35 years ago foundries were very much a newfangled idea. “I remember a party at Bill O’Meara’s house circa 1986,” recalls John East, CEO of Actel for 20 years, “Steve Pletcher was there – VP Sales for TSMC. Steve asked me: ‘How would you like to buy some wafers?’ “‘I’ve never heard of you,’ I …
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