HERRERA & COMPANY NEWS  NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR WINS $2 MILLION AWARD


Founded in 1959, National Semiconductor, headquartered in Santa Clara, designs, develops, manufactures and markets a wide range of semiconductor products, most of which are analog or mixed-signal integrated circuits. Analog technologies link the digital world of ones and zeroes and the real world of light, sound, temperature, speed, and pressure. National Semiconductor’s products feature popular audio and operational amplifiers, interface technologies, data converters, and power management solutions. Applications for these products include cellular handsets, video displays, and electronics used in medical, automotive, and test and measurement devices. The company currently employs 1,900 Californians on a full-time basis of which 1,500 will participate in the ETP funded training programs.


The overall objective of the training plan is to re-tool the existing workforce by building new knowledge relative to analog semiconductor manufacturing and transforming its product portfolio from a vertical to a broad market focus. Just last fiscal year, National Semiconductor reports that it introduced 75 new products. Rapid and voluminous product development along with increasing sophistication and technology place a heavy burden on worker proficiency. Under the ETP contract, National Semiconductor will deliver class/laboratory and computer-based training to expand 1,500 employees’ skills in advanced technology, computer, continuous improvement, and management so that these California workers gain the expertise to better identify customer needs, innovate and develop new technologies, and provide services and applications using emerging technology. Herrera & Company developed the funding package and will deliver program management services through out the two year term.

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