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Steve Laub Dear Leader Reid and Leader McConnell: Chief Executive Officer Corporation On behalf of the U.S. semiconductor industry, the Board of Directors of the Mark Thompson Chairman, President & CEO Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) urges that the Senate take immediate action to approve the bipartisan “Helium Stewardship Act of 2013” Gregg Lowe (S.783). This bill was recently approved by the Energy and Natural President & CEO Freescale Semiconductor Resources Committee, and passage of this legislation is urgently needed to avoid a needless disruption to the helium supply and the resulting damage to Ajit Manocha SIA 2013 Chairman & the semiconductor industry and to the U.S. economy in general. Chief Executive Officer GLOBALFOUNDRIES Inc. Helium's unique physical and chemical properties have made it critical to the Dr. John E. Kelly, III SIA 2013 Vice Chairman & manufacture of advanced semiconductors and other technology products; it SVP & Director of Research also has important uses in scientific and military applications. Much of the IBM Corporation U.S. and global supply of helium is provided by the Federal Helium Reserve, Brian Krzanich Chief Executive Officer and under current law, the Reserve will soon lose its authorization to sell Corporation helium to U.S. industry. The cessation of sales of helium from the Reserve

Necip Sayiner will exacerbate the current supply shortages and price increases in this President, CEO & Director essential gas that are already causing disruption to U.S. semiconductor Intersil Corporation manufacturing and other industries. The need for action is urgent – the Robert Swanson Executive Chairman deadline for action is October 7, only seven legislative weeks away. Linear Technology

Abhi Talwalkar The U.S. semiconductor industry accounts for approximately a quarter of a President & CEO million direct employees, and over one million indirect employees. It is also LSI Corporation one of our nation’s leading export industries. More significantly, because Tunç Doluca President & CEO semiconductors enable virtually all aspects of our modern economy and Maxim Integrated, Inc. national defense, the damage to the U.S. semiconductor industry resulting

Mark Durcan from disruption of the helium market would harm the U.S. economy as a Chief Executive Officer, Director whole. Micron Technology, Inc.

Keith Jackson President & CEO The House has passed bipartisan helium legislation, and it is critical that the ON Semiconductor Senate act promptly to pass a bill, work with the House, and send a bill to the

Greg Lang President. President & CEO PMC-Sierra, Inc. Sincerely, Steve Mollenkopf President & COO

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Brian Toohey President & CEO Semiconductor Industry Association

Rory P. Read John P. Daane President and CEO Chairman, President & CEO Advanced Micro Devices Altera

Ray Stata Steven Laub Chairman President & CEO Analog Devices, Inc. Atmel

Gregg Lowe Mark Thompson President & CEO Chairman, President & CEO Freescale Semiconductor Fairchild Semiconductor, Inc.

Ajit Manocha Dr. John E. Kelly III Chief Executive Officer SVP & Director of Research GLOBALFOUNDRIES Inc. IBM Corporation

Brian M. Krzanich Necip Sayiner Chief Executive Officer President, CEO & Director Intel Corporation Intersil Corporation

Abhi Talwalkar TunÇ Doluca President & CEO President & CEO LSI Corporation Maxim Integrated, Inc.

D. Mark Durcan Keith D. Jackson CEO & Director President & CEO Micron Technology, Inc. On Semiconductor

Gregory S. Lang Steven M. Mollenkopf President & CEO President & COO PMC-Sierra, Inc. Qulacomm Incorporated

Richard K. Templeton Brian C. Toohey Chairman, President & CEO President & CEO Texas Instruments Semiconductor Industry Association