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For decades, Memory has proven to be one of the most brutally competitive corners of the Semiconductor Industry, where companies are faced with massive investment requirements, vicious supply cycles, and the ongoing threat of nationalized competition. Yet semiconductor Memory is more critical to our leading-edge electronic systems than ever before. This presentation will focus on the history and current landscape of the Semiconductor Memory Industry, discussing a number of the key technical and business challenges through time, and implications for the path forward.
Brian Shirley is a senior executive and advisor with over 34 years of broad-based experience in the semiconductor industry, including fourteen years as an executive officer of Micron Technology. Since his retirement from Micron in 2019, Mr. Shirley has worked as a senior consultant to the US Government on topics related to the Semiconductor Industry and US National Security. He also serves on the Board of Regents of the Potomac Institute, as well as on the Board of Advanced Energy, a leading supplier of high-precision power delivery solutions for semiconductor and industrial manufacturers. Mr. Shirley attended Stanford University where he graduated with distinction in 1992 with a Bachelor Degree in Electrical Engineering.
