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“GSA’s role has been vital to the emergence, adoption and dominance of the business model. Today, the organization is focused on addressing the challenges inherent in a complex value chain. Its new role will be to reduce inefficiencies to ensure the long-term viability, growth and profitability of the semiconductor industry.”
--Dr. Dwight Decker, GSA chairman and non-executive chairman of Conexant Systems, Inc.
"Since 1994, the growth of the organization from a handful of companies to 500 members worldwide speaks to the value of the organization and its founding mission. This next phase in its evolution as the Global Semiconductor Alliance is an exciting time, as it continues to support the overall growth of the semiconductor industry alongside complementary organizations."
--Wim Roelandts, president, chief executive officer and chairman of Xilinx, Inc.
“While I am a retired semiconductor executive, I am
still very involved with GSA as its Director Emeritus. This organization has successfully
moved past its original charter playing a vital role with the emergence and worldwide adoption of the fabless business model. The merits of this business model are well established with both fabless companies and integrated
device manufacturers embracing production via dedicated foundries. However, there are still many issues that continue to be addressed. If challenges are not addressed and ultimately solved, it will threaten either the growth, profitability or both for this industry.
From its inception, the GSA board, executive director
and staff have worked to address issues of importance to
our members. I would encourage all members to help keep us
informed on issues of greatest importance. Together, we can
be sure GSA remains a strong voice and a critical element
in pursuit of a vibrant semiconductor industry. “
-- Dr. Robert Pepper, Director Emeritus, GSA
“The semiconductor wafer manufacturing landscape is
shifting rapidly from the diverse 100 plus IDMs paradigm of
the past to a highly concentrated bi-modal structure. Beginning
at 90 nanometers, a dozen or so pure IDMs and a dozen or so
foundry companies comprise the entire worldwide
supply of mainstream bulk CMOS wafers. Driven by this trend
and the breadth and quality of the member cooperation within
GSA, it has emerged as the primary semiconductor industry association of relevance (addressing the enormous
consequences of this trend)”.
-- Mike Hackworth, recipient of the 2001 Dr. Morris Chang
Exemplary Leadership Award
"Membership in GSA provides invaluable insight into
industry trends, interactive forums, and access to the industry
leaders within our dynamic business model anticipating, understanding,
and reacting to changes in supply/demand cycles is vital to
our success; and GSA offers a variety of ways to keep in tuned to the pulse of this ever-changing industry."
-- Vahid Manian, Senior Vice President, Global Manufacturing Operations,
Broadcom Corporation
For more information, please contact Donna Hoye at 1.888.322.5195, ext 134
or dhoye@fsa.org.
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