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Respected
Semiconductor Researcher to Lead R&D Efforts
DALLAS
(Jan. 19, 2004) – Dr. Hans Stork, senior vice president of Silicon
Technology Development, has been named Chief Technology Officer of Texas
Instruments. In his expanded role, Dr. Stork will drive long term R&D
strategy and build upon TI’s reputation as a top developer of advanced
silicon technology.
“Technology excellence is the foundation on which TI was built and
that proud tradition continues under Dr. Stork,” said Rich Templeton,
TI’s chief operating officer. “We’re fortunate to have
a technologist of Dr. Stork’s vision and experience in this role.
Under his leadership, TI has become one of the leaders in advanced process
technology, enabling the company to develop a robust signal processing
product portfolio for the wireless, broadband and digital consumer markets.”
The appointment comes as the semiconductor industry faces numerous challenges
in its steady progress toward ever smaller transistors integrated on chips
in ever increasing numbers. Controlling power consumption, developing
next generation transistor architectures and finding cost effective photolithography
options are just a few of the issues the CTO will address.
“This is an exciting time to lead TI’s technology development
as the semiconductor industry begins adopting a range of new materials
and transistor designs,” said Dr. Stork. “Building on TI’s
reputation as a leading R&D company is a great opportunity and I look
forward to my new role.”
With a doctorate from Stanford University, Dr. Stork joined TI in 2001
from Hewlett-Packard, where he served as Director of the Internet Systems
and Storage Lab at HP Laboratories, and earlier as the Director of the
ULSI Research Lab. He began his professional career at IBM's T.J. Watson
Research Center, where he researched advanced bipolar technology and circuits,
and later SiGe (silicon germanium) technology, finally assuming responsibility
for the Exploratory Device and Technology programs at IBM Research.
Dr. Stork has written or co-authored approximately 90 papers and holds
five patents. He was elected IEEE Fellow in 1994 for his contributions
to SiGe devices and technology.
Dr. Stork is a fellow member of the IEEE Electron Devices Society, where
he has served on and chaired a number of committees. Dr. Stork joined
the Sematech board of directors in 2002 after several years service on
the organization’s Executive Technical Advisory Board, has been
a board member of the Semiconductor Research Corporation since 1999, and
serves on the Semiconductor Industry Association’s (SIA) Technology
Strategy Committee. Additionally, he served as a technical advisor to
government efforts on high-performance computing benchmarks and the national
security issues emerging from Internet computing.
Born in Soest, The Netherlands, Dr. Stork received the Ingenieur degree
in electrical engineering from Delft University of Technology, Delft,
The Netherlands.
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Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments Incorporated provides innovative DSP and analog technologies
to meet our customers' real world signal processing requirements. In addition
to Semiconductor, the company's businesses include Sensors & Controls,
and Education Technology. TI is headquartered in Dallas,
Texas, and has manufacturing, design or sales operations in more than
25 countries.
Texas Instruments
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