July 16, 2003 – SEMI, San Jose, CA, has appointed George Chamillard, chairman and CEO of Teradyne, as chairman of its board of directors, replacing Ultratech CEO Arthur Zafiropoulo. Chamillard has been a board member at SEMI since 1998, and has worked at Teradyne since 1969.
SEMI also elected four new board members from ATMI, Axcelis Technologies, Asyst Technologies, and Ferrotec Corp., and re-elected board members representing TEL, Hermes Epitek Corp., and KLA-Tencor.