2006 FSA Awards Dinner Celebration to Showcase Semiconductor Excellence.SAN JOSE, Calif. -- FSA FSA Financial Services Authority FSA Food Standards Agency (UK) FSA Farm Service Agency (USDA) FSA Financial Services Agency (Japan) , the voice of the global fabless business model, announces its 2006 FSA Awards Dinner Celebration will be held Thursday, December 7, 2006 at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, Calif. The annual event, now in its thirteenth year, recognizes fabless semiconductor companies that have demonstrated excellence through their success, vision, strategy and future opportunity in the industry. FSA has added two new award categories this year. The Most Respected Emerging Public Fabless Company Fabless Company The Fabless Semiconductor Association (FSA) defines fabless as follows: Fabless (without fab) refers to the business methodology of outsourcing the manufacturing of silicon wafers, which hundreds of semiconductor companies have adopted. Award is designed to identify the company garnering the industry's most respect in terms of products, vision and future opportunities. The criteria for this award includes achieving annual sales between $100 million and $499 million. In addition, net income and market capitalization are considered to determine the list of nominees. The Best Financially Managed Emerging Fabless Company Award (less than $500 million in sales) is designed to evaluate the financial health of public fabless semiconductor companies based on a number of financial indices such as return on investment, return on equity, inventory turns, revenue, net income, days sales outstanding In accountancy, Days Sales Outstanding is a company's average collection period. A low figure indicates that the company collects its outstanding receivables quickly. Typically it is looked at either quarterly or yearly (90 or 365 days). , cash per share, cash burn, gross profit margin Gross profit margin Gross profit divided by sales, which is equal to each sales dollar left over after paying for the cost of goods sold. gross profit margin A measure calculated by dividing gross profit by net sales. , operating margin and current ratio. During the evening, awards will be presented for the following categories: * Dr. Morris Chang Exemplary Leadership Award * Most Respected Private Fabless Company Award * Most Respected Public Fabless Company Award * Most Respected Emerging Public Fabless Company Award (new) * Best Financially Managed Fabless Company Award * Best Financially Managed Emerging Fabless Company Award (new) * Favorite Fabless Picks * Outstanding Financial Performance by Public and Private Fabless Companies * Fabless Start-Up to Watch Award The 2006 FSA Awards Dinner Celebration is made possible through the support of this year's title sponsor, UMC UMC United Methodist Church UMC United Microelectronics Corporation UMC University Medical Center UMC United Microelectronics Corp (Republic of China) UMC University of Missouri-Columbia , a leading global semiconductor foundry that manufactures advanced system-on-chip designs for the IC industry. "I am pleased to announce UMC as the title sponsor of the Awards Dinner Celebration for the third year in a row. UMC has been a dedicated member of FSA for a decade; their support enables FSA to offer this prestigious event to the industry," said Vivian Pangburn, FSA's vice president, global marketing and membership. Sponsors of the 2006 FSA Awards Dinner Celebration include: Accenture, ARM, ATI (ATI Technologies Inc., Markham Ontario, http://ati.amd.com) A leading manufacturer of graphics chips and display adapters. Founded in 1985 by K. Y. Ho, Benny Lau and Lee Lau, ATI chips and boards are widely used by OEMs. , Broadcom, Cadence, Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing SGX: C27 NASDAQ: CHRT (abbreviated CSM) is the world's fourth largest dedicated independent semiconductor foundry, with its headquarters and main operations located in the Woodlands Industrial Park, Kranji Singapore. , Cirrus Logic, Conexant, Denali, Ernst & Young, IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) , Invest Northern Ireland, Jazz Semiconductor, Marvell, Morgan Stanley, NVIDIA, Oracle, QUALCOMM CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access) A method for transmitting simultaneous signals over a shared portion of the spectrum. The foremost application of CDMA is the digital cellular phone technology from QUALCOMM that operates in the 800 MHz band and 1.9 GHz PCS band. Technologies, Samsung, SAP, STATS ChipPAC, Synopsys, Teradyne, TSMC TSMC Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd TSMC Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation TSMC Traffic Systems Management Center TSMC Toll Station Management Controller TSMC Transportation Supply Maintenance Command TSMC Technical Services Manager Code , Verigy, and Xilinx. Media sponsors include PennWell and Reed Electronics Group. To register for the Awards Dinner Celebration, please visit https://www.fsa.org/awardsdinner/2006/reservations.asp. About FSA: FSA is the voice of the global fabless business model. Incorporated in 1994, FSA positively impacts the growth and return on invested capital of this business model to enhance the environment for innovation. It provides a platform for meaningful global collaboration between fabless companies and their partners; identifies and articulates opportunities and challenges to enable solutions; and provides research, resources, publications and survey information. Members include fabless companies and their supply chain and service partners, representing more than 21 countries across the globe. www.fsa.org. |
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