Thank you to the following sources of information and photographs for compiling this timeline:
Technologist, SEMI Oral History Center (see below), The Chip History Center, FlexTech History, Intel Corp., Anandtech.com, TSMC, TechExplorist, Reiken Advanced Institute for Computational, Sciences, SEMIWiki, DisplaySearch, PCMag, Engadget, Quora, ASICWorld, Wikipedia, Computer History Museum, Oxford Instruments, Analog Devices, Cellphone History, Stanford University, Corning Inc., Europeana.eu, Southwest Center for Microsystems Education, George Eastman House, Semiconductor Measurement Technology Progress Report US NBS 1977, StationHypo 2020
SEMI Oral History Interview Archive
To record and preserve the history of the semiconductor equipment and materials industry, SEMI presents oral history interviews with industry pioneers. The current collection of interviews are featured below, listed in alphabetical order by interviewee surname. Interviews were conducted during the years 2004-2011.
Alex d’Arbeloff
Co-founder of Teradyne
Morris Chang
Chairman, TSMC
Nicholas DeWolf
Founder, Teradyne
Dick Dryden
Founder, Dryden Engineering
James Gallagher
Co-founder, GCA Corp
Ted Gallagher
Founder, Tegal Corp
Sam Harrell
Served in management roles at TI, Cobilt, Micronix (founder), SEMATECH and KLA-Tencor
Rick Heim
40+ years in the industry, including RCA Labs, Kasper, Cobilt, Machine Technology and SEMI
Jerry Hutcheson
Founder, VLSI Research
C. Scott Kulicke
Chairman and CEO, Kulicke & Soffa
David K. Lam
Founder, Lam Research Corp
Karl Lang
Founder, Thermco
Jay T. Last
Co-founder, Fairchild Semiconductor
Mary Law
Executive secretary, SEMI (1973-1977)
Ken Levy
Co-founder, KLA Tencor
Robert E. Lorenzini
Founder, Elmat and Siltec
Michael McNeilly
Founder, Applied Materials
Brad Mattson
Founder, Novellus and Mattson Technology
James Morgan
Chairman, Applied Materials
Stan Myers
Siltec, Monsato, SEMI
Steve Nakayama
Former president, SEMI Japan
Robert Palmer
Co-founder, Mostek
Clements (Ed) Pausa
Served in management roles with Fairchild and National Semiconductor
Dan Quernemoen
Former chairman and CEO, Fluoroware
John Robison and Mike Grimes
Served as executives in TI’s silicon operations
Joseph Ross
Former CEO, Micromask
Ken Rygler
Founder, DuPont Photomasks
Ed Segal
Founder, Metron Technology
Kenichi Sekiya
Chairman and CEO, Disco Corp (1998-2006)
Harry Sello
Formerly with Shockley Labs and Fairchild Semiconductor
Monte Poole
Founder, Gasonics International
Dennosuke Uchida
Former president, General Signal Japan; and retired president, SEMI Japan
Sheldon-Weinig
Founder, Materials Research Corp
Peter Wolken
Co-founder, Cobilt
Dan Worsham
Founder, Pacific Western Systems
Shoichiro Yoshida
Former chairman and CEO, Nikon Corp
Arthur Zafiropoulo
Founder, Drytek; chairman and CEO, Ultratech