Sitaram Arkalgud

Dr. Sitaram Arkalgud has served as Director, 3D Interconnect of SEMATECH since 2007. While on assignment to SEMATECH from Qimonda/Infineon Technologies, Arkalgud directed SEMATECH's Interconnect division for three years, during which time he led efforts to screen, characterize, and improve the performance of low-k dielectric materials for the ITRS 45 and 32nm technology generations, and also initiated the exploration of next-generation 3D interconnects. Prior to his assignment at SEMATECH, Arkalgud served as Infineon's director of the MRAM Development Alliance between Infineon and IBM. Earlier, he worked as a Technology Officer for the Memory Products Division and product manager for Ferroelectric RAM development at Infineon. Arkalgud came to Infineon from Motorola Inc., after working for nine years in several advanced logic and memory projects. The author of more than 26 publications and presentations, and holder of 14 U.S. patents, Arkalgud earned a doctorate and master's degree in materials engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, NY, and a bachelor's degree in metallurgical engineering from Karnataka Regional Engineering College, Suratkal, India.