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14 January 2009

 

HRL becomes only compound fab to be Charter Member of SIA

HRL Laboratories LLC of Malibu, CA, USA (a corporate R&D lab owned by The Boeing Company and General Motors) has become the only compound semiconductor fabrication facility to participate as a charter member of the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA).

Founded in 1977, the SIA unites more than 70 firms that account for nearly 90% of semiconductor production in the USA. Twenty-nine companies currently work with the association as charter members.

The SIA provides domestic semiconductor companies a forum to advance the global competitiveness of the $118bn US microchip industry. Charter members join the association based on their profits and size (charter membership is the highest in the association)., and participate on committees focusing on public policy, technology strategy, workforce strategy, safety and health, among other areas of importance to the industry.

HRL says that it has become a charter member to take part in meetings and voice its opinions on how the USA’s Trusted Foundry Program affects the rest of the industry. The lab received its initial accreditation in 2007 as a Trusted Foundry for the Department of Defense from the Trusted Access Foundry Program Office of the National Security Agency. In 2008, it received its reaccreditation from the Defense Microelectronics Activity, which has since taken over the program.

HRL is one of 19 firms currently accredited by the program, which was established to assess and verify the integrity of the facilities and processes used to design, develop, manufacture, and distribute critical national-security microelectronic components. HRL has served the DoD, US government agencies, and major contractors in providing microelectronics foundry services for military and aerospace applications since 1960.

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