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2010 Memory Report Cites Important Memory Perspectives

San Jose, Calif. (July 14, 2010) GSA, the voice of the global semiconductor industry, hosted the GSA Memory Conference in Taipei on March 16, 2010. Global memory executives met to discuss challenges and opportunities in the mainstream and emerging memory markets as well as address future opportunities to integrate logic and memory. As a result, the 2010 GSA Memory Conference Report was commissioned to give an overall perspective of the conference and memory market.

GSA Supports Europe Start-ups and Key Enabling Technologies

San Jose, Calif. (July 13, 2010) The Global Semiconductor Alliance (GSA), the voice of the global semiconductor industry, announces it is launching an awareness campaign for Europe to encourage the EU Commission, regional governments, universities, research organizations, industry and private equity firms to collaboratively provide the investment and infrastructure support that is vital to the ability of small- to medium-sized enterprises to bring sustainable innovative semiconductor product concepts to market. Combined with GSA’s efforts to grow the engine of innovation by establishing a thriving ecosystem for emerging semiconductor companies in Europe, GSA also announces full support for the European effort to provide policy recommendations on Key Enabling Technologies (KETs).

GSA Announces Infrastructure to Ease Third Party Licensing Process for Semiconductor Industry

San Jose, Calif. (July 12, 2010) GSA, the voice of the global semiconductor industry, today announces its plans to help third-party IP buyers and sellers reduce costs and shorten the IP negotiation cycle with a new IP Licensing Best Practices survey and report.

European Expert Panel Proposes New Analogue IC Design Methodology to Counter the Analogue Bottleneck

San Jose, Calif. (June 30, 2010) GSA, the voice of the global semiconductor industry, recently hosted a panel of European analogue IC design experts at the GSA & IET International Semiconductor Forum in London on 19 May. The discussion led to a possible solution to the analogue IC design bottleneck. The Global Semiconductor Alliance together with the UK’s Institution of Engineering & Technology joined forces to highlight and discuss European trends in semiconductor development. This year’s program focused on leveraging and maximising European expertise in analogue/mixed-signal, wireless, low-power applications and quality/reliability to access emerging markets for silicon growth including smart cards, power electronics and home networking.

Global Semiconductor Alliance and VLSI Research Announce Partnership

San Jose, Calif. (June 28, 2010) The Global Semiconductor Alliance (GSA), the voice of the global semiconductor industry, and VLSIresearch (VLSI) today announced an alliance aimed at providing industry executives with timely and detailed market intelligence on the global semiconductor, foundry, and associated supplier markets.

GSA Introduces 2010 Memory Conference Report

San Jose, Calif. (June 21, 2010) GSA, the voice of the global semiconductor industry, today announced the launch of its new 2010 GSA Memory Conference Report. On March 16, 2010, GSA held the first-ever GSA Memory Conference in Taipei. This unique conference brought together industry leaders, representatives from distinguished companies, world famous speakers, and analysts from research institutes to discuss “Bridging Memory and Logic ICs for Better System Performance.” With this theme as the pillar for this report, the researchers summarize the speakers’ presentations, provide analysis and important market information, as well as draw reference to addressable technology comparisons and applications. Comments from consultants and industry experts are also included, therefore enriching the comprehensiveness of this report.

Modeling Workshop Panel Brings Complexity Challenges to Forefront

London, England (June 14, 2010) The MOS-AK/GSA Modeling Working Group, a global compact modeling standardization forum, held a panel discussion during the GSA & IET International Semiconductor Forum in London on May 18, 2010 titled, “Better Analog Modeling and Integration with iPDKs.” The panel focused on the status and future directions of compact/SPICE device modeling, Verilog-A standardization and better model optimization and integration with advanced iPDKs. The panel was organized by Paul Double, GSA Analog/Mixed-Signal Interest Group chair in Europe and Wladek Grabinski, MOS-AK/GSA Modeling Working Group manager.

GSA Luncheon Addresses the Trends in Consumer Electronics and the Communication Convergence

San Jose, Calif. (April 28, 2010) DirecTV, GlobalFoundries, AMD, Marvell and Open-Silicon Weigh In on Challenges and Opportunities The Global Semiconductor Alliance (GSA) announces its Silicon Series Luncheon focused on The Future of Consumer Electronics and the Communications Convergence addressing emerging applications in consumer electronics (CE). The luncheon takes place at the Barton Creek Resort on May 6 in Austin, Texas.

