ATMI Extends $2 Million Financial Gift to the University of California, Berkeley to Aid Advanced Research in Mobile Device Effi
10 May 2013 - 5:00AM
ATMI, Inc. (Nasdaq:ATMI), a global technology company and supplier
of advanced materials solutions to the microelectronics industry,
awarded a gift today to the University of California, Berkeley (UC
Berkeley) in the amount of $2 million. In a public event on the UC
Berkeley campus, ATMI's Chief Executive Officer, Doug Neugold,
presented the gift to S. Shankar Sastry, Dean of the College of
Engineering, and transistor technology pioneer Professor Chenming
Hu of the Department of Electrical Engineering & Computer
Sciences. The gift to the college will support on-going work by
Professor Hu and his colleagues in the effort to develop ultra-low
power consuming microelectronic device architecture and design that
would enable greater ubiquity of mobile devices.
"UC Berkeley has a proven record of innovative semiconductor
device research that has pushed the boundaries of performance and
power efficiency of transistors," noted Dean Sastry. "The ATMI gift
will aid research toward accomplishing new advances, especially in
reducing the energy footprint in microelectronics."
Energy efficiency is the next major barrier to new applications
and markets for semiconductor circuits. Professor Hu and his
colleagues will conduct leading-edge design and research in an
effort to reach new milestones for sustainable solutions in power
storage, consumption and overall efficiency.
"It is our privilege to enable future-focused, microelectronics
solution development through such an accomplished team and college
at this prestigious university," commented Neugold during the
campus presentation today. "As a global technology leader in
microelectronics, we are inspired by all efforts that deliver more
efficient and sustainable solutions to our industry. It is my hope
that the work from this endeavor, led by Professor Hu, might
someday deliver just that."
Professor Hu is widely known in the semiconductor industry for
his innovative work and impactful career. He is regarded as the
"Father of the 3-D transistor" for initiating the development of
FinFET, a leading computer chip design now commonly used by major
semiconductor companies and hailed as the most radical shift in
semiconductor technology in the last 50 years. The FinFET approach
to transistor design uses a stacked, multiple-gate configuration
that increases the surface area for electrons and has helped enable
the extension of semiconductor nodes to 10nm and beyond. In
addition, Professor Hu has won numerous awards for his pioneering
contributions and for achievements critical to attaining smaller,
more reliable and higher-performing integrated circuits. A
professor at UC Berkeley since 1976, Professor Hu has also
performed a host of other high-profile duties, including Chief
Technology Officer for TSMC, the world's largest dedicated
integrated circuits manufacturing company.
"My research has benefited from the generosity of many industry
sponsors and I am proud to have ATMI as the first process materials
company to support our continued quest for innovation," said
Professor Hu, professor emeritus of electrical engineering &
computer sciences and distinguished professor in the Graduate
School at UC Berkeley. "We appreciate ATMI's leadership and support
and share its vision that future advances in electronic devices
will be increasingly linked with new materials."
ATMI's financial gift will support the research of
energy-efficient semiconductor devices conducted by Professor Hu,
Professor Ali Javey and Professor Sayeef Salahuddin. The professors
will investigate new structures, materials and operational
principles of transistors that may enable future low-power
integrated circuits and electronics. Companies like ATMI may then
be able to scale-up these new materials for delivery into the
circuit manufacturing process. The gift will also enable UC
Berkeley researchers to collaborate with the prestigious National
Chiao Tung University in Taiwan, which has a very strong materials
research program.
About ATMI
ATMI, Inc. provides specialty semiconductor materials, and safe,
high-purity materials handling and delivery solutions designed to
increase process efficiencies for the worldwide semiconductor, flat
panel, and life sciences industries. For more information, please
visit atmi.com.
About UC Berkeley
With its proximity to Silicon Valley and a global reputation for
academic excellence, the University of California, Berkeley has
long been a key driver of technological innovation. More than 4,800
students study engineering at Berkeley, taught by more than 200
full-time faculty. The mixed-signal MOS integrated circuit was
pioneered by electrical engineering researchers at Berkeley, as was
computer-aided design for integrated circuits and three-dimensional
transistor technology. More than 40 affiliated engineering research
centers, in areas from wireless communications to sustainable
design, foster student instruction and industry collaboration.
Learn more at coe.berkeley.edu.
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of Advanced Technology Materials, Inc., in the United States, other
countries or both.
CONTACT: ATMI, Inc.
Troy Dewar
Director, Investor Relations
& Corporate Communications
203-207-9349
tdewar@atmi.com
UC Berkeley
Karen L. Rhodes
Executive Director, Marketing Communications
College of Engineering
510.643.6803
klrhodes@coe.berkeley.edu
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