To record and preserve the history of the semiconductor equipment and materials industry, SEMI presents oral history interviews with industry pioneers. The current collection of interviews are featured below, listed in alphabetical order by interviewee surname.

Alex d'Arbeloff Co-founder of Teradyne
Morris Chang Chairman, TSMC
Nicholas DeWolf Founder, Teradyne
Dick Dryden Founder, Dryden Engineering
James E. Gallagher Co-founder, GCA Corp
Ted Gallagher Founder, Tegal Corp
Sam Harrell Served in management roles at TI, Cobilt, Micronix (founder), SEMATECH and KLA-Tencor
James T. Healy Served in management roles in IC test companies, including Fairchild, GenRad, Trillium and Credence
Rick Heim 40+ years in the industry, including RCA Labs, Kasper, Cobilt, Machine Technology and SEMI
Jerry Hutcheson Founder, VLSI Research
C. Scott Kulicke Chairman and CEO, Kulicke & Soffa
David K. Lam Founder, Lam Research Corp
Karl Lang Founder, Thermco
Jay T. Last Co-founder, Fairchild Semiconductor
Mary Law Executive secretary, SEMI (1973-1977)
Kenneth Levy Co-founder, KLA Tencor
Robert E. Lorenzini Founder, Elmat and Siltec
Michael A. McNeilly Founder, Applied Materials
Brad Mattson Founder, Novellus and Mattson Technology
James C. Morgan Chairman, Applied Materials
Stanley T. Myers President and CEO, SEMI
Steve Nakayama Former president, SEMI Japan
Robert B. Palmer Co-founder, Mostek
Clements E. (Ed) Pausa Served in management roles with Fairchild and National Semiconductor
Dan Quernemoen Former chairman and CEO, Fluoroware
John Robinson and Mike Grimes Served as executives in TI’s silicon operations
Joseph C. Ross Former CEO, Micromask
Ken Rygler Founder, DuPont Photomasks
Ed Segal Founder, Metron Technology
Kenichi Sekiya Chairman and CEO, Disco Corp (1998-2006)
Harry Sello Formerly with Shockley Labs and Fairchild Semiconductor
Monte M. Toole Founder, Gasonics International
Dennosuke Uchida Former president, General Signal Japan; and retired president, SEMI Japan
Sheldon Weinig Founder, Materials Research Corp
Peter Wolken Co-founder, Cobilt
Dan Worsham Founder, Pacific Western Systems
Shoichiro Yoshida Former chairman and CEO, Nikon Corp
Arthur W. Zafiropoulo Founder, Drytek; chairman and CEO, Ultratech