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With workforce development programs striving to bring new talent into the #semiconductor industry and keep pace with chip demand, SEMI addressed opportunities and challenges during a panel discussion at its 2024 Advanced Semiconductor Manufacturing Conference (ASMC). To create the workforce, the panel highlighted the need for:   · Large-scale collaboration between government, education, and the private sector · Increased industry accessibility for underrepresented populations · Retention of new and existing members of the workforce   This year’s panel featured Kylie Patterson, Chief Opportunity and Inclusion Officer at CHIPS for America; Kevin Younis, Chief Opportunity Officer and Executive Deputy Commissioner at Empire State Development; Hector Rodriguez, Dean of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math at Hudson Valley Community College; and Fran Dillard, Vice President and Chief Diversity Inclusion Officer (CDIO) at Micron Technology. The panel was moderated by Shari Liss, Executive Director of the SEMI Foundation.   Learn more: https://lnkd.in/g7wDjnsB #SEMI_ASMC #SEMICONWest #Workforce

Great read. Especially when you distilled the fact that nearly all global success stories revolve around one word - tenacity. One of the rare CEOs that knows the business like that back of her hand with the PhD credentials to remind you that that magic "sauce" once again is she took the trouble to gain mastery in her craft. And the growing up in the Bronx back story adds to the narration. If we apply the same tenacity towards our global challenge of the sustainability pivot, we can create the same wonders. We truly need more visionaries with the tenacity of Lisa to create mindshare for the pressing need for coordinated collaboration in our sustainablity/regeneration pivot. The measurement of our worth is our impact on the world before we expire. Not our stock value. #tenacity #amd #leadership #sustainability #globalchallenge #AsianCentury #Regeneration

Meet Lisa Su Chair and CEO of AMD and #Woman With #Many #Trailblazing #Firsts👌🏾👩🏽 💯✔️ ✍🏾54 year old immigrant made history as the first woman to ever become the highest paid CEO in the world. ✍🏾Born in Taiwan, Lisa immigrated to the US as a toddler and quickly became an engineering prodigy from her earliest days. ✍🏾By the age of 10, she was taking apart her brother's remote control cars and putting them back together. ✍🏾as a high schooler at Bronx High School of Science, Lisa got her very first computer: an Apple II. ✍🏾By 1986, Lisa was at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, first obtaining her engineering undergrad, then her Master's degree, then finally her Ph.D. ✍🏾By 1994, Lisa started her career at Texas Instruments, before moving to IBM, where she invented a new type of metal for semi-conductor chips, improving their speed by 20 percent. ✍🏾By the 2000s, Lisa was the most powerful mind in technology hardware, inventing the processor chip that would go on to power the Sony PlayStation 3. This video game strategy would go on to shape her biggest success. ✍🏾In 2012, Lisa became General Manager of AMD, the world's largest semiconductor company. ✍🏾Under her leadership, AMD became a video game giant and onboarded rivals Sony and Microsoft to BOTH use AMD chips for the PS4 and Xbox One.The tactic was obvious: let the two video game giants battle it out for marketshare, while every single machine was powered by AMD. ✍🏾By 2014, Lisa was appointed CEO of AMD. ✍🏾Under Lisa's leadership, roughly 40% of AMD's sales came from non-PC markets, such as video game consoles by 2015. The stock soared -- growing over 600% in the last five years alone. ✍🏾By 2020, Lisa became the highest paid CEO in the entire world. ✍🏾In 2022, MIT named a building after Lisa. ✍🏾Lisa is one of very, very few Fortune 500 CEOs to have a PhD. She literally lived and breathed the work her company does. ✍🏾One of a very few CEOs to actually BUILD product sold. ✍🏾most important leader in the male-dominated video game industry. Thanks Jennifer Stojkovic for sharing👍🏾 #womeninbusiness #womenempoweringwomen #amazing #women #trailblazingwomen Esosa Aihie

Anyone that truly knows me knows i believe that grassroots efforts are the biggest change agents (and we need more $ support for them from government). Grassroots versus tokenism is the difference between earned media and paid media. It’s stories like this that drive authentic, (grassroots) inspiration to our younger up and coming generations that will soon lead. Stories of what hard work + working at companies that believes in promoting visionaries - regardless of gender. They signal to and inspire our world’s daughters to chase dreams in industries previously male dominated (or even currently) and also serve to communicate to our older generations of adults that this is not only possible, it’s positive (and imminent). #womenexecutives #womenleaders #futureleaders #smart #deeptech #voltsafe #ai #electrification #spring #inbc #dragonsden #cta #mars #vmcc #cloecapital #ryanreynolds

