China Semiconductor Industry Association to Apply for World Semiconductor Council Membership; SIA Says CSIA Membership Would Strengthen World Body.BEIJING -- The China Semiconductor Industry Association (CSIA CSIA Cyber Security Industry Alliance CSIA Chimney Safety Institute of America CSIA Colorado Software and Internet Association CSIA China Software Industry Association CSIA Compound Specific Isotope Analysis CSIA Customer Service Institute of Australia ) has accepted an invitation to apply for membership in the World Semiconductor Council (WSC WSC Winter Symposium on Chemometrics WSC Winter Simulation Conference WSC Wayne State College WSC Westfield State College (Westfield, MA) WSC Western State College (Colorado) ), an international organization of industry associations from the major semiconductor-producing countries of the world. The SIA Sia (sī`ə) or Siaha (sī`əhə), in the Bible, family returned from the Exile. SIA - Serial Interface Adaptor hailed the CSIA decision to apply for membership, noting that active involvement by the industry association representing China's growing microelectronics industry would greatly benefit members while increasing the effectiveness of the WSC in its efforts to grow the industry and promote free and open markets throughout the world. The WSC includes the industry associations of most of the world's leading semiconductor-producing regions. At its annual meeting in San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden last month, the WSC unanimously extended an invitation to the CSIA to join the world body. The WSC was established in 1996 to facilitate cooperation among the semiconductor industry associations in promoting open market principles and the healthy growth of the industry. "We strongly support the China Semiconductor Industry Association's application for membership in the World Semiconductor Council," said Brian Halla, SIA chairman, 2006 WSC chairman and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of National Semiconductor. "China is now the world's largest and fastest-growing major semiconductor market and therefore has a large stake in future growth of the microchip (1) Another term for a microminiaturized integrated circuit (a "chip"). (2) To insert an RFID tag beneath the skin of an animal. It is expected that some day, humans will be microchipped. industry. China's domestic semiconductor industry would benefit from active involvement in the WSC, which has become an increasingly important forum for cooperation to protect intellectual property, eliminate trade barriers, lower costs to consumers, and preserve the environment." Today's announcement was made at a joint signing ceremony A signing ceremony is a ceremony in which a bill passed by a legislature is signed (approved) by an executive, thus becoming a law. Modern-day signing ceremonies are derived from ceremonies that occurred when the British monarch gave Royal Assent to acts of Parliament. held by the WSC and the CSIA in Beijing. The SIA held its first-ever board of directors meeting in Beijing on June 14. About the SIA The SIA is the leading voice for the semiconductor industry and has represented U.S. semiconductor companies since 1977. Collectively, the U.S. chip industry employs a domestic workforce of 225,000 people. More information about the SIA can be found at www.sia-online.org. |
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