Wilfred Corrigan

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Wilfred J. Corrigan born in Liverpool, England is an American engineer and entrepreneur, known for founding and running LSI Logic Corp.. He has been the chairman and chief executive of LSI for over 40 years making vital contributions.

He was the founder and served twice as chairmen of the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA).

Wilf is a veteran of Fairchild Semiconductor.

As the founder of LSI Logic,Corrigan pioneered modern-day gate-array,standard-cell ASIC, system-on-a-chip and Platform ASIC businesses. Before founding LSI Logic, Corrigan spearheaded the growth of Fairchild Camera and Instrument Corporation as chairman, president and chief executive officer and earlier as its vice president and general manager of its Semiconductor Division. Corrigan is also an inventor and holds two U.S. patents related to field-effective device manufacturing and gas etching.

He is a recipient of the SIA's Robert N. Noyce Award, Semico Research's Bellwether Award and the Silicon Valley Leadership Group's Lifetime Achievement Award.He also is a member of the board of directors of the Semiconductor Industry Association, a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering, Imperial College and London's City and Guild Institute.a driving force in the establishment of the World Semiconductor Council, a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering, Imperial College and London's City and Guild Institute.