
Technology, Inc.
-- Chris Malachowsky, co-founder, NVIDIA fellow and senior vice
president of engineering and operations, NVIDIA
-- Vahid Manian, senior vice president, global manufacturing
operations, Broadcom Corporation
-- Steve Michael, vice president of operations and R&QA, Exar
Corporation
-- Dr. Albert Wu, vice president of operations, Marvell
Semiconductor, Inc.
"We welcome our 2008 Board of Directors and are pleased to have
such astute thought leaders who share the vision of our organization,"
said Shelton. "Our Board, much like our membership, reflects the
entire supply chain, and we are uniquely positioned to address the
challenges of a global and mature industry."
About GSA:
The Global Semiconductor Alliance (GSA) mission is to accelerate
the growth and increase the return on invested capital of the global
semiconductor industry by fostering a more effective fabless ecosystem
through collaboration, integration and innovation. It addresses the
challenges within the supply chain including IP, EDA/design, wafer
manufacturing, test and packaging to enable industry-wide solutions.
Providing a platform for meaningful global collaboration, the Alliance
identifies and articulates market opportunities, encourages and
supports entrepreneurship, and provides members with comprehensive and
unique market intelligence. Members include companies throughout the
supply chain representing 25 countries across the globe.
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