SEMICON West 2016

David Hemker
SVP, CTO
Lam Research


Dr. David Hemker has spent over 27 years in the semiconductor equipment industry focusing on advanced technology development. He joined Lam Research Corporation in 1998 as vice president of New Product Development and is currently senior vice president and chief technology officer, responsible for long range research and technology development. Prior to joining Lam, he was vice president of Technology for PMT/Trikon, where he managed research and development, technology, and engineering. He also spent five years in various technology roles at Applied Materials. Dr. Hemker serves on the advisory boards for both the College of Chemistry and the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the University of California, Berkeley, the College of Engineering at San Jose State University, and the NSF Center for Energy Efficient Electronics Science. He received his doctorate and master’s degrees in chemical engineering from Stanford University and his bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from the University of Wisconsin. He holds 37 patents and has authored numerous technical publications and presentations in the areas of semiconductor processing and thin-film applications.

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