Surya Iyer, Ph.D.
Biography
Surya Iyer is President at Polar Semiconductor and previously held senior management and engineering positions at Cypress Semiconductor and Applied Materials. Appointed by the Walz-Flanagan administration, Surya is the Chair of the Minnesota Governor’s Workforce Development Board. Surya serves on the Governing Council for SEMI/FOA and is an adjunct Professor of Engineering at the University of St. Thomas. Surya attended Wharton, was a fellow at Stanford, received his post-graduate degrees from Washington University in St. Louis, and an undergraduate engineering degree from IIT-Kanpur. He has 20 patents related to semiconductor processing and equipment design and over 25 peer-reviewed publications.
Company Profile
Polar Semiconductor
Company Profile
Located in Bloomington, Minnesota, Polar Semiconductor LLC has decades of experience in high-performance, automotive-grade semiconductor manufacturing. As the wafer fabrication and R&D division of Sanken Electric Company, we operate more than 310,000 square-foot facility that includes 160,000 square-feet of class-1 cleanroom space. We specialize in 200mm wafer fabrication on proprietary semiconductor technologies with most destined for use in robust automotive, commercial and industrial applications. With investments in new clean room space, state of the art equipments, and advanced silicon technologies, Polar continues to enhance its manufacturing competitiveness. Polar is ISO 14001 and IATF 16949 certified.
