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Thank you to our generous sponsors for their annual contribution to support our Women’s Leadership Initiative! By increasing diversity, not only will our industry flourish, but we will help to create products that improve lives, increase productivity, and drive economic growth.

To become a WLI Sponsor, contact wli@gsaglobal.org for available opportunties.

Intel Foundry is a systems foundry dedicated to transforming the global semiconductor industry by delivering cutting-edge silicon process and packaging technology leadership for the AI era. With a focus on scalability, AI advancement, and shaping the future, we provide an unparalleled blend of industry-leading technology, a rich IP portfolio, a world-class design ecosystem, and an operationally resilient global manufacturing supply chain.

Meta builds technologies that help people connect, find communities, and grow businesses. When Facebook launched in 2004, it changed the way people connect. Apps like Messenger, Instagram and WhatsApp further empowered billions around the world. Now, Meta is moving beyond 2D screens toward immersive experiences like augmented and virtual reality to help build the next evolution in social technology.

Find out more at meta.com.

Micron Technology is a world leader in innovative memory solutions and storage that accelerate the transformation of information into intelligence, inspiring the world to learn, communicate and advance faster than ever. We deliver the world’s broadest portfolio of technologies at the core of today’s most significant disruptive breakthroughs such as artificial intelligence, IoT and autonomous vehicles. With more than 40 years of technology leadership and 40,000 patents contributing to the advancement of the industry, Micron’s team of engineers, researchers, and business thinkers share a common goal: to use our expertise in the relentless pursuit of innovation for our customers, partners, and communities.

Find out more at micron.com.

Microsoft (Nasdaq “MSFT”) enables digital transformation for the era of an intelligent cloud and an intelligent edge. Its mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. Microsoft Azure is the world’s most advanced computing platform that enables organizations to solve complex problems and drive human ingenuity. Behind Azure’s ever-expanding suite of cloud offerings is a set of scalable, secure, and sustainable hardware systems and infrastructure. With datacenters in over 60 regions across the globe and availability in 140 countries, Azure is trusted & resilient and responsibly designed to enable innovation from the edge to the cloud.

For more information, news and perspectives from Microsoft, please visit the Microsoft News Center at http://news.microsoft.com.

Qualcomm is the world’s leading wireless technology innovator and the driving force behind the development, launch, and expansion of 5G. When we connected the phone to the internet, the mobile revolution was born. Today, our foundational technologies enable the mobile ecosystem and are found in every 3G, 4G and 5G smartphone. We bring the benefits of mobile to new industries, including automotive, the internet of things, and computing, and are leading the way to a world where everything and everyone can communicate and interact seamlessly.

Find out more at qualcomm.com.

TSMC pioneered the pure-play foundry business model when it was founded in 1987, and has been the world’s largest dedicated semiconductor foundry ever since. The company supports a thriving ecosystem of global customers and partners with the industry’s leading process technologies and portfolio of design enablement solutions to unleash innovation for the global semiconductor industry. With global operations spanning Asia, Europe, and North America, TSMC serves as a committed corporate citizen around the world.

TSMC deployed 272 distinct process technologies, and manufactured 10,761 products for 499 customers in 2019 by providing broadest range of advanced, specialty and advanced packaging technology services. TSMC is the first foundry to provide 5-nanometer production capabilities, the most advanced semiconductor process technology available in the world. The Company is headquartered in Hsinchu, Taiwan.

Find out more at tsmc.com.

Accenture is a global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company. Combining experience, comprehensive capabilities across all industries and business functions, and extensive research on the world’s most successful companies, Accenture collaborates with clients to help them become high-performance businesses and governments.

Find out more at Accenture.com.

AMD is the high performance and adaptive computing leader, powering the products and services that help solve the world’s most important challenges. Our technologies advance the future of the data center, embedded, gaming and PC markets.

Founded in 1969 as a Silicon Valley start-up, the AMD journey began with dozens of employees who were passionate about creating leading-edge semiconductor products. AMD has grown into a global company setting the standard for modern computing, with many important industry firsts and major technological achievements along the way.

Arm technology is at the heart of a computing and data revolution that is transforming the way people live and businesses operate. Our advanced, energy-efficient processor designs have enabled intelligent computing in more than 160 billion chips and our technologies now securely power products from the sensor to the smartphone and the supercomputer. In combination with our IoT device, connectivity and data management platform, we are also enabling customers with powerful and actionable business insights that are generating new value from their connected devices and data. Together with 1,000+ technology partners we are at the forefront of designing, securing and managing all areas of compute from the chip to the cloud.

