09:20 – 09:40
Future Packaging/System Challenges for AI Data Centers
Artificial Intelligence is the largest technology transformation since Internet revolutionized communication and business. This transformation has required advancement in Si, Memory, Packaging, and System technologies. In this talk, the packaging and system technology challenges will be presented.
Babak Sabi, Ph.D.
AWS Annapurna Labs
Dr. Babak Sabi is VP of Technology at AWS/Annapurna Lab. Babak joined AWS in 2024 after 40 years in Intel. Babak was Senior Vice President and the General Manager of Assembly & Test Technology Development (ATTD) at Intel Corporation. Since 2009, he has been responsible for the company’s packaging, assembly, and test process technology development. During Babak’s tenure in ATTD 2.5D and 3D Advanced Packages were developed and ramp to high Volume Manufacturing. Additionally ATTD team made many advancement in Substrate and Test Technology.
Prior to leading ATTD, Babak oversaw Intel’s Corporate Quality Network from 2002 to 2009 where he led product reliability, customer satisfaction and quality business practices.
Babak joined Intel in 1984 after receiving Babak his Ph.D. in solid state electronics from Ohio State University in 1984.
AWS Annapurna Labs
Company Profile
Launched in 2006, Amazon Web Services (AWS) began exposing key infrastructure services to businesses in the form of web services — now widely known as cloud computing. The ultimate benefit of cloud computing, and AWS, is the ability to leverage a new business model and turn capital infrastructure expenses into variable costs. Businesses no longer need to plan and procure servers and other IT resources weeks or months in advance. Using AWS, businesses can take advantage of Amazon’s expertise and economies of scale to access resources when their business needs them, delivering results faster and at a lower cost.
Today, Amazon Web Services provides a highly reliable, scalable, low-cost infrastructure platform in the cloud that powers hundreds of thousands of businesses in 190 countries around the world. With data center locations in the U.S., Europe, Singapore, and Japan, customers across all industries are taking advantage of our low cost, elastic, open and flexible, secure platform.
