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Continuous Improvement Manager
BMW MANUFACTURING CO., LLC![]()
Mark Fendley is Continuous Improvement Manager for BMW Manufacturing in South Carolina. Mr. Fendley has over eleven years of executive experience with BMW and over 20 years of experience in Asian and European OEM manufacturing, supplier development, and...
SVP & GM EMEA
AMKOR TECHNOLOGY, INC. - CC![]()
Hussein Fawaz is currently SVP & General Manager of EMEA at Amkor Technology the second largest assembly and test semiconductor subcontractor provider. Amkor customers include all semiconductor companies (IDM and Fabless) as well many electronics OEM...
Chief Technology Officer
American Semiconductor, Inc![]()
John Berg is the Chief Technology Officer of American Semiconductor, which designs and fabricates low power, high performance IC's for military and aerospace applications. Mr. Berg has subject matter and business acumen around the entire semiconductor...
President
Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation Americas (SMIC)![]()
Dr. Sam Wang has been in the semiconductor industry for over 25 years and is familiar with the supply/demand situation of wafers and advanced semiconductor process technology from photolithography, fab equipment, capex, EDA, mask making, wafer foundries,...
CEO
GigFire Microsystems![]()
Raj Ojha is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of GigFire Microsystems, making ASSPs for 40G and 100G and beyond systems. Mr. Ojha has extensive experience within the semiconductor industry covering end markets like telecom, industrial, consumer...
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Cypress Continue To Improve PSOC Family Performance
November 16, 2009
Cypress Introduces New PSOC 1 Device With Enhanced Analog Performance | finance.yahoo.com
1. Cypress Semiconductor has introduced PSOC 1 devices with enhanced analog performance. This should help with the adoption of these devices in touch screen phones, appliances, automotive applications, etc.2. Over the last few years Cypress has obtained hundred of design wins with it's PSOC family of devices and has obtained design wins with at least 5 of the leading cell phone manufacturers.
Potential TSMC Entry into LED Market Could Effect Current Supplier Base
November 16, 2009
TSMC Looks at Solid State Lighting Market | www.eetimes.com
1. Per this article and other commentary in SEA, it appears that TSMC is going to invest $46M in setting up a product line to make LED's for the lighting market.2. The $46M to be invested in setting up this line represents a substantial sum of money that could benefit equipment manufacturers such as Aixtron and Veeco.
Cree Adds Additional Manufactuing Capacity in China
November 12, 2009
Cree Buys Huge LED Plant in China | triangle.bizjournals.com
1. Cree's purchase of a large facility in China to manufacture both chips and components is a strong sign that Cree believe that its surge in business will continue in the future.2. The Chinese LED market is a significant one with the Chinese government subsidizing the cost of LED fixtures. In addition, many of the Cree's U.S. based lighting customers are manufacturing in China.3. The article says chip manufacturing and not phosphor deposition which is critical IP in manufacturing white LED's.
"Green" LED Lighting Continues to Replace Tradional Lighting Technologies
November 12, 2009
Starbucks Goes Bonkers for LED Lighting | seekingalpha.com
1. Starbucks is just one of a number of commercial business's which are converting their lighting to LED Lighting.2. Starbucks has selected GE for this lighting application in an attempt to become more "Green" and at the same time save on energy costs. 3. LED fixtures are generally still too expensive for most home applications, but the cost is beginning to come down as lighting class LED become more efficient, and the manufacturing costs come down the cost curve..
Magna Will Find Better Targets for Their Attention and Their Cash
November 6, 2009
Magna Ends Hunt for Automaker, Eyes Suppliers | www.autonews.com
Magna may have risked alienating certain customers, especially in regards to component technology development, if they had succeeded with the Opel partial purchase.Magna is developing good partnerships in the growth segments of electronic, software, sensor, battery, and power management, so a growing interest in shopping for those suppliers that can be added to Magna's electronics or eletrical component product portfolio makes very good sense.
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