Each year SIA brings together leaders from throughout the industry for an evening of in-depth discussion, leadership recognition and entertainment at our annual Awards Dinner in San Jose, CA.
A semiconductor is an electronic device which can be switched to conduct or block electric currents. The popular term “microelectronics and computer chips” are synonymous with "semiconductors". Most semiconductor
devices are made from silicon. More importantly semiconductors are the enabling technology that underpins the entire U.S. economy.
U.S. semiconductor industry, America's number-one export
industry over the last five years and a bellwether measurement of the U.S.
economy. Semiconductor innovations form the foundation for America's $1.1
trillion technology industry affecting a U.S. workforce of nearly 6 million.