Prominent CEOs join SIA's board of directors

WASHINGTON, USA: The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA), representing US leadership in semiconductor manufacturing and design, announced that Steven Laub, president and CEO of Atmel Corp. and Tunc Doluca, president and CEO of Maxim Integrated Products Inc., have joined the SIA Board of Directors. Both CEOs were approved in a unanimous vote during a regular session of the Board of Directors meeting on June 9, 2011.

"We are honored to welcome Steve and Tunc to the SIA Board of Directors. Both are true industry leaders and will bring a wealth of knowledge and experience to the association. What sets SIA apart from other advocacy groups is the consistent executive-level engagement from our Board Members across all of the issues that are critical to advancing SIA's public policy agenda," said Brian Toohey, president, Semiconductor Industry Association.

"Not surprisingly, our membership has increased since our move in 2010 to Washington, DC, signifying that the leaders in the semiconductor industry are acutely aware of the effects that government regulations and policies are having on the business climate in the U.S."

Laub and Doluca join a distinguished group of industry executives from Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Altera Corp., Analog Devices, Fairchild Semiconductor, Freescale Semiconductor, GLOBALFOUNDRIES, IBM Corp., Intel Corp., Intersil Corp, Linear Technology Corp., LSI Corp., Micron Technology, ON Semiconductor, PMC-Sierra, Qualcomm CDMA Technologies, and Texas Instruments Inc.