16:20 – 16:40
imec SiPh technologies for scaling AI Systems
In this presentation, we highlight the imec business models and technology roadmaps that we bring forward to enable the AI era to continue benefiting from scaling. We will outline the imec vision for deeply integrating optical interconnects into the package, interposer, and wafer level, leveraging scaled Silicon Photonics and 3D technologies to implement high-density sub-pJ/bit optical transceivers. We will share some recent results from our ongoing research and development efforts on advanced optical devices, packaging and assembly.
Maarten Willems
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Maarten Willems received the M.S. Degree in Electrotechnical Engineering in 1993 and subsequently the M.S. Degree in Artificial Intelligence in 1994 and an MBA, from the K.U.Leuven.
After a career as a solution design engineer at Alcatel Bell, director of engineering at Keyware Technologies, and VP Professional services at GlobalSign, he co-founded Hypertrust in 2000, internet service company.
In 2005, Maarten joined imec as Market Intelligence group leader and also received a candidate degree in Law from VUB. Since 2008, he held the position as Business Director in the Smart Systems segments focusing on business development and sales of new sensor technology development and product marketing in the domains of imaging, wireless, healthcare, wearables and power electronics solutions. Since 2019, Maarten became Vice-President for imec business development.
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Company Profile
Imec is a world-leading research and innovation center in nanoelectronics and digital technologies. Imec leverages its state-of-the-art R&D infrastructure and its team of more than 5,500 employees and top researchers, for R&D in advanced semiconductor and system scaling, silicon photonics, artificial intelligence, beyond 5G communications and sensing technologies, and in application domains such as health and life sciences, mobility, industry 4.0, agrofood, smart cities, sustainable energy, education, … Imec unites world-industry leaders across the semiconductor value chain, Flanders-based and international tech, pharma, medical and ICT companies, start-ups, and academia and knowledge centers. Imec is headquartered in Leuven (Belgium), and has research sites across Belgium, in the Netherlands and the USA, and representation in 3 continents. In 2021, imec’s revenue (P&L) totaled 732 million euro.
Further information on imec can be found at www.imec-int.com.
