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Add to Calendar2026-02-11 00:00:002026-02-13 00:00:00SEMICON Korea 2026TRANSFORM TOMORROWThe future of the semiconductor industry starts here.Join us at SEMICON Korea 2026 to shape tomorrow together. HoursFebruary 11, 2026 | 10:00-17:00 (Last entry 16:30)February 12, 2026 | 10:00-17:00 (Last entry 16:30)February 13, 2026 | 10:00-16:00 (Last entry 15:30)VenueCOEX (Hall A, B, C, D, E, Grand Ballroom, Platz and ASEM Ballroom)Westin Seoul ParnasGrand InterContinental Seoul ParnasScale550 Exhibitors, 2409 booths (2025: 501 exhibitors, 2301 booths)Seoul South KoreaSEMI.org[email protected]America/Los_Angelespublic
Cancellation request received on or before August 12 will be eligible for a refund. After this date, only substitutions will be accepted. Please email your cancellation request to AgnesCobar at [email protected]. Substitutions will only be accepted with written permission from the originally registered attendee.
Artificial intelligence (AI) continues to grow rapidly, driving unprecedented transformation. And for all the hype, the best is yet to come! But AI's energy footprint is growing rapidly and the global “data center gold rush” is already straining energy grids and natural resources around the world. This is a formidable challenge that cannot be ignored.
For industry, this is a strategic business imperative. AI access costs are mounting, and there is increasing stakeholder pressure to show ROI on AI investments. Competitive advantage derives from running AI systems as efficiently as possible, maximizing performance and minimizing energy consumption. And for the next big application of physical AI, efficiency becomes absolutely critical.
No entity can address this alone. The SEMI Smart Data-AI Initiative has been working to build a meaningful collaboration across the entire AI ecosystem to “bend the curve.” In this workshop, together with our alliance partner San Jose, we bring together distinguished leaders across the spectrum to share insights and chart the future course. Please join us at this exciting interactive event.
Mexican Heritage Plaza 1700 Alum Rock Ave San Jose, CA95116 United States
From AI to Quantum, the Future is Now in California
9:45 am
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10:05 am
David Fried
Chief AI Officer & Corporate VP
Lam Research
Keynote: Lam Research
10:05 am
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10:25 am
Dr. Mahmut Ersin Sinangil
Distinguished Research Scientist
NVIDIA
Keynote: NVIDIA
From Watts to Intelligence: Building the Efficient AI Factory
10:25 am
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10:45 am
Yvonne Ferrier
Associate Principal
McKinsey & Co
Keynote: McKinsey & Co
Unlocking Efficient AI Inference at Scale
Break
10:45 am
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11:05 am
Networking Coffee Break
11:05 am
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11:10 am
Gity Samadi
Sr. Director R&D Programs
SEMI
Session Introduction: SEMI
11:10 am
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11:30 am
Vikrant Lal
Fellow
Optical Networks Division
Session Keynote: Nokia
At the Intersection of Photonics Innovation and AI's Energy Challenge
11:30 am
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12:15 pm
Panel Discussion
Chair, Gity Samadi
• Nokia – Vikrant Lal
• Aeluma - Jonathan Klamkin, CEO
• Avicena – Nigel Alvares, VP of Product & Marketing
• Veeco – Peter Porshnev, CTO
• ASE - Speaker TBD
Networking Break
12:15 pm
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1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm
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1:40 pm
Melissa Grupen-Shemansky
VP & CTO
SEMI
Introduction to SEMI Technology Coalitions and Afternoon Sessions
1:40 pm
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2:00 pm
Christopher Wellise (CW)
VP-Sustainability
Equinix
Session Keynote: Equinix
2:00 pm
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2:10 pm
Sundeep Bajikar
CVP Corporate Strategy & Marketing
Applied Materials
Panel Introduction: Applied Materials
Chip-to-Grid
2:10 pm
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3:00 pm
Panel Discussion
Chair, Sundeep Bajikar
• Equinix - Christopher Wellise (CW), VP of Sustainability
• City of San Jose - Erica Garaffo, Strategic Energy Customer Development Lead
• PG&E - Karen Khamou Ornelas, Senior Director of Data Center & Technology Growth
• Deloitte - Craig Lobdell, Senior Manager
Networking Break
3:00 pm
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3:20 pm
Coffee Break
3:20 pm
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3:40 pm
Nuwan Jayasena
Fellow
AMD
Session Keynote: AMD
Managing Memory Architecture
3:40 pm
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4:00 pm
Cliff Young
TPU & Anton Architect, MLPerf co-founder
Google
Session Keynote: Google
Bounded Revolutionary Jumps
4:00 pm
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4:45 pm
Panel Discussion
Chair, Pushkar Apte
• Google – Cliff Young
• AMD – Nuwan Jayasena
• SK Hynix – John Kim
• Siemens/Mentor – Mark Malinoski, Solutions Director, Digital Transformation Engg.
• Qualcomm - Vinish Sukumar, VP & AI Product Mgmt Head
Bending the Curve for Power & Performance [In-Person Event]
8:00 am - 6:45 pm
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Alliance Partner
The SEMI Smart Data-AI Initiative is organizing this workshop with our Alliance Partner, the City of San Jose. We are uniting the entire AI ecosystem including devices, materials, packaging, photonics, quantum, architectures and algorithms. Please join us in this exciting interactive workshop.
