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Study Group: Semiconductor Experts in GLG Member Programs (US)

Council Members in this Study Group: 631

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Leading Experts in this Study Group

John Berg

Chief Technology Officer
American Semiconductor, Inc
What is a GLG Leader?|GLG Leaders are a separate tier of Council Members with a Council Rank in the top 5%. These GLG Member Program participants are eligible for ongoing, in-depth consultative relationships with GLG clients.

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 supply chain, including design, products, EDA tools,...

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Sam Wang

President
Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation Americas (SMIC)
What is a GLG Leader?|GLG Leaders are a separate tier of Council Members with a Council Rank in the top 5%. These GLG Member Program participants are eligible for ongoing, in-depth consultative relationships with GLG clients.

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, testing and assembly to market trends, fab utilization,...

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Izak Mutlu

Vice President- Information and Product Security
SALESFORCE.COM, INC.
What is a GLG Leader?|GLG Leaders are a separate tier of Council Members with a Council Rank in the top 5%. These GLG Member Program participants are eligible for ongoing, in-depth consultative relationships with GLG clients.

Izak Mutlu, CISM, is the Vice President of Information and Product Security at Salesforce.com, a company specializing in customer relationship management software. He is responsible for managing IT security, architecture, design, implementation, and operations. Previously, he was the Chief Information...

Raj Ojha

CEO
GigFire Microsystems
What is a GLG Leader?|GLG Leaders are a separate tier of Council Members with a Council Rank in the top 5%. These GLG Member Program participants are eligible for ongoing, in-depth consultative relationships with GLG clients.

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 and computing supplying FPGA, power management products,...

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Mel Burks, Founder / Senior Partner, Tech Quest Research, LLCMel Burks

Founder / Senior Partner
Tech Quest Research, LLC
What is a GLG Leader?|GLG Leaders are a separate tier of Council Members with a Council Rank in the top 5%. These GLG Member Program participants are eligible for ongoing, in-depth consultative relationships with GLG clients.

Mel Burks is with Tech Quest Research, LLC, a market research company providing consultation and in-depth analysis and reports. He is an acknowledged engineering professional within the semiconductor, test & measurement and PV sector. He held positions in semiconductor manufacturing and semi-equipment...

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Jerald Kolansky

FormerWorldwide VP of Sales
PLX TECHNOLOGY, INC.
What is a GLG Leader?|GLG Leaders are a separate tier of Council Members with a Council Rank in the top 5%. These GLG Member Program participants are eligible for ongoing, in-depth consultative relationships with GLG clients.

Jerald Kolansky was the Worldwide Vice President of Sales at PLX Technology, a semiconductor company involved in high speed interface circuits, particularly PCI express. Previously, Mr. Kolansky was a Vice President at Cree a high power LED manufacturer. Prior to this, he was the President-Sales at...

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Israel Beinglass, Ph.D.

Managing Director
ISB Ventures
What is a GLG Leader?|GLG Leaders are a separate tier of Council Members with a Council Rank in the top 5%. These GLG Member Program participants are eligible for ongoing, in-depth consultative relationships with GLG clients.

Israel Beinglass, Ph.D, is President of ISB Ventures. He was until 2006, with Applied Materials, where he held various executive level positions. Currently, he is an Independent Consultant to the industry. Dr. Beinglass has over 25 years of experience in semiconductor technology, semiconductor manufacturing,...

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Dieter Mackowiak, Principal, Independent Consultant (Dieter Mackowiak)Dieter Mackowiak

Principal
Independent Consultant (Dieter Mackowiak)
What is a GLG Leader?|GLG Leaders are a separate tier of Council Members with a Council Rank in the top 5%. These GLG Member Program participants are eligible for ongoing, in-depth consultative relationships with GLG clients.

Dieter Mackowiak is a Senior Executive Advisor to global Semiconductor and Electronics companies working more than 30 years in this industry. Previously, Mr. Mackowiak was the Senior Vice President Memories and TFT-Displays at Samsung Semiconductor USA and an Executive Advisor to the President of Samsung...

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It's Not in the Chips

November 5, 2009

GLG Expert Contributor

Marvell’s new chips will bring cost of eBooks to under $100 | venturebeat.com

The largest contributor to eBook reader price is profit for the proprietary eBook vendors. The cost of chips is negligible. Marvell's commendable advances will themselves have only limited impact on eBook reader prices

LED Industry Continues Progress to Repalce Incandescent Light Bulb

November 2, 2009

Jerald Kolansky, Former Worldwide VP of Sales, PLX TECHNOLOGY, INC.

Cree Demonstrates Record Breaking LED LIght Bulb | finance.yahoo.com

1. Cree and Philips are among the first LED firms to demonstrate prototypes of an LED replacement for the A19 size standard incandescent light bulb.2. There are numerous firms competing for the government prize for creating a production worthy A19 incandescent replacement.

Flash Memory Not Ready to Replace Hard Drives in Most Enterprise Applications

November 2, 2009

Jerald Kolansky, Former Worldwide VP of Sales, PLX TECHNOLOGY, INC.

Disc Storage Gone in a Flash | www.forbes.com

1. Despite the content of this article, flash memory is not ready to replace magnetic HDD's in most enterprise applications accept where the higher performance of flash can be taken advantage of.2. Flash memory today is 4-5 times more expensive than HDD magnetic memory, and in reality this past year...

Samsung and Toshiba Continue to Dominate over 75% of NAND Flash Market

November 2, 2009

Jerald Kolansky, Former Worldwide VP of Sales, PLX TECHNOLOGY, INC.

Market View -- Q3 Sales Ranking of Brand NAND Flash IC Makers | www.dramexchange.com

1. Based on Q3 sales data Samsung and Toshiba continue to hold over 75% of the NAND Flash market. The 3 other players combined ( MIcron, Hynix,, etc) only have approximately 22-23% of the NAND flash market.2. NAND Flash pricing has stabilized to the up side this quarter after almost doubling in price...

Thrills and Obstacles to 3-D Television

October 23, 2009

Steve Fanchiu, SF, Adviser, Genttix, Inc.

3-D television expected to come to homes in 2010 | www.cnn.com

The technological innovation for 3-D television has been out of laboratory and prototyping stage. What does it mean to the marketplace while key players in different technologies are commencing a volume push in the consumer electronics market?

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November 28, 2007

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September 11, 2007

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GLGi: LED Lighting - A Luminous Outlook With Few Shadows

June 6, 2007

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November 16, 2006

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