Rebecca Shooter-Dodd

SEMATECH, Inc. provides research and development services in semiconductor manufacturing technology. It offers research in design, lithography, interconnect, and other facets of chip manufacturing. The company was established in 1986 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.

Entrepix, Inc. provides chemical mechanical polishing and related wafer surface conditioning process outsourcing and equipment services. It offers refurbished CMP equipment, including polishers, post-CMP cleaners and slurry and chemical delivery systems; and refurbished metrology equipment, such as film thickness products, profile meters, particle detection products, and in-line dielectric metrology, as well as lam and ontrak post CMP scrubbers. The firm also offers refurbishment, installation and qualification services; process development and transfer; spare parts, subassembly rebuild and field services; and training services. The company was founded by Steven Horowitz in 1998 and is headquartered in Phoenix, AZ.

Rodel, Inc. distributes electronic materials. The private company is based in Scottsdale, AZ. The company was founded by William D. Budinger.

University of Houston System offers higher education degrees and job training or vocational study programs. It offers about 280 undergraduate and graduate degree programs in fields such as business, education, humanities and law. It was founded in 1927 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

SPTS Technologies Ltd. manufactures plasma etch and deposition and thermal processing equipment for the semiconductor industry. Its products include plasma dicing, HF release etch, XeF2 release etch, metal deposition, MVD, PECVD and inkjet printing for IC. The company was founded in 2009 and is headquartered in Newport, the United Kingdom.

SPT Micro Technologies USA, Inc. is a leading supplier of vertical batch furnaces for various industries such as MEMS, Power, LED, Semiconductor, III-V, RFID, and packaging device manufacturers. The private company is based in San Jose. The American company offers continued support, spares, and upgrades for Atmospheric Pressure CVD of SiH4 or TEOS based dielectrics. The company's patented Watkins Johnson (WJ) linear injector technology enables precise, repeatable deposition of doped or un-doped films with no transient film properties and uniform gap fill across the wafer. SPT's expertise in developing novel applications and maximizing system design gives their customers an advantage over the competition. The company offers customized equipment designed to meet their customer's application, configuration, and substrate needs.

Semitool, Inc. engages in the design, manufacture, installation, and service of equipment for use in the fabrication of semiconductor devices. The company was founded by Raymon F. Thompson in 1979 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

Edwards Vacuum LLC manufactures and supplies vacuum pumps and exhaust management systems. The company was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in Sanborn, NY.

Part of ASML Holding NV, Silicon Valley Group, Inc. designs, manufactures, markets, and services semiconductor processing equipment. The company is based in San Jose, CA. The company was founded by Ellen D. Levy. Silicon Valley Group was acquired by ASML Holding NV on May 22, 2001 for $1,199.10 million.

Thomas West, Inc. develops, manufactures, and supplies polishing pads for chemical mechanical planarization. The private company is based in Sunnyvale, CA.

NexPlanar Corp. develops the next generation chemical mechanical planarization pads for the semiconductor device industry. It serves semiconductor fabrication operations around the world. The company was founded by Sudhanshu Misra and Pradip K. Roy in 2003 and is headquartered in Hillsboro, OR.

ATI Liquidating, Inc. designs, manufactures, sells and supports advanced semiconductor capital equipment and process technologies for the global semiconductor industry and related markets. The company was founded by Patrick C. O'Connor on September 18, 2003 and is headquartered in Scotts Valley, CA.

eIQ Energy, Inc. engages in designing and manufacturing power electronics. Its products are vBoost 600 and solar scout intended to reduce overall systems costs for parallel architecture. The company was founded by Gene Krzywinski on September 10, 2007 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.