The Chip Insider® 2012 All Stars and Hall of Fame - VLSI Research
The Chip Insider® 2012 All Stars and Hall of Fame - VLSI Research
The Chip Insider® 2012 All Stars and Hall of Fame - VLSI Research
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<strong>VLSI</strong>research’s<br />
CHIP MAKING INDUSTRY HALL OF FAME<br />
Robert Holzel (1993) brought the concepts <strong>of</strong><br />
systems integrator manufacturing strategies to the<br />
industry, <strong>and</strong> showed that vertically integrated<br />
manufacturing was not needed<br />
• He was the first to use subcontracting <strong>of</strong> subsystems<br />
as a way to significantly reduce overhead, an<br />
approach that single-h<strong>and</strong>edly put Extrion back in the<br />
black after 1985's recession<br />
• Today, his subcontracting strategies are widely<br />
copied <strong>and</strong> are in use at virtually all pr<strong>of</strong>itable<br />
equipment companies<br />
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