Find out more at arm.com.

Cadence is a pivotal leader in electronic design, building upon more than 30 years of computational software expertise. The company applies its underlying Intelligent System Design strategy to deliver software, hardware and IP that turn design concepts into reality.

Cadence customers are the world’s most innovative companies, delivering extraordinary electronic products from chips to boards to systems for the most dynamic market applications including consumer, hyperscale computing, 5G communications, automotive, aerospace, industrial and health.

Find out more at cadence.com.

Google’s mission is to organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful. Through products and platforms like Search, Maps, Gmail, Android, Google Play, Google Cloud, Chrome and YouTube, Google plays a meaningful role in the daily lives of billions of people and has become one of the most widely-known companies in the world. Google is a subsidiary of Alphabet Inc.

Find out more at about.google.com.

Marvell is trusted by the world’s leading technology companies for 25 years, we move, store, process and secure the world’s data with semiconductor solutions designed for our customers’ current needs and future ambitions. Through a process of deep collaboration and transparency, we’re ultimately changing the way tomorrow’s enterprise, cloud, automotive, and carrier architectures transform—for the better.

Learn more at Marvell.com.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ: NVDA) is the world leader in accelerated computing.

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Siemens AG is an engineering and manufacturing company focusing on electrification, automation, and digitalization. Siemens also provides engineering solutions in automation and control, power, transportation, and medical diagnosis. Siemens EDA is a broad line supplier of EDA tools serving wide variety of markets ranging from communications, consumer electronics, semiconductors, networking, multimedia, military and aerospace, and transportation. It provides a complete semiconductor design flow that includes simulation, emulation, place and route, verification, design for manufacturing, and test, as well as developing tools for wire harness systems and computational fluid dynamics.

Find out more at Siemens.com.

Synopsys is at the forefront of Smart Everything with the world’s most advanced technologies for chip design, verification, IP integration, and software security and quality testing. We help our customers innovate from silicon to software so they can bring Smart Everything to life. At Synopsys, we advocate for the ideals of gender equality and diversity, and we champion an environment characterized by respect for each individual—where cultural, ethnic, and gender diversity are blended with teamwork into a harmonious workforce. We’re happy to support and promote women in semiconductor and STEM fields through our partnership with GSA.

Find out more at synopsys.com.

Applied Materials, Inc. (Nasdaq: AMAT) is the leader in materials engineering solutions used to produce virtually every new chip and advanced display in the world. Our expertise in modifying materials at atomic levels and on an industrial scale enables customers to transform possibilities into reality. At Applied Materials, our innovations make possible a better future.

Learn more at www.appliedmaterials.com.

ASE, Inc. is the leading global provider of semiconductor manufacturing services in packaging and test. With strong leadership in heterogeneous integration, manufacturing efficiency, and sustainability approaches, packaging innovation is at the heart of what ASE does. Today, ASE’s advanced packaging, system-in-package, and chiplet solutions are accelerating growth momentum across AI, HPC, Data Center, Automotive, IoT, 5G, and more. To learn about our technology advances and our VIPack™ and powerSiP™ platforms, please visit aseglobal.com or follow us on LinkedIn and X: @aseglobal.

#WeAreCisco, where every individual brings their unique skills and perspectives together to pursue our purpose of powering an inclusive future for all.

Our passion is connection—we celebrate our employees’ diverse set of backgrounds and focus on unlocking potential. Cisconians often experience one company, many careers where learning and development are encouraged and supported at every stage. Our technology, tools, and culture pioneered hybrid work trends, allowing all to not only give their best, but be their best.

We understand our outstanding opportunity to bring communities together and at the heart of that is our people. One-third of Cisconians collaborate in our 30 employee resource organizations, called Inclusive Communities, to connect, foster belonging, learn to be informed allies, and make a difference. Dedicated paid time off to volunteer—80 hours each year—allows us to give back to causes we are passionate about, and nearly 86% do!

Our purpose, driven by our people, is what makes us the worldwide leader in technology that powers the internet.

Helping our customers reimagine their applications, secure their enterprise, transform their infrastructure, and meet their sustainability goals is what we do best. We ensure that every step we take is a step towards a more inclusive future for all. Take your next step and be you, with us!

