SAN JOSE, Calif., Nov. 14, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- The
Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA), representing U.S.
leadership in semiconductor manufacturing, design, and research,
today announced the SIA Board of Directors has elected Matt Murphy, President and CEO of Marvell
Semiconductor, Inc. (NASDAQ: MRVL), as its 2018 Chair and
Sanjay Mehrotra, President and CEO
of Micron Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: MU), as its 2018 Vice
Chair.
"It is a great pleasure to welcome Matt
Murphy as SIA's 2018 Chair and Sanjay Mehrotra as SIA's Vice Chair," said
John Neuffer, SIA President and CEO.
"Matt is a strong leader, an industry veteran, and an outstanding
champion for SIA and our industry. An engineer by trade, Sanjay is
a mainstay in our industry and a respected voice on semiconductor
technology. Together, their skills and accomplishments will be a
major asset to advancing SIA's priorities in Washington and around the world."
Murphy has led Marvell since joining the company in July 2016, and serves as a member of the
company's board of directors. Since that time, he has led the
company's turnaround and reestablished Marvell as a leading
innovator in storage and networking technology.
Prior to joining Marvell, Murphy spent over two
decades at Maxim Integrated, most recently as Executive Vice
President of Business Units and Sales & Marketing, overseeing
all product development and go-to-market
activities. Previously, Murphy managed the company's
Communications & Automotive Solutions Group, led Worldwide
Sales & Marketing, and served in a range of other business unit
management positions.
"Few technologies have impacted the modern world more than
semiconductors, and we're now entering an era that promises even
greater change," said Murphy. "However, progress isn't guaranteed
unless the United States does more
to support research, boost competitiveness, and promote global
trade. As 2018 SIA Chair, I look forward to working with my
colleagues to champion these priorities."
Mehrotra joined Micron in May
2017, after a long and distinguished career at SanDisk
Corporation where he led the company from a start-up in 1988 until
its eventual sale in 2016. In addition to being a SanDisk
co-founder, Mr. Mehrotra served as its President and CEO from 2011
to 2016, overseeing its growth to an industry-leading Fortune 500
company.
Prior to SanDisk, Mr. Mehrotra held design engineering positions
at Integrated Device Technology, Inc., SEEQ Technology and Intel
Corporation. Mehrotra earned both bachelor's and master's degrees
in electrical engineering and computer science from the
University of California, Berkeley. He
holds more than 70 patents and has published articles on
nonvolatile memory design and flash memory systems.
"Semiconductor technology has revolutionized our society and
transformed our economy," said Mehrotra. "The success of our
industry is driven, in part, by our unity of purpose. Working
together through SIA, we can ensure continued U.S. leadership in
semiconductor manufacturing, design, and research. I look forward
to helping lead that effort as 2018 SIA Vice Chair."
Media Contacts
Dan
Rosso
Semiconductor Industry Association
202-446-1719
drosso@semiconductors.org
John Robertson
Marvell Semiconductor, Inc.
408-464-0151
jroberts@marvell.com
Marc Musgrove
Micron Technology, Inc.
408-386-1214
mmusgrove@micron.com
About SIA
The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA)
is the voice of the U.S. semiconductor industry, one of America's
top export industries and a key driver of America's economic
strength, national security, and global competitiveness.
Semiconductors – microchips that control all modern electronics –
enable the systems and products we use to work, communicate,
travel, entertain, harness energy, treat illness, and make new
scientific discoveries. The semiconductor industry directly employs
nearly a quarter of a million people in the U.S. In 2016, U.S.
semiconductor company sales totaled $164
billion, and semiconductors make the global trillion-dollar
electronics industry possible. SIA seeks to strengthen U.S.
leadership of semiconductor manufacturing, design, and research by
working with Congress, the Administration and other key industry
stakeholders to encourage policies and regulations that fuel
innovation, propel business and drive international competition.
Learn more at www.semiconductors.org.
About Marvell
Marvell first revolutionized the digital storage industry by moving
information at speeds never thought possible. Today, that same
breakthrough innovation remains at the heart of the company's
storage, networking and connectivity solutions. With leading
intellectual property and deep system-level knowledge, Marvell's
semiconductor solutions continue to transform the enterprise,
cloud, automotive, industrial, and consumer markets. To learn
more, visit: www.marvell.com
About Micron
Micron Technology is a world leader in innovative memory solutions.
Through our global brands — Micron, Crucial® and Ballistix® - our
broad portfolio of high-performance memory technologies, including
DRAM, NAND, NOR Flash and 3D XPoint™ memory, is transforming how
the world uses information. Backed by more than 35 years of
technology leadership, Micron's memory solutions enable the world's
most innovative computing, consumer, enterprise storage, data
center, mobile, embedded, and automotive applications. Micron's
common stock is traded on the Nasdaq under the MU symbol. To learn
more about Micron Technology, Inc., visit micron.com.
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