Wilfred Corrigan: Difference between revisions

'''Wilfred J. Corrigan''' is a [[United Kingdom|British]] [[engineer]] and [[entrepreneur]], known for founding and running [[LSI Logic|LSI Logic Corp]]. He was the chairman and chief executive of LSI for over two decades until 2005, during the earlier part of which he made vital contributions to the company. He was the founder and served twice as chairman of the [[Semiconductor Industry Association]] (SIA). WilfCorrigan is a veteran of [[Fairchild Semiconductor]].

He was born in [[Liverpool]], [[England]], as the son of a dock worker, graduated with a degree in chemical engineering from the [[Imperial College]] of Science before starting his career at Motorola Semiconductor.<ref name="y228">{{cite book | last=Pasiuk | first=L. | author2=Vault (Firm) | title=Vault Guide to the Top Tech Employers | publisher=Vault | series=Vault Guide to the Top Technology Employers Series | year=2006 | isbn=978-1-58131-339-0 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MxiSI1SM5AwC&pg=PA142 | access-date=2024-07-15 | page=142}}</ref> He later joined Fairchild Semiconductor, rising through the ranks to eventually become president and CEO for five years.<ref name="l945">{{cite book | last=Castellano | first=J.A. | title=Liquid Gold: The Story Of Liquid Crystal Displays And The Creation Of An Industry | publisher=World Scientific Publishing Company | year=2005 | isbn=978-981-4482-03-5 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=j_nICgAAQBAJ&pg=PA118 | access-date=2024-07-15 | page=118}}</ref> He left Fairchild in 1979 after selling the then ailing company to [[Schlumberger]], an oilfield services firm.<ref name="y044">{{cite book | last=Nesheim | first=J.L. | title=High Tech Start Up, Revised and Updated: The Complete Handbook For Creating Successful New High Tech Companies | publisher=Free Press | series=High Tech Start Up: The Complete Handbook for Creating Successful New High Tech Companies | year=2000 | isbn=978-0-684-87170-7 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ohxNmF3MUecC&pg=PA272 | access-date=2024-07-15 | page=272}}</ref>

As the founder of LSI Logic, Corrigan pioneered modern-day [[gate array]], standard-cell [[application-specific integrated circuit]] (ASIC), [[system-on-a-chip]] and Platformplatform ASIC businesses. Before founding LSI Logic, Corrigan spearheaded the growth of Fairchild Camera and Instrument Corporation as chairman, president, and [[chief executive officer]] and earlier as its vice president and general manager of its Semiconductor Division.<ref name="d723">{{cite book | last1=Klepper | first1=S. | last2=Braguinsky | first2=S. | last3=Hounshell | first3=D.A. | last4=Miller | first4=J.H. | title=Experimental Capitalism: The Nanoeconomics of American High-Tech Industries | publisher=Princeton University Press | series=The Kauffman Foundation Series on Innovation and Entrepreneurship | year=2015 | isbn=978-0-691-16962-0 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QW6YDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA94 | access-date=2024-07-15 | page=94}}</ref> Corrigan is also an inventor and holds two U.S. [[patent]]s related to field-effect device manufacturing and gas etching.

* [httphttps://wwwweb.ieeearchive.org/portalweb/pages20191129063428/https://www.ieee.org/about/awards/bios/2005noycenoyce-recipients.html#2005---wilfred-j.-corrigan Bio and photo], IEEE Robert N. Noyce Medal Recipient, 2005{{deadlink |date= July 2024}}

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