Find out more at Cisco.com.

Built with humans in mind. MediaTek is the world’s 4th largest global fabless semiconductor company and powers more than 1.5 billion devices a year. We lead the market in chipset technology for Smart/Digital TVs, Arm-based Chromebook, Voice Assistant Devices (VAD), Android tablets, feature phones, connectivity & networking, smart speakers as well as Optical and Blu-ray DVD players, and we’re number two globally in smartphones. We build chips that are less about connecting people to their devices and more about connecting your devices to what matters. Connecting to the things that shape our lives, makes us smarter, healthier and improve everyday life

Find out more at mediatek.com.

NXP Semiconductors N.V. enables secure connections for a smarter world, advancing solutions that make lives easier, better, and safer. As the world leader in secure connectivity solutions for embedded applications, NXP is driving innovation in the automotive, industrial & IoT, mobile, and communication infrastructure markets. Built on more than 60 years of combined experience and expertise, the company has approximately 29,000 employees in more than 30 countries and posted revenue of $8.61 billion in 2020.

Find out more at nxp.com.

Samsung Semiconductor is a world-leading semiconductor manufacturer with a wide range of products that power the tools you use every day – including smartphones, electric vehicles, hyperscale data centers, IoT devices, and more. With a strong focus on innovation, Samsung designs and manufactures memory, system LSI, foundry, and LED solutions. Set to open in 2024, Samsung recently broke ground on a state-of-the-art Foundry in Taylor, Texas that will power next-generation technologies in areas like 5G, artificial intelligence (AI), and high-performance computing (HPC).

Find out more at Semiconductor.Samsung.com.

At ST, we are creators and makers of semiconductor technologies, devices, and solutions. We help our customers and partners address their challenges and opportunities, and the need to support a more sustainable world. ST is committed to becoming carbon neutral by 2027.

Find out more at ST.com.

Teradyne test technology helps bring high-quality innovations such as smart devices, life-saving medical equipment and data storage systems to market, faster. Its advanced test solutions for semiconductors, electronic systems, wireless devices and more ensure that products perform as they were designed. Its robotics offerings include collaborative and mobile robots that help manufacturers of all sizes increase productivity, improve safety, and lower costs. In 2023, Teradyne had revenue of $2.7 billion and today employs over 6,500 people worldwide.

Find out more at Teradyne.

No matter how you follow your passion, you should be empowered and inspired by the data that surrounds you. The collective goal for our Western Digital®, WD®, WD_BLACK™, SanDisk® and SanDisk® Professional brands is to help you bridge the gap between aspiration and actualization. It is our mission to write the future in collaboration with you, with solutions imagined and realized on your terms. Together, we can create what’s next.

Learn more at www.westerndigital.com.

Analog Devices, Inc. (ADI) is a global semiconductor leader that bridges the physical and digital worlds to enable breakthroughs at the Intelligent Edge. ADI combines analog, digital, and software technologies into solutions that help drive advancements in digitized factories, mobility, and digital healthcare, combat climate change, and reliably connect humans and the world. With revenue of more than $12 billion in FY22 and approximately 25,000 people globally working alongside 125,000 global customers, ADI ensures today’s innovators stay Ahead of What’s Possible.

Founded in May 2016, in Hefei, Anhui, CXMT is an integrated design and manufacturing company specializing in dynamic random-access memory (DRAM). CXMT’s 12-inch wafer fab is in production. DRAM is used in a wide range of popular consumer products, including mobile devices, computers, servers, virtual reality, and the Internet of Things.
CXMT will continue to meet a constantly growing market demand for DRAM with trustworthy products and service. We are committed to improving human lives through pioneering memory technology.

Find out more at CXMT.com.

GlobalFoundries (GF) is a leading manufacturer of essential semiconductors that power the world. We innovate with customers to deliver efficient, high-performance products for automotive, IoT, and communications markets. With a global footprint across the U.S., Europe, and Asia, GF is a trusted source for customers. Our diverse team is committed to security, sustainability, and a vibrant DEIB program, aiming to set the standard for women in the semiconductor industry. We ensure equal opportunities and prioritize employee wellbeing. For more information, visit www.gf.com.

