Michael Alexander, Partner Electronics, Co-Lead Advanced Technology Center, CC Industrial Products & Services, Roland Berger GmbH
Abstract
- The European computing market and industry reflects European digital weakness – Recently political initiatives increase speed
- Edge is by far the largest segment of the European computing market – Device market is about nine times larger than chip market – Industry is the most important segment after Automotive
- Major gaps exist on chip level, in OS/chip enablement and in AI across the stack – Gaps in AI jeopardize advancements in Industry 4.0 and Smart Manufacturing
- Three pillars for future policy have been defined around AI, data and industrial strategy. They are linked to different initiatives/investments
- We recommend to revisit the computing needs of your business model along four axes: strategy, products, infrastructure, funding
Biography
Dr. Michael Alexander joined Roland Berger in 2014 as a Partner in the Competence Center for Industrial Goods and Services. He is an industry expert in the electronics and semiconductor business and co-leads Roland Berger's Advanced Technology Center. His recent consulting work has centered on strategy, business development and R&D management, with a special focus on electronic component industries. He has carried out successful projects for international electronics, semiconductor, renewables and machinery groups in Europe, Japan, Southeast Asia and the US.
Michael brings more than 15 years of management experience in Europe and Asia to Roland Berger. He holds several Advisory Board seats in the B2B industry and science community. He also spent five years with another large international consultancy.
Prior to his work in industry and consulting, he pursued an academic career at the Max-Planck-Institute of Solid State Research and as a Post-Doc at the Industrial Research Institute (IRI) in Yokohama, Japan. In 1991, he received the "Young Scientist Award" from the Werner-von-Siemens-Ring Foundation.
Michael holds a Master’s degree in Physics from the University of Munich (LMU) and a PhD from the University of Stuttgart in Semiconductor Physics. Prior to his academic education he also received vocational training in banking.
Michael Arnold, Managing Director, PEER Group GmbH
Biography
Michael has been responsible for overseeing PEER Group´s European operations since 2003 and helped establish a strong services position in the global semiconductor manufacturing market. Michael is the account manager for several of PEER Group’s top customers in Europe. He served as a member of the SEMICON Europa technical program committee since 2009 and currently chairs the European chapter of the SEMI SMART Manufacturing Technology Community. In 2017, Silicon Saxony appointed Michael as a Board Member. He holds a Diploma degree in Physics and a Ph.D. from the Friedrich-Schiller University Jena.
Ilan Englard, European Cooperative Projects Manager, Applied Materials Israel (AMIL)
Abstarct
In the core of MADEin4 (a European Funded project) are the developments of new tools and methods which combine in an intelligent way, for both the Semiconductor and Automotive industries, the large amount of metrology data, with design, process and tools data to enhance productivity as well as predictability of the production processes.
Biography
Ilan Englard is a projects manager for Applied Materials (AMAT) Israel and MADEin4 project coordinator. He has 26 years of experience in the semiconductor industry as AMAT’s application engineer at Micron technology in the USA and Italy and as AMAT’s technologist at ASML in The Netherlands. He has authored numerous papers in the metrology and lithography fields. Ilan Englard holds an Electronic engineering degree and in recent years, additionally to his work for AMAT, he provides a consultancy and management services regarding European funded projects in the Electronic Components and Systems (ECS) domain.
Claude Morant, ST VP in charge of Manufacturing Data & Analysis, STMicroelectronics
Abstract
Within its Digital transformation journey, STM is willing to leverage a key company asset : Data .
This is particularly true in the Manufacturing environment, where data culture is essential to our activities and where we are not yet exploiting all benefits from Big Data .
To address at the company level this subject, we have initiated a large program called MDA Manufacturing Data & Analytics aiming at setting the governance of this activity and accelerating the industrialization of ST’s MDA capabilities, with the objective to :
- Contribute to improving manufacturing quality and yield
- Contribute to improving equipment productivity and manufacturing cost (capex, opex)
- Help accelerate the ramp-up of new products, in collaboration with Product Groups
Biography
Claude Morant is Group Vice-President managing Manufacturing Quality and Excellence across ST Front End Manufacturing sites .
Claude Morant began his career as a manufacturing-line manager at Eurotechnique, a microelectronics company acquired by Thomson Semiconducteurs, which later became part of ST. From 1988 to 1991, Claude managed metallization and implantation chip-manufacturing areas and the overall maintenance at the Company’s production facility in Rousset, France. In 1992, he became Director of Technical Services and Security. In 1995, he was appointed to build ST’s 8-inch wafer fab in Rousset, France. In 2004, Claude Morant was promoted to Director of Technical Services and Environment across all ST front-end manufacturing sites. He became Director of Operations in 2007 at Tours, France fab, and served as Director of Operations and Site Director in Rousset from 2010 to 2014.
Claude moved in Grenoble area, France to take the lead of the most advanced ST fabs as Crolles Operations Director until mid 2019.
He is currently driving a new initiative in ST called Manufacturing Data & Analytics aiming at providing the organization and tools to leverage Manufacturing Big Data asset .
Claude Morant was born in 1959, and holds an engineering degree from the Ecole Nationale Supérieure d'Arts et Métiers (ENSAM) in Paris, France.
Tom Salmon, Vice President, Collaborative Technology Platforms Executive Director, Fab Owners Alliance (FOA), SEMI
Biography
As Vice President of Collaborative Technology Platforms, Tom Salmon works with SEMI’s staff to ensure that members, standards users, and volunteers worldwide receive maximum value from their association with SEMI. Additionally, he manages a number of SEMI’s business and technology communities, including the Fab Owners Alliance, SEMI’s Smart Manufacturing initiative, the Electronic Materials Group, Advanced Packaging, and Secondary Equipment and Applications groups. Before joining SEMI, he held several management positions in manufacturing, logistics, customer relations, and sales.
Salmon is a member of the Heterogeneous Integration Roadmap Committee, the IEEE and the American Society of Association Executives, and holds a BA from the University of Minnesota and a Level One Proficiency Certificate from Japan’s Ministry of Education.