GSA to host inaugural semiconductor ecosystem summit

SAN JOSE, USA: The Global Semiconductor Alliance (GSA), the voice of the global semiconductor industry, announced that its inaugural GSA Semiconductor Ecosystem Summit will be taking place on October 6, 2011 at the Santa Clara Convention Center.

The one-day program will feature three sessions – Outlook, Memory & Supply-Chain Partnership Infrastructure, Technology & Security Infrastructure Optimization and Global Investment Opportunities & Funding Infrastructure along with an exhibition of 40 supply-chain partners on the conference floor.

The Summit will focus on challenges to improve collaboration, efficiencies and profitability in the semiconductor ecosystem. Critical topics highlighting the benefits and opportunities in working with key stakeholders within the semiconductor supply-chain, enabling a faster time-to-market, reducing costs, improving ROI and meeting end-customer demand will be addressed.

Distinguished keynote speakers and topics include:
* Tudor Brown, president, ARM, Security & the Smart Technology Evolution.
* Lloyd Kaplan, CEO, IHS iSuppli, State of the Industry.
* Sanjay Mehrotra, president and CEO, SanDisk, Flash Memory—An Enabling Technology for the Mobile Ecosystem.
* Dan Niles, CEO, Alpha One Capital Partners LLC, Macro-Economic & Social Trends - The Future of Semiconductor Growth in Emerging Markets.

The Summit will feature a roundtable session moderated by Kevin Harrington, vice president, Global Business Operations, Customer Value Chain Management, Cisco Systems on The Joint-Venture Partnership Model—Supply-Chain Best Practices and two panels - Improving Device Performance - Simplifying Software/Hardware Integration, moderated by John Bruggeman, senior VP and chief marketing officer at Cadence Design Systems and Semiconductor Investment - Redefining the Funding Model hosted by Ralph Schmitt, GSA Emerging Company CEO Leadership Council chairman and president and CEO, PLX Technology.