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Walt Mathews (1995), more than any other individual, was responsible for giving the semiconductor equipment industry its own presence separate from the semiconductor industry
- People now know it is semiconductor equipment that makes the chips inside their computers, and that
- Semiconductor equipment is at the beginning of the technology food chain
- He left a successful career as a journalist to found the first PR agency dedicated to promoting the chip equipment industry