SiliconPipe Founder to Give Keynote at Del Mar  
DEL MAR, CA - Joseph Fjelstad, founder of SiliconPipe, was selected to deliver the keynote address at the Del Mar Electronics show, to be held April 26-27, 2006, at the Del Mar Fairgrounds. With the “Race to RoHS” entering the home stretch, Fjelstad will discuss the good, bad, and ugly aspects of the initiative. Those in attendance can expect a lively and entertaining view of this controversial topic.
Fjelstad, a 34-year veteran in electronic interconnection and packaging technology, recently accepted the 2005 Frost and Sullivan 2005 Excellence in Technology Award for Silicon Pipe. Prior to co-founding his current company, Fjelstad was with Tessera Technologies, a chip scale packaging company. At Tessera, he was appointed to the first corporate fellowship for his innovations for electronic interconnection products, medical devices and processes, which have yielded more than 150 issued or pending US patents. Fjelstad is an author, coauthor and editor of several books on electronic interconnection and packaging technologies; serves on the Advanced Packaging Magazine Editorial Advisory Board; and has written more than 200 articles.

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