Austriamicrosystems AG, Avago Technologies, and X-FAB Join Fab Owners Association.National Grid national grid Noun Brit & NZ 1. a network of high-voltage power lines linking major electric power stations 2. the arrangement of vertical and horizontal lines on an ordnance survey map Becomes Associate Member of FOA FOA Funding Opportunity Announcement (NIH) FOA First of All FOA Friends of Animals FOA Futures and Options Association FOA Fiber Optic Association FOA Form of Authorization FOA Försvarets Forskningsanstalt CUPERTINO, Calif. -- The Fab Owners Association (FOA), the association of semiconductor / MEMS (MicroElectroMechanical Systems) Tiny mechanical devices that are built onto semiconductor chips and are measured in micrometers. In the research labs since the 1980s, MEMS devices began to materialize as commercial products in the mid-1990s. manufacturing executives and suppliers, has announced the addition of three new device maker members: austriamicrosystems AG (SWX SWX Swiss Exchange (trademark of SWX Swiss Exchange) SWX SolidWorks (3D solid modeling CAD software) SWX Splitter / Wave Division Multiplexer :AMS AMS - Andrew Message System ), a leading global designer and manufacturer of analog ICs for communications, industrial, medical and automotive applications; Avago Technologies Avago Technologies is an American company which was earlier the semiconductor products division of HP and later Agilent Technologies, before being spun off into a distinct legal entity. It holds more than 2,000 patents. , which provides an extensive range of analog, mixed-signal and optoelectronic components and subsystems to many of the world's top original equipment manufacturers; and X-FAB, the world's leading foundry group for mixed-signal semiconductor applications. "The addition of these companies is especially significant in three ways," stated L.T. Guttadauro, FOA executive director. "By growing our global membership base, we have networks that span the world's key electronics centers. Next, FOA members represent the broad diversity of semiconductors for a myriad of technologies and markets. Third, the FOA gives a common voice to both public and private companies. Through this unity, we have the manufacturing knowledge and mass to expand the number of strategic projects we can introduce and manage. "With over 60 semiconductor and MEMS manufacturing fabrication fabrication (fab´rikā´sh  n),n the construction or making of a restoration. facilities worldwide, we can influence collaborative procurement activities on a global basis," Mr. Guttadauro concluded. The FOA also announced that it gained a new associate member - National Grid, strategic economic development program sponsor for upstate New York Upstate New York is the region of New York State north of the core of the New York metropolitan area. It has a population of 7,121,911 out of New York State's total 18,976,457. Were it an independent state, it would be ranked 13th by population. . The FOA's device maker members are the following companies: AMI Semiconductor, Austriamicrosystems AG, Avago Technologies, Cypress Semiconductor, Delphi Microelectronics Center, Fairchild Semiconductor, Freescale Semiconductor, International Rectifier, Intersil, Jazz Semiconductor, MagnaChip Semiconductor, Micrel Semiconductor, Microchip Technology, NXP NXP Next Experience (formerly Philips Semiconductors) , ON Semiconductor, Skyworks Solutions, Spansion, and X-FAB. FOA device maker member companies represent approximately 1,100,000 eight-inch-equivalent monthly wafer starts and over US$27 billion in annual revenue. About FOA: Fab Owners Association (FOA) is an international, nonprofit, trade association, founded in 2004 and headquartered in Cupertino, California. The FOA provides a forum for semiconductor manufacturing executives and industry suppliers to discuss common manufacturing issues often leading to company wide cost savings. Full Membership companies must own and operate a semiconductor or MEMS fabrication facility. Other membership levels are available. Please visit http://www.waferfabs.org/. "Fab Owners Association" and the "FOA" logo are trademarks of Fab Owners Association, a California corporation. References to other companies and their products use trademarks owned by the respective companies and are for reference purposes only. |
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