NVIDIA JOINS THE SOI INDUSTRY CONSORTIUM
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in pdf format SEMICON WEST, San Francisco, CA, July 16th, 2008 – The SOI Industry Consortium
announced today that NVIDIA (Nasdaq: NVDA), the world leader in visual computing technologies, has
joined the organization. The SOI Industry Consortium, which was formed in October 2007 by a group of
leading companies from across the electronics industry, is aimed at accelerating
silicon-on-insulator (SOI) innovation into broad markets by promoting the benefits of SOI technology
and reducing the barriers to adoption.
NVIDIA serves the entertainment and consumer market, the professional design and visualization
market, as well as the high-performance computing market. Their products are transforming
visually-rich and computationally-intensive applications such as video games, film production,
broadcasting, industrial design, financial modeling, space exploration, and medical imaging.
NVIDIA brings the SOI Consortium membership to twenty three companies. Other members include: AMD,
Applied Materials, ARM, Cadence Design Systems, CEA-Léti, Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing,
Freescale Semiconductor, IBM, Innovative Silicon, KLA-Tencor, Lam Research, Magma Design, Samsung,
Semico, Soitec, SEH Europe, STMicroelectronics, Synopsys, TSMC, Tyndall Institute, UCL and UMC.
“NVIDIA is pleased to join the SOI consortium. We are looking forward in participating on the
advancement of such an innovative technology and its applications to future products," said John
Chen, VP, Technology and Foundry Operations at NVIDIA.
“We are honored to partner with NVIDIA. Their unique insight and perspectives as the world leader
in visual computing will be very valuable in articulating the technology direction of the
consortium,” says Horacio Mendez, executive director of the SOI Industry Consortium. “NVIDIA’
s entry into the SOI Industry Consortium supports the momentum we are gaining throughout the
electronics industry from end-users and enablers to suppliers and manufacturers,” added Mendez.
The SOI Industry Consortium is open to any company, organization or academic institution with an
interest in SOI.
Visit the SOI Industry Consortium in San Francisco, at Semicon West, West Hall, level 2 booth #L12.
About the SOI Industry Consortium:
The SOI Industry Consortium is chartered with accelerating silicon-on-insulator (SOI) innovation
into broad markets by promoting the benefits of SOI technology and reducing the barriers to
adoption. Representing leaders spanning the entire electronics industry infrastructure, SOI Industry
Consortium members include: AMD, Applied Materials, ARM, Cadence Design Systems, CEA-Léti,
Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing Ltd, Freescale Semiconductor, IBM, Innovative Silicon,
KLA-Tencor, Lam Research, Magma Design, Samsung, Semico, Soitec, SEH Europe, STMicroelectronics,
Synopsys, TSMC, Tyndall Institute, UCL and UMC. Membership is open to all companies and institutions
throughout the electronics industry.