Business ideas with a GENDER-FILTER Dr. Lisa Su, the CEO of AMD, is truly an inspiring figure. She reminds me of Jensen Huang, the Chairman and Founder of NVIDIA. Interestingly, they seem to share a familial connection. After exploring her biography, it prompts the question: With her impressive qualifications and success, why isn't she the founder of NVIDIA, much like her relative? This too is entrenched gender biases that have long dictated who gets to lead and who must follow. From the playground to the boardroom, society scripts a tale of disparity where boys are cast as the next tech moguls and girls, if lucky, their diligent aides. This isn't just about filling roles; it's about who is seen as worthy of leading the next tech revolution. The field of technology, ripe with innovation and risk, ironically plays it safe when backing talent, favoring the familiar over the formidable. Female founders, despite their prowess, see but a sliver of venture capital (1.8% in 2023), a clear vote of no confidence from the financial gatekeepers. The plot thickens when failure enters the stage. For men, it's a rite of passage, a badge of honor. For women, failure is often branded as a mark of inadequacy, unforgiving and final. Consider Elizabeth Holmes from Theranos; I wonder, would she have been treated differently had she been a man? Yet, amidst this bleak narrative, a flicker of hope remains. The digital age, with data and AI at its helm, offers tools not just for innovation but for rewriting these archaic rules. I'm not just hopeful; I'm on a mission. A mission to harness these tools in the fight for gender equality within the corridors of tech power. This isn't a solo journey but a collective crusade, joined by legions of visionaries, both women and men, who dare to dream of a different narrative. This is a call to arms. A provocation to dismantle the archaic caste system of Silicon Valley. To create a world where gender doesn't dictate one's destiny in technology. Together, we're not just challenging the status quo; we're obliterating it, paving the way for a future where Dr. Lisa Su isn't the exception but the norm. #GenderBiasInTech #WomenInLeadership #InnovationForAll

With 2,000 jobs coming to Boise as a result of the new $15 billion memory fab, more women and people from other underrepresented groups are needed to meet the future workforce demands. As a recent Accenture report noted, semiconductor companies have the “clear opportunity to help narrow the existing and pervasive gender gap and unlock the value that women can provide.” Micron is proactively removing barriers so women can fully engage in the workforce. Wondering what it’s like to be a woman in the fast-moving field of driving leading-edge memory and storage solutions? Hear from four female Micron employees in their own words about what drew them to Micron, the opportunities and challenges of working in the semiconductor industry, and what advice they would give to those interested in entering the field. https://lnkd.in/gHKP5tAy

Let's talk about Fortune 500 women CEOs! While much attention has been focused on Jensen Huang, CEO of NVIDIA, and his company's significant role in the artificial intelligence (AI) industry, another notable figure in the field is Lisa Su, CEO of AMD. Interestingly, Su and Huang are distant cousins, yet their companies are fierce competitors in the race to develop cutting-edge technology for AI applications. Lisa Su is the first female CEO of a semiconductor company and a role model for women in tech. She leads AMD, a prominent player in the industry, and her story is worth sharing. Lisa Su earned her Bachelor's and Ph.D degrees in Electrical Engineering from MIT. Prior to joining AMD, she held various roles at IBM and Freescale Semiconductor. In 2012, she joined AMD as Vice President and General Manager. Within her first two years, she successfully expanded AMD's customer base beyond computers and secured partnerships with major gaming console manufacturers, including Microsoft (Xbox) and Sony (PS4). She was appointed CEO in 2014, at a time when AMD was facing significant challenges. The company was saddled with $2.2 billion in debt and was considered "uninvestable" by many analysts. Additionally, AMD was struggling to execute and was losing ground in the market to competitors like Intel, Nvidia, Qualcomm, and Samsung. At the time, AMD's stock price was barely above $3 per share, putting the company on the brink of bankruptcy. Today’s price is $168.30, representing a staggering increase of over 5000%. AMD's share in CPUs has grown from 18% in 2017 to 36% in the fourth quarter of 2023, while Intel's has dwindled from 82% to 61%. Her plan was simple: Create great products, deepen customer trust and simplify the company. She decided to prioritise a new chip architecture called Zen (Ryzen). It paid off when it finally launched in 2017. This move proved to be a game-changer for the company, as the new architecture enabled AMD to compete head-on with Intel in the lucrative laptop market. In Feb 2022 AMD’s market cap first surpassed Intel’s, company. Last December AMD launched the new MI300X chip which looks to compete against NVIDIA H100. OpenAI and Microsoft have announced they will be using AMD chips for work on AI inference. Lisa Su #WomeninTech #Fortune500 #WomenCEOs

Interesting read. a new knowledge. Thanks Balaji Arumugam for sharing this story

Chandrakalavathi’s quote featured for International Day for Women in Engineeing. https://lnkd.in/dZbxHWzT Chandrakalavathi Yellampalli, Associate Director, SOC Development, Samsung Semiconductor India Research (SSIR) commented, “Empowered by innovation and driven by passion, at Samsung Semiconductor India Research (SSIR), we redefine possibilities in chip design. This #InternationalDayForWomenInEngineering, I honor the resilience of women engineers', who juggle between career and family. I strongly believe all women are strong and can do great in any domain or career. To aspiring engineers: embrace your potential, set ambitious goals, and conquer challenges step by step. Together, we shape the future of engineering."

🌟 Tought of the day : Let's Break the Determinism! 🌟 🚺 To all the amazing little girls and women out there, it's time to shatter the misconception that you're "not technical." 💥How many times am I hearing that? How many times did I say that? I decided to stop, and I thank #Intel for giving me so much technical enhancement and knowledge. 🤲 👩💼 As someone who didn't pursue engineering but holds master’s degrees in business and finance, I stand proudly to say that your background doesn't necessarily define your capabilities. 🎓 Whether it's AI, physics, semiconductors or any technical domain, your passion and curiosity are what truly matter. 🔍 This is at least what I would have liked to say to the 5-year-old version of me. 🤖 It's time to defy stereotypes and embrace our appetite for all things technical! 💪 📣 So let's change the narrative. This is not an injunction for all women to become engineers but let's empower each other (men and women) to pursue our interests fearlessly. 👭 Don't let anyone tell you that you can’t do it because you’re "not technical." Own your brilliance, because the world needs our unique perspective! 🌍💫 #WomenInTech #BreakTheStereotype #IamIntel