INAUGURAL EVENT FOCUSED ON SMART MANUFACTURING & SMART MOBILITY
Join us for a groundbreaking Midwest conference and tradeshow on April 1-2, 2025, focused on Smart Manufacturing and Smart Mobility with an emphasis on the semiconductor industry! Automotive electronics and smart manufacturing are two of the key end markets on the path to $1T in semiconductor revenue.
A significant amount of both markets is concentrated in the Midwestern United States. SEMIEXPO in the Heartland will bring these two key markets together and provide an opportunity for collaboration and growth.
Smart Manufacturing
The program will focus on the deployment of Industry 4.0 or Smart Manufacturing tools, technologies, and methods for the semiconductors required for this growing market.
Smart Mobility
The program will unite stakeholders in the semiconductors/sensors and mobility ecosystems to identify and address technical issues and supply chain dynamics that are best addressed collectively.
Ways to Participate
Exhibit
Sponsor
Speak
Attend
MAKE YOUR MARK AT THE INAUGURAL SEMIEXPO HEARTLAND
Plan Now to Exhibit or Sponsor. Contact— Shane Poblete | +1 202-847-5983 | [email protected]
NEW EVENT!
April 1–2, 2025
Indiana Convention Center, Indianapolis, IN
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Cancellations received on or before October 4, 2024 will be fully refunded. After this date, only substitutions will be accepted.
Please email your cancellation request to Agnes Cobar at [email protected]. Refunds will not be issued for cancellations (including no-shows) made after October 2. Substitutes are only accepted with written permission from the original registrant.
As AI proliferates rapidly, AI models and datasets are also growing rapidly in size, giving rise to two fundamental challenges. First, this growth far outpaces performance improvement in hardware systems and infrastructure, and second, the energy consumption for AI continues to grow unsustainably.
These challenges are formidable and cannot be solved by one entity or in isolated silos. SEMI (www.semi.org), a global electronics industry association with 3300 member companies, is organizing this workshop under its Smart Data-AI Initiative. We are bringing together experts to discuss the latest innovations in the entire-AI ecosystem – including novel devices, 2D materials, analog computing, advanced packaging, chiplets, photonics, hardware-software co-optimzation and energy-efficient architectures & algorithms for data centers, cloud & edge.
Please join us on March 19th in Milpitas, CA. We will start with an inspiring keynote from Tristan Holtam, GVP, CEO Chief of Staff, Corporate Strategy and Development, Applied Materials, and continue through the day with industry leaders (AMD, Arm, ASE, Google DeepMind, IBM, Intel, Lam Research, Mckinsey, Micron, Nvidia, Qualcomm, SK Hynix); exciting start-ups (Cerebras, LightMatter, Mentium) and leading-edge academic researchers (Stanford U. and U. of California). Together, let us explore collaborative, system-level solutions for sustainable progress in AI systems.
SEMI 673 S. Milpitas Blvd Milpitas, CA95035 United States
8:00 am
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8:30 am
Registration, Coffee/Tea + Pastries
8:30 am
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8:35 am
Welcome
Pushkar Apte, Smart Data-AI Lead and Strategic Technology Advisor, SEMI
8:35 am
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8:45 am
SEMI Perspective
Ajit Manocha, CEO, SEMI
8:45 am
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9:30 am
Accelerating Energy-Efficient Computing
Tristan Holtam, GVP, CEO Chief of Staff, Corporate Strategy and Development, Applied Materials
9:30 am
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10:00 am
Future of Computing Landscape- Opportunities and Challenges
Jim Sexton, Fellow, IBM
10:00 am
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10:15 am
Coffee Break
10:15 am
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11:30 am
Chair/Moderator: Gity Samadi, Senior Director of R&D Programs, SEMI
David Fried, Corporate VP, Lam Research
Eric Pop, Pease-Ye Professor of Electrical Engg., Stanford University
Geoffrey Burr, Distinguished Research Scientist, IBM Research
Saif Islam, Professor, Dept. of Electrical & Computer Engg., U. of California, Davis
Ashonita Chavan, Distinguished Member of Technical Staff, Micron
11:30 am
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11:40 am
SEMI Technology Communities
Melissa Grupen-Shemansky, VP & CTO, SEMI
11:40 am
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12:55 pm
Chair/Moderator: Melissa Grupen-Shemansky, SEMI
Steve Klinger, LightMatter, VP of Product
Jaesik Lee, VP of Package Engineering, SK Hynix
Debendra Das Sharma, Senior Fellow, Intel and Chair of UCIe & CXL Consortium
Boris Vaisband, Asst. Professor, UC Irvine
12:55 pm
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2:00 pm
Lunch
2:00 pm
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2:10 pm
Market Overview for AI
Wendy Zhu, McKinsey & Co.
2:10 pm
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2:20 pm
SEMI Smart Data-AI Initiative Overview
Pushkar Apte
2:20 pm
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3:35 pm
Chair/Moderator: Jim Sexton, IBM
Evgeni Gousev, Senior Director, Qualcomm; and Chair, Board of Directors, TinyML Foundation
Mirko Prezioso, CEO, Mentium
Wilfred Gomes, CEO, Mueon
Chloe Jian Ma, Vice President, Arm
3:35 pm
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3:45 pm
Coffee Break
3:45 pm
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5:00 pm
Chair/Moderator: Pushkar Apte, SEMI
JP Fricker, Founder and Chief System Architect, Cerebras
