1. Supply Chain Working Group November 13, 2013
Exar, Fremont, CA

2. Agenda Time Item 2:00 p.m. Opening Remarks, Dan Wark, Exar 2:10 p.m.
M&A Due Diligence Checklists
Dan Wark, Exar
3:00 p.m.
Conflict Minerals Update
3:30 p.m.
Impact of 3D-IC Packaging on the Supply Chain
4:15 p.m.
2014 Planning
4:45 p.m.
Logistics and wrap-up

3. M&A Due Diligence
Merger & Acquisition Integration Due Diligence Checklists Discussion
Exar contributed their integration checklist for Supply Chain, Operations, and Foundry as a starting point.
Through discussion and peer feedback, the working group will review and expand these checklists.
The end result will be offered to the membership as tools for post merger and acquisition planning.

4. Conflict Minerals Update
Conflict Minerals Discussion
Everyone one in the semiconductor industry is impacted by Dodd-Frank Act S1502, Conflict Minerals Reporting
The team has gathered and reviewed significant amounts of information
Article for December GSA Forum is complete
How do we share the word, and the sense of urgency, with the May 2014 deadline approaching

5. Impact of Advanced Packaging
Impact of 3D-IC Technology Supply Chain Preparation
2.5D / 3D IC packaging will increase supply chain complexity.
How do we get ahead of the curve and anticipate changes and impacts?
This discussion will the group determine next steps in meeting this need.

6. WG Logistics 2014 Planning Meeting day / time change?
1Q13 Meeting target February 19 or 20
Meeting Themes Discussion
Deliverables Ideas
M&A Checklist
Single point failure analysis
Analyze ecosystem and look for single point failures
Propose Risk Mitigation – Whitepaper?

7. SC Working Group Meetings
4Q13 Survey Outlier Review
Tuesday December 2nd, 9am PDT
1Q14 Meeting
Hosted by TBD – Any Volunteers?
Theme: Let’s discuss
Core Leadership Team Call Details
January 7th, 9 a.m. PDT
Dial In Numbers: US/CAN Toll free: Participant Passcode: #

8. GSA Events to Attend MEMS - December 11th, Qualcomm, San Jose
MEMS Designers and CMOS / MEMS Foundries Interact
Awards Dinner - December 12th
Santa Clara Convention Center
3D-IC - January 22nd, 2014, Altera
Coordination with Standards Organizations
IP - January 23rd, 2014 Synopsys, Mountain View, CA
IP Requirements for Emerging Standards (Memory, MIPI)
Silicon Summit, Computer History Museum, April 10th, 2014
Emerging Technologies – Soliciting ideas