Verigy to Feature Two Keynote Addresses by NASA Mission Leader and Semiconductor Market Analyst at VOICE 2010 Conference
February 03 2010 - 4:05PM
Business Wire
Two keynote presentations will highlight this year’s VOICE
Technical Program, a users group meeting and partners conference
organized by premier semiconductor test company Verigy
(NASDAQ:VRGY), on April 13-15 in Carlsbad, California.
The first keynote, titled “Business Lessons from a Mission to
Mars,” will be given by Brian Muirhead, former project manager of
NASA’s Mars Pathfinder mission. Muirhead will discuss how the
combined power of people, technology and innovation yielded
historic success and initiated a new era of deep space exploration.
He will explain how this interplanetary mission was completed on
time and under budget by using imaginative new ways of conducting
business, a people-oriented management style, and a score of
practical solutions that semiconductor executives can use
immediately.
The recipient of two NASA Outstanding Leadership Medals,
Muirhead recently completed his assignment as the chief architect
of NASA’s Constellation project, a new program with the objective
of establishing a permanent base on the moon and preparing for
human exploration of Mars. In that position, he provided leadership
for developing and maintaining a viable architecture for human
exploration beyond the Earth’s orbit. Previously, Muirhead was
chief engineer of JPL (the Jet Propulsion Laboratory). He has
written High Velocity Leadership and, along with Gar and Judy
Reeves-Stevens, is a co-author of Going to Mars.
The second keynote, titled “IC the Future,” will be given by
market researcher and analyst Bill McClean, president of IC
Insights. McClean will share his informed perspective on what
tomorrow holds for the global semiconductor industry. Leveraging
his 30 years of industry experience and expertise in predicting the
semiconductor business’ cycles, he will discuss the current state
of the market and which segments are poised for double-digit
growth. In addition to quantifying his market forecast, McClean
will address current trends in the electronics industry and
macroeconomic influences including worldwide GDP (gross domestic
product).
McClean’s company, IC Insights, covers global economic trends,
semiconductor market forecasting, capital spending and fab capacity
trends, product market details, and technology trends, as well as
complete IC company profiles and evaluations of the end-use
applications that drive IC demand. Before forming his market
research firm, McClean worked at ICE Corp. for 17 years, including
the last 10 as vice president of market research. He is a
well-known authority on market and technology analysis and
forecasting, specializing in tracking global economic conditions,
developing IC market forecasts, analyzing capital spending and
wafer fab capacity trends, researching application-specific IC
(ASIC) markets and technologies, and following semiconductor
markets such as cellular phones.
“While covering diverse subject matter, this year’s two keynotes
provide directly applicable information for all semiconductor
industry members in attendance,” said EAG (Evans Analytical Group)
Labs’ Mary Israni, chairperson of the VOICE 2010 program committee.
“These presentations nicely complement the 66 technical
presentations, panel discussions, kiosks and one-on-one meeting
time that make VOICE the industry’s foremost IC test
conference.”
In addition to the two keynote addresses, VOICE 2010 will
feature technical presentations by Verigy’s customers, strategic
partners and in-house experts; panel discussions; kiosks staffed by
product experts; and a one-day, hands-on workshop for test
engineers. For complete program details, visit
www.verigy.com/go/VOICE2010.
This year’s conference is expected to attract more than 300 test
engineering and management professionals from more than 50
companies around the world, including foundries, fabless
semiconductor companies and integrated device manufacturers (IDMs)
as well as Verigy’s strategic partners.
About VOICE
2010
Managed by a steering committee of volunteer representatives
from Verigy and its customers, VOICE is the leading conference for
the growing international community of Verigy V93000, V5000/V6000
and V101 customers and partners. It offers a unique opportunity to
make users’ semiconductor testing operations as effective as
possible. Attendees gain and share valuable insights, build
long-lasting relationships and learn what’s new about Verigy’s
products and applications. Early registration is now available
online for $300 until February 24. After that date, the cost to
register online will be $350, or $400 at the door. Interested
attendees may register for VOICE 2010 at
www.verigy.com/go/VOICE2010 or by contacting
mktgcomms@verigy.com.
About Verigy
Verigy provides advanced semiconductor test systems and
solutions used by leading companies worldwide in design validation,
characterization, and high-volume manufacturing test. Verigy offers
scalable platforms for a wide range of system-on-chip (SOC) test
solutions, and memory test solutions for Flash, DRAM including
high-speed memories, as well as multi-chip packages (MCP). Verigy
also provides advanced analysis tools that accelerate design debug
and yield ramp processes. Additional information about Verigy can
be found at www.verigy.com.
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