Pete Singer reveals the lineup of presenters for Session 1 of The ConFab, to be held June 22-25 in Las Vegas, and provides summaries of their talks. Speakers will be Vijay Ullal, COO, Fairchild Semiconductor; Dave Anderson, President and CEO, Novati Technologies; Gopal Rao, Senior Director Business Development, SEMATECH; Adrian Maynes, Program Manager, F450C; and Bill McClean, President, IC Insights.
Phil Garrou blogs about a variety of diverse issues this week, including GLOBALFOUNDRIES’ potential purchase of IBM’s semiconductor business, Altera’s separate deals with Intel and TSMC, why FinFET could be more expensive that more conventional CMOS strategies, as view by Handle Jones of IBS, and a new joint development program between ASE and Inotera focused on 3D IC packaging.
