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Posted by: Brian Toohey, SIA President on Friday, February 17, 2012 at 12:00:00 am
The semiconductor industry is a driving force behind the explosive adoption of smartphones, laptops and tablets, which is why we are pleased that Congress has granted ...
Posted by: Brian Toohey, SIA President on Monday, December 12, 2011 at 12:00:00 am
Today would have been Dr. Robert Noyce’s 84th birthday. Noyce was the co-inventor of the integrated circuit, a credit he shared with Texas Instruments’ Jack Kilby for ...
Posted by: Brian Toohey, SIA President on Thursday, November 10, 2011 at 12:00:00 am
On a regular day on Capitol Hill the partisan rhetoric is at full volume, but yesterday was not a regular day.
SIA was asked by the Senate Armed Services Committee to ...
Posted by: Brian Toohey, SIA President on Wednesday, October 19, 2011 at 12:00:00 am
Last Week, Congressional staffers learned that you don’t need to be a semiconductor engineer in order to understand the tremendous economic and societal benefits that this ...
Posted by: Brian Toohey, SIA President on Tuesday, October 11, 2011 at 12:00:00 am
If I gave you three choices; air, water or food, and asked you which one you needed most in the next 5 minutes to survive, you’d undoubtedly say air. That’s a no brainer. ...
Posted by: Brian Toohey, SIA President on Friday, September 30, 2011 at 12:00:00 am
WSC/GAMS Meeting Marks Collaboration & Competition Within Global Semiconductor Community
This week the SIA and the U.S government hosted the 12th ...
Posted by: Brian Toohey, SIA President on Friday, September 16, 2011 at 12:00:00 am
Remember the “brick” phone of the 1980’s? Launched in 1984, it weighed over 2lbs., held 30 minutes of talk time and cost $4,000. Fast forward to 2011 where your iPhone weighs ...
Posted by: David Isaacs, VP Government Policy on Thursday, August 11, 2011 at 12:00:00 am
Recently, the President announced new fuel efficiency standards for passenger vehicles and commercial vehicles, that will require cars in model year 2025 to meet a ...
Posted by: Brian Toohey, SIA President on Thursday, July 28, 2011 at 2:42:25 pm
Yesterday, Greg Lang, President and CEO of PMC-Sierra, Inc., and member of the SIA Board of Directors testified before the Senate Finance Committee at a hearing on, “CEO ...
Posted by: Brian Toohey, SIA President on Friday, June 24, 2011 at 6:25:46 pm
In
his 2011
State of the Union address, President Obama said, "To help businesses
sell more products abroad, we set a goal of doubling our exports by 2014 -–
because the more ...
Posted by: Brian Toohey, SIA President on Friday, June 3, 2011 at 2:28:13 pm
I just
returned from Japan where I joined a delegation of SIA Board Members, company executives
and staff in our participation in the 15th Annual Meeting of the
World ...
Posted by: Brian on Thursday, March 17, 2011 at 2:00:48 pm
Welcome to the new Semiconductor Industry Association website and blog. As you may know, the SIA called Silicon Valley home for more than 30 years, now we are writing a new chapter in our future and we want you to be a part of it. Part of that new vision starts with our website redesign, which aims to make information easier to find and access.