Microchip Technology Inc. is a leading provider of smart, connected, and secure embedded control solutions. Its easy-to-use development tools and comprehensive product portfolio enable customers to create optimal designs which reduce risk while lowering total system cost and time to market. The company’s solutions serve more than 120,000 customers across the industrial, automotive, consumer, aerospace and defense, communications and computing markets. Headquartered in Chandler, Arizona, Microchip offers outstanding technical support along with dependable delivery and quality.

Find out more at microchip.com.

Silicon Labs (NASDAQ: SLAB) is a leader in secure, intelligent wireless technology for a more connected world. Our integrated hardware and software platform, intuitive development tools, thriving ecosystem, and robust support make us an ideal long-term partner in building advanced industrial, commercial, home and life applications. We make it easy for developers to solve complex wireless challenges throughout the product lifecycle and get to market quickly with innovative solutions that transform industries, grow economies, and improve lives. silabs.com

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Alphawave Semi is a global leader in high-speed connectivity and compute silicon for the world’s technology infrastructure. Faced with the exponential growth of data, Alphawave Semi’s technology services a critical need: enabling data to travel faster, more reliably, and with higher performance at lower power. We are a vertically integrated semiconductor company, and our IP, custom silicon, and connectivity products are deployed by global tier-one customers in data centres, compute, networking, AI, 5G, autonomous vehicles, and storage. Founded in 2017 by an expert technical team with a proven track record in licensing semiconductor IP, our mission is to accelerate the critical data infrastructure at the heart of our digital world.

To find out more about Alphawave Semi, visit: awavesemi.com.

iVP Semiconductor is a fabless semiconductor startup focusing on building Power Solutions for the Indian market. The solution portfolio includes both power components and intelligent power modules, customized to meet the specific requirements of Indian System Companies. By leveraging India’s strong system design competence, iVP Semi aims to drive innovation locally, enabling Indian companies to compete on both domestic and global stages. As a fabless entity, iVP Semiconductor focuses on innovative designs, application support, in-house testing and supply chain efficiency, emphasizing the last-mile support. Serving the renewables, EV, industrial, and automotive sectors, iVP Semi’s vision is to localize semiconductor production, enhance technological autonomy, and foster a robust local ecosystem that addresses global challenges through Indian-developed solutions. Headquartered in Chennai, with additional offices in Singapore, Taiwan, and the US, iVP Semi is poised to make a significant impact on the global semiconductor industry.

Advantest is the leading manufacturer of automatic test and measurement equipment used in the design and production of semiconductors for applications including 5G, IoT, autonomous vehicles, high-performance computing (HPC) including AI and machine learning, and more. The company also conducts R&D to address emerging testing challenges and applications; develops advanced test-interface solutions for wafer sort and final test; produces scanning electron microscopes essential to photomask manufacturing; and offers system-level test solutions and other test-related accessories. Founded in Tokyo in 1954, Advantest is a global company with facilities around the world and an international commitment to sustainable practices and social responsibility.

Infineon Technologies AG is a world leader in semiconductor solutions that make life easier, safer and greener. Microelectronics from Infineon is the key to a better future. In the 2019 fiscal year (ending 30 September), the company reported sales of around €8 billion with about 41,400 employees worldwide. Infineon is listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (ticker symbol: IFX) and in the USA on the over-the-counter market OTCQX International Premier (ticker symbol: IFNNY).

Find out more at infineon.com.

Deloitte provides industry-leading audit, consulting, tax and advisory services to many of the world’s most admired brands, including nearly 90% of the Fortune 500® and more than 8,500 US-based private companies. At Deloitte, we strive to live our purpose of making an impact that matters by creating trust and confidence in a more equitable society. We leverage our unique blend of business acumen, command of technology, and strategic technology alliances to advise our clients across industries as they build their future. Deloitte is proud to be part of the largest global professional services network serving our clients in the markets that are most important to them. Bringing more than 175 years of service, our network of member firms spans more than 150 countries and territories. Learn how Deloitte’s approximately 457,000 people worldwide connect for impact at www.deloitte.com.

NI (now part of Emerson Test & Measurement) knows that test is more than a necessity; it’s an opportunity to realize the full potential of your product and business performance. As today’s technology and processes become increasingly complex, we’re building on our deep test expertise—providing adaptable, software-connected systems to connect data across the product lifecycle—so that engineers and enterprises understand why their products behave the way they do and how to make them better.

Find out more at ni.com