About The X Initiative

The X Initiative, a group of leading companies from throughout the semiconductor industry, is chartered with accelerating the availability and fabrication of the X Architecture. X Initiative members include: Applied Materials, Inc ARM Artisan Compon
Aug. 1, 2004

The X Initiative, a group of leading companies from throughout the semiconductor industry, is chartered with accelerating the availability and fabrication of the X Architecture. X Initiative members include:

  • Applied Materials, Inc
  • ARM
  • Artisan Components, Inc
  • ASML Netherlands BV
  • Cadence Design Systems, Inc
  • Canon USA Inc
  • Dai Nippon Printing (DNP)
  • DuPont Photomasks, Inc
  • Etec Systems, Inc, an Applied Materials, Inc company
  • GDA Technologies, Inc
  • HPL Technologies, Inc
  • Hoya Corporation
  • IN2FAB Technology Ltd
  • Infineon Technologies AG
  • JEOL, Ltd
  • KLA-Tencor Corporation
  • Leica Microsystems AG
  • Matsushita Electric Industrial Co Ltd
  • MicroArk Co Ltd
  • Monterey Design Systems, Inc.
  • Nikon Corporation
  • NuFlare Technology, Inc
  • PDF Solutions, Inc
  • Photronics, Inc
  • Prolific, Inc
  • RUBICAD Corporation
  • Sagantec
  • Sanyo Electric Co Ltd
  • Silicon Logic Engineering, Inc
  • SiliconMap, LLC
  • Silicon Valley Research Inc
  • STMicroelectronics
  • Sycon Design, Inc
  • Tensilica, Inc.
  • Toppan Printing Co
  • Toshiba Corporation
  • Trecenti Technologies, Inc.
  • TSMC; UMC
  • Virage Logic, Inc
  • Virtual Silicon Technology, Inc
  • Zygo Corporation

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