Pat Walsh
Biography
Pat Walsh is a veteran in the semiconductor industry with at least 38 years of experience and currently serves as Managing Director of AMEC handling North America and Europe region. He started his career as a Process Engineer making DRAM chips before switching to GaAs manufacturing as a Member of Technical Staff for defense and aerospace applications. Moving on, he transitioned to work in Semiconductor equipment manufacturing companies like Applied Materials and Lam Research where he progressed from engineering to sales and subsequently executive management. Prior to joining AMEC, Pat was working in a large investment bank managing leasing and financing of semiconductor equipment for clients.
Company Profile
AMEC
Advanced Micro-Fabrication Equipment Inc. China (AMEC) is one of the most technologically advanced flagship enterprises in China’s integrated circuit (IC) equipment industry. It was among the first batch of companies listed on the STAR Market (Science and Technology Innovation Board) with the stock code: 688012.
Focused on the forefront of global technology, AMEC specializes in the research, development, manufacturing, and sales of critical semiconductor equipment such as plasma etching equipment, deep silicon etching equipment, and MOCVD systems used in the production of integrated circuits, LED chips, and other microdevices.
The company’s plasma etching equipment is widely used in advanced international manufacturing lines for 14nm, 7nm, and 5nm nodes, and it has also made significant progress in nodes below 5nm. AMEC’s MOCVD equipment has achieved a dominant position in both domestic and international markets for blue-light LED production.
In July 2019, AMEC was listed as one of the first 25 high-tech companies on the STAR Market and became the first company on the board to reach a market capitalization of over RMB 100 billion.
As of the end of June 2022, the company had filed 2,089 patent applications, with 1,189 patents granted.
In 2017, AMEC was the only Chinese company mentioned in a major report submitted by the U.S. President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology titled “Ensuring Long-Term U.S. Leadership in Semiconductors.”
In the Global Customer Satisfaction Survey for semiconductor equipment conducted by renowned U.S. consulting firm VLSI Research, AMEC ranked third globally in overall satisfaction in both 2018 and 2019. Specifically, it ranked second in plasma etching and first in chemical film equipment, making it the only Chinese chip equipment company to be included in the rankings — highlighting AMEC’s globally competitive and widely recognized products.
中微半导体设备（上海）股份有限公司是国内技术最领先的集成电路设备旗舰企业之一，是科创板首批上市企业（股票代码：688012）。面向世界科技前沿，中微公司聚焦用于集成电路、LED芯片等微观器件领域的等离子体刻蚀设备、深硅刻蚀设备和MOCVD设备等关键设备的研发、生产和销售。公司等离子体刻蚀设备已广泛应用于国际先进的14纳米、7纳米和5纳米生产线。在5纳米以下也取得了很好的进展。公司MOCVD设备在蓝光LED领域已占据国内外市场的主导地位。中微于2019年7月和25家高科技公司在科创板第一批上市，是科创板第一个达到千亿市值的公司。截至2022年6月底，公司申请了2089 项专利，已取得授权1189项。美国科技专家委员会2017年提交美国总统《确保美国在半导体产业的长期领导地位》的长篇报告，报告中唯一提到的中国公司就是中微公司。在美国知名咨询机构VLSI Research举办的全球半导体设备公司“客户满意度”调查和评比中，中微公司2018年及2019年综合评分均为全球第三，等离子体刻蚀名列第二，化学薄膜设备名列第一，也是唯一上榜的国内芯片设备企业，展现公司产品全球领先的竞争力和市场认可度。