1997

SRC celebrates 15 years of innovation. The Microelectronics Advanced Research Corporation (MARCO), a research organization emphasizing the elimination of current technological barriers by seeking more revolutionary approaches, is created as a subsidiary of SRC to launch the Focus Center Research Program.

Highlights

Focus Center Research Program (FCRP) is established to conduct innovative, multi-university research in semiconductor technology with a horizon of eight-plus years. FCRP targets the intractable challenges in semiconductor-based technology on behalf of its Sponsors, which include the Department of Defense (DARPA), the microelectronics industry and the defense contractor community. FCRP research employs a hierarchy of approaches for integrated electronics, ranging from nanomaterials, novel devices and circuit techniques, to system level design methodology including new chip architectures, all the way to full system platforms and multi-scale systems design.
SRC partners with the SIA and SEMATECH to update the National Technology Roadmap for Semiconductors (NTRS); new opportunities for long-term university research programs responsive to strategic industry needs are identified and launched.
SRC and the National Science Foundation (NSF) launch a research initiative directed at the development of innovative new operational methods that will enable factory performance to keep pace with ongoing improvements in equipment and processes.
750 students are supported by SRC, of which 104 graduate with a Ph.D. or Master’s Degree; 40 Fellowships and four Master’s Scholarships are put in place.
The annual Graduate Fellowship Program Conference, co-sponsored by Intel Corporation, is held in Santa Clara, CA. Nine invited papers and 37 poster sessions are presented. The highlight of the two-day conference was the keynote address by Dr. Gordon Moore.
SRC adds 12 newly issued U.S. Patents to its intellectual property portfolio, bringing the SRC’s total number of issued U.S. Patents to 150.

For specific research areas and results, please see this year's annual report. »

1997 Officers

Donald L. Wollesen, Board Chairman
Larry W. Sumney, CEO
Linda L. Gardner, Secretary

1997 Board of Directors

Donald L. Wollesen, Chairman Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
Thomas F. Gannon Digital Equipment Corporation
David L. Burkey Digital Equipment Corporation
Walter Class Eaton Corporation
Dyer A. Matlock Harris Corporation
George E. Bodway HP Inc.
Michael Polcari IBM Corporation
Sunlin Chou Intel Corporation
Richard D. Schinella LSI Corporation
Mark R. Pinto Lucent Technologies
Owen P. Williams (Jan - Aug) Motorola Incorporated
Sherry J. Gillespie (Sep - Dec) Motorola Incorporated
Court Skinner (Jan - Mar) National Semiconductor Corporation
Gobi R. Padmanabhan (Apr - Dec) National Semiconductor Corporation
Michael D. Fitzpatrick Northrop Grumman
Richard S. Hill Novellus Systems, Inc.
C. Mark Melliar-Smith SEMATECH
Larry W. Sumney Semiconductor Research Corporation
Yoshio Nishi (Jan - Oct) Texas Instruments Incorporated
Ashwin Shah (Nov - Dec) Texas Instruments Incorporated

1997 SRC Senior Staff

Larry W. Sumney, President & CEO
Ralph K. Cavin, Vice President, Research Operations
Dinesh A. Mehta, Vice President, Administrative Operations and Strategic Initiatives
Peter W.J. Verhofstadt, Executive Vice President, and Managing Director, MARCO