GSA Silicon Series Luncheon Focuses on Next-Generation Networks

San Jose, Calif. (April 28, 2010) The Global Semiconductor Alliance (GSA) announces its Silicon Series Luncheon focused on Next-Generation Networks: The Evolution of Mobile Connectivity offering views and perspectives on wireless, 3G to 4G and LTE applications. The event takes place on May 4 at the Santa Clara Convention Center. The GSA mission is to provide thought leadership and insight areas of growth for our member base and chip companies across the globe, in addition to providing a platform for global collaboration to address supply-chain challenges and inefficiencies.

MOS-AK/GSA Modeling Working Group Holds Workshop in Rome

San Jose, Calif. (April 26, 2010) The MOS-AK/GSA Modeling Working Group, a global compact modeling standardization forum, held its annual spring workshop on April 8-9 at the Sapienza Università di Roma – the largest academic institution in Europe. More than 70 international academic researchers and modeling engineers attended this year's event, which marked two decades of the MOS-AK/GSA Modeling Working Group enabling compact modeling R&D exchange. The event was organized by Marco Balucani, Fernanda Irrera and Paolo Nenzi of Sapienza Università di Roma’s electronic engineering department. The workshop’s technical co-sponsorship was provided by the IEEE Electron Devices Society (EDS) and the COMON FP7 Project, with direct sponsorship offered by Agilent Technologies, Micron Technology and the Micron Foundation.

GSA to Host Third Israel Executive Forum

San Jose, Calif. (April 20, 2010) The Global Semiconductor Alliance (GSA), the voice of the global semiconductor industry, announces the third annual Israel Executive Forum in conjunction with ChipEx2010. The Forum will take place on May 4, 2010 at the Hilton Tel Aviv.

GSA and the IET Co-Host the Seventh Annual GSA & IET International Semiconductor Forum

San Jose, Calif. (April 6, 2010) The Global Semiconductor Alliance (GSA), the voice of the global semiconductor industry, and the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), the largest professional engineering society in Europe, announce the seventh annual GSA & IET International Semiconductor Forum, to be held on May 18-19, 2010 at the Novotel St. Pancras in London, England.

GSA Update

(April 1, 2010) Semiconductor Ecosystem Survey • Current State of the Semiconductor Economy: Q4 2009 Recap / 2010 Expectations • MS/RF PCM Sub-Working Group Meeting

Global Semiconductor Alliance Announces Results of 2010 BOD Elections

San Jose, Calif. (March 31, 2010) The Global Semiconductor Alliance (GSA) announces the results of its 2010 Board of Directors’ member election and one new board appointment. The GSA BOD defines the organization’s strategic vision and direction.

GSA Update

(March 4, 2010) Wafer Pricing & Mask Cost Trends Article • Accepting Abstracts for June 2010 GSA Forum • Semiconductor Ecosystem Survey • MS/RF PCM Sub-Working Group Meeting • MS/RF PDK Sub-Working Group Meeting

GSA Update

(February 4, 2010) Silicon Series Luncheon • Semiconductor Ecosystem Survey • Q1 2010 Wafer & Back-End Pricing Report • Accepting Abstracts for June 2010 GSA Forum

GSA Board Announces Two New Additions

San Jose, Calif. (January 26, 2010) The Global Semiconductor Alliance (GSA) today announces the additions of Loic Lietar, corporate vice president of STMicroelectronics, and Jason Wang, president of United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC-USA) to its board of directors. GSA’s board is comprised of 22 industry executives who are representative of the global regions in which GSA holds active memberships.

GSA Announces Silicon Series Line-Up

San Jose, Calif. (January 25, 2010) The Global Semiconductor Alliance (GSA) announces a series of four luncheons focused on emerging applications and markets in 2010. The first Silicon Series Luncheon takes place at the Santa Clara Convention Center on February 10 in Santa Clara, Calif. The event theme is “New Markets, New Economics” and will focus on emerging markets, applications and technologies that are at the forefront of advancement for the semi industry. The GSA mission is to provide thought leadership and insight into the areas of growth for our member base and chip companies across the globe, in addition to providing a platform for global collaboration to address supply-chain challenges and inefficiencies.

GSA Update

(January 7, 2010) Save the Date for 2010 Awards Dinner Celebration • Join the GSA IP Interest Group at DesignCon 2010 • Current State of the Economic Downturn • Gain Free Access to GSA's Wafer Fabrication & Back-End Pricing Report • Q3 2009 Global Semiconductor Financial Tracker • MS/RF PCM Sub-Working Group Meeting • MS/RF PDK Sub-Working Group Meeting

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