SEMATECH uses the Top Challenges list to focus resources on the most critical of approximately 90 projects that it maintains in key areas of semiconductor R&D. The SEMATECH research portfolio is developed by the consortium’s Executive Steering Council (ESC), in consultation with corporate managers.
(June 24, 2004) San Jose, Calif.—The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) says that proposed rule changes in the accounting for stock options will not bring greater clarity to financial statements and urged the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) to conduct field tests before enacting the proposed rule.