1991
SRC participates in Micro Tech 2000 roadmap efforts; embraces Total Quality Management; and establishes the Technical Excellence Award.
Highlights
- The Executive Technology Coordinating Group is formed to improve the coordination of cooperative research and development efforts of the semiconductor industry.
- Micro Tech 2000, a workshop sponsored by NACS (see 1988 highlights) in Research Triangle Park produces the first industry-wide technology roadmap, with major SRC participation.
- TQM (Total Quality Management) analysis begins to ensure that SRC customers are able to obtain and rapidly apply the highest quality generic long-range research results.
- Research efforts of over 250 faculty and 700 graduate students at 56 research organizations are directed to SRC research goals.
- SRC’s Board of Directors authorizes the Technical Excellence Award as a complement to the Inventor Recognition Award established in 1986.
1991 Officers
- Gerhard H. Parker, Board Chairman
- Larry W. Sumney, CEO
- Ralph E. Darby, Secretary
1991 Board of Directors
- William T. Siegle Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
- C. Mark Melliar-Smith AT&T
- Thomas F. Gannon Digital Equipment Corporation
- Jack F. Strange E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Company
- Rajinder P. Khosla Eastman Kodak Company
- Peter R. Younger Eaton Corporation
- Walter R. McIndoo General Motors Corporation
- Jeffrey D. Peters Harris Corporation
- Fred N. Schwettmann HP Inc.
- Daniel J. Fleming IBM Corporation
- Gerhard H. Parker, Chairman Intel Corporation
- Joseph L. Parkinson Micron Technology, Inc.
- Owen P. Williams Motorola Incorporated
- James B. Owens National Semiconductor Corporation
- Lowell D. Deckard NCR Corporation
- Larry W. Sumney Semiconductor Research Corporation
- G. R. Mohan Rao Texas Instruments Incorporated
1991 SRC Senior Staff
- Larry W. Sumney, President & CEO
- Robert M. Burger, Vice President and Chief Scientist
- James F. Freedman, Vice President, Research Integration
- William C. (Bill) Holton, Vice President, Research Operations
- D. Howard Phillips, Vice President, Marketing & Member Relations
