Walton I Anderson

Lam Research Corporation, founded in 1980, is one of the leading suppliers of wafer fabrication equipment and services to the world's semiconductor industry. The company provides various types of etch systems, including dielectric etch, conductor etch, resist strip and Synergy cleaning products. Its etch and chemical mechanical planarization products selectively remove portions of various films from the wafer to create semiconductors. The company also develops intellectual property for integrated processing solutions. Its Synergy standalone clean system is used to clean wafers both before and after a range of semiconductor processing steps. Lam Research Corporation is headquartered in Fremont, Calif., and maintains a network of facilities throughout the United States, Japan, Europe, and Asia.

Advantest America Corporation offers a range of testers and handlers. Its engineering support services are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The company provides a range of electronic measuring instruments, signal test systems. Advantest America Corporation offers products under the T6577, T2000, T5593 and M7521A series. The company provides application engineering services. It operates a research and development center in California. The company also offers training courses. Advantest America Corporation is a North American subsidiary of Advantest Corporation, which is one of the world's leading, publicly traded suppliers of automatic test equipment for the semiconductor industry.