GSA Board of Directors Categories and Definitions

GSA Board of Directors | Board of Director Election Parameters

Semiconductor Director - Comprised of executives from Fabless and Integrated Device Manufacturer (IDM) member companies. To be eligible, the candidate must be an executive officer (a minimum of vice president level). The position holds a three-year term.

Supplier Directors

Test/Packaging and Back-end Director - Comprised of executives from Test/Packaging and Back-end companies. Test/Packaging and Back-end companies include back-end packaging, test and assembly service providers. To be eligible, the candidate must be a C-level executive. The position holds a two-year term.

EDA/Design Partner Director - Director positions comprised of executives of EDA/Design Partner companies. EDA/Design Partner companies include EDA and IP partner companies. To be eligible, the candidate must be a C-level executive of an EDA/Design Partner member company. The position holds a two-year term.

Foundry Director - Director positions comprised of executives of Foundry companies. Foundry is defined as pure-play or any company offering foundry services. To be eligible, the candidate must be a C-level executive of a Foundry company. The position holds a two-year term.

Value-Chan Producer (VCP) Director - Director position comprised of executive from a VCP company. A VCP is defined as a company that collaborates with foundries, IP and service providers, EDA suppliers, package, assembly and test operations in designing and producing chips for fabless IC, IDM and OEM companies. VCPs optimize the economics of customer value chains and enable customers to focus on their product differentiation and market growth. VCPs earn revenue by shipping packaged, tested products with the customers' logo. To be eligible, the candidate must be a C-level executive of a VCP supplier company. The position holds a two-year term.