Meet the Sponsors

GSA extends a special thank you to the GSA Suppliers Expo & Conference sponsors. Learn more about the 2008 event supporters.

ARM

ARM designs the technology that lies at the heart of advanced digital products, from mobile, home and enterprise solutions to embedded and emerging applications. ARM's comprehensive product offering includes 16/32-bit RISC microprocessors, data engines, graphics processors, digital libraries, embedded memories, peripherals, software and development tools, as well as analog functions and high-speed connectivity products. Combined with the company's broad Partner community, they provide a total system solution that offers a fast, reliable path to market for leading electronics companies.

For more information about ARM, please visit www.arm.com.

Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing

Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing, one of the world's top dedicated semiconductor foundries, offers leading-edge technologies down to 45nm, enabling today's system-on-chip designs. The company further serves its customers' needs through a collaborative, joint development approach on a technology roadmap that extends to 22nm. In Singapore, the company operates a 300mm fabrication facility and five 200mm facilities.

For more information about Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing, please visit www.charteredsemi.com.

Inside Chips

Founded in 2000, InsideChips is the Internet channel for semiconductor entrepreneurs and investors. The site's premium channels provide  startup analysis, investment information, and resources for entrepreneurs and investors. The Industry Channel provides tracking and analysis of semiconductor and EDA startups. The Investment Channel provides financial performance metrics, IPO tracking, company reports, investment outlook reviews, daily semiconductor stock price winners/losers, and a semiconductor investment timer. The Resource Channel provides a wealth of files, presentations, and other resources for download for entrepreneurs and investors as consultative tools to avoid pitfalls and get their ventures on a faster track.

For more information about InsideChips, please visit www.insidechips.com.

i2 Technologies

Throughout its 20-year history of innovation and value delivery, i2 has dedicated itself to building successful customer partnerships. As a full-service supply chain company, i2 is uniquely positioned to help its clients achieve world-class business results through a combination of consulting, technology, and managed services. i2 solutions are pervasive in a wide cross section of industries; 20 of the AMR Research Top 25 Global Supply Chains belong to i2 customers.

For more information about i2 Technologies, please visit www.i2.com.

PennWell

PennWell Corporation is a diversified business-to-business media and information company that provides quality content and integrated marketing solutions for the following industries: Oil and gas, electric power, water, electronics, semiconductor, contamination control, optoelectronics, fiber optics, enterprise storage, fire, emergency services and dental. Founded in 1910, PennWell publishes 75 print and online magazines and newsletters, conducts 60 conferences and exhibitions on six continents, and has an extensive offering of books, maps, web sites, research and database services.

For more information about PennWell, please visit www.pennwell.com.

SAP

SAP is the world’s leading provider of business software. Today, more than 39,400 customers in more than 120 countries run SAP® applications, with 65% of those customers with revenue less than $500 million —from distinct solutions addressing the needs of small businesses and midsize companies to suite offerings for global organizations. Powered by the SAP NetWeaver® platform to drive innovation and enable business change, SAP software helps enterprises of all sizes around the world improve customer relationships, enhance partner collaboration and create efficiencies across their supply chains and business operations. SAP solution portfolios support the unique business processes of more than 25 industries, including high tech, retail, financial services, healthcare and the public sector. Within the high-tech industry, SAP has worked with over 400 semiconductor companies to drive their growth strategies, help to integrate their operations with their supply chain partners and gain visibility through their entire supply chain.

For more information about SAP, please visit www.sap.com

TSMC  

TSMC is the world's largest dedicated semiconductor foundry, providing the industry’s leading process technology and the foundry industry’s largest portfolio of process-proven libraries, IP, design tools and reference flows. The Company's total managed capacity in 2006 exceeded seven million (8-inch equivalent) wafers, including capacity from two advanced 12-inch GigaFabs, four eight-inch fabs, one six-inch fab, as well as TSMC's wholly owned subsidiaries, WaferTech and TSMC (Shanghai), and its joint venture fab, SSMC. TSMC is the first foundry to provide 65nm production capabilities. Its corporate headquarters are in Hsinchu, Taiwan.

For more information about TSMC, please visit www.tsmc.com.

UMC  

UMC is a leading global semiconductor foundry that manufactures advanced ICs for every major electronics sector. UMC delivers cutting-edge system-on-chip (SoC) technologies, including 90nm and 65nm, embedded memories, and mixed signal/RFCMOS.  The company is also a 300mm manufacturing leader with two 300mm fabs in volume production. UMC employs over 14,000 people worldwide.

For more information about UMC, please visit www.umc.com.

Wipro  

Wipro Technologies’ 2100+ Semiconductor / System engineers and 16,000+ embedded software engineers make the company the World’s largest independent R&D service provider. Wipro’s Semiconductor and System Solutions group provides product engineering solutions meeting critical time-to-market demands of customers with design-reliability, scalability and flexibility. Combined with best-in-class methodology, EagleWision™, Wipro has one of the best first-pass-success rate for 300+ silicon and 200+ system designs delivered over the last 2 years. These include engagements in 65nm, 90nm and 0.13µ for telecommunication, storage, avionics, consumer electronics, medical electronics, automotive and industrial control domains.

For more information about Wipro, please visit www.wipro.com/vlsi