13:10 – 13:55
PANEL (Cycle Time): Smart Fabs & the Future Workforce
- Smart fabs: How far can automation go?
- Upskilling for the digital fab
- Human-in-the-loop vs. lights-out factories
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GlobalFoundries
GlobalFoundries
Company Profile
GF is one of the world’s leading semiconductor manufacturers and the only one with a truly global footprint. We are redefining innovation and semiconductor manufacturing by developing feature-rich process technology solutions that provide leadership performance in pervasive high growth markets. As a steadfast partner, with a unique mix of design, development and fabrication services, GF works collaboratively alongside our customers to bring a broad range of innovative products to market. With a global customer base, a talented and diverse workforce and an at-scale manufacturing footprint spanning three continents, GF is delivering a new era of more.
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NXP Semiconductors
NXP Semiconductors
Company Profile
NXP Semiconductors N.V. (NASDAQ: NXPI) brings together bright minds to create breakthrough technologies that make the connected world better, safer and more secure. As a world leader in secure connectivity solutions for embedded applications, NXP is pushing boundaries in the automotive, industrial & IoT, mobile, and communication infrastructure markets while delivering solutions that advance a more sustainable future. Built on more than 60 years of combined experience and expertise, the company has approximately 34,200 team members in more than 30 countries and posted revenue of $13.28 billion in 2023. Find out more at www.nxp.com.
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Infineon Technologies AG
Infineon Technologies AG
Company Profile
Here at Infineon, we combine entrepreneurial success with responsible action to make life easier, safer, and greener. Barely visible, semiconductors have become an indispensable part of everyday life. We play a key role in shaping a better future – with microelectronics that link the real and the digital world. Our semiconductors enable efficient energy management, smart mobility, as well as secure, seamless communications in an increasingly connected world. Infineon designs, develops, manufactures and markets a broad range of semiconductors and system solutions. The focus of its activities is on automotive and industrial electronics, communication and information technologies, IoT, sensor technology and security. The product range comprises standard components, software, customer-specific solutions for devices and systems, as well as specific components for digital, analog, and mixed-signal applications.
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SilTerra
SilTerra
Company Profile
SilTerra, a pure-play wafer foundry, offers various CMOS technologies from 180nm to 110nm nodes. It serves a wide range of end-market applications, including IoT, power management, consumer electronics, medical and communication products. Besides CMOS technologies, SilTerra also provides MEMS foundry services, unique and patented MEMS-on-CMOS technologies, silicon photonics, bio-photonics, and power. Its excellent customer service team helps customers realize working prototypes from proof of concept to high volume manufacturing.
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Sandisk
Sandisk
Company Profile
Sandisk, a global Flash and advanced memory technology innovator, understands how people and businesses consume data and relentlessly innovates to deliver solutions that enable today’s needs and tomorrow’s next big ideas. With a rich history of groundbreaking innovations in memory and storage semiconductors, we keep people and businesses moving forward with inspired innovations to actualize their potential.
As Sandisk embarks on its journey with its new corporate branding, the company continues to keep aspirations moving and pushing possibility forward, empowering people and businesses with data everywhere. We do this through the balance of our powerhouse manufacturing capabilities and our industry-leading portfolio of products that are recognized for innovation, performance and quality.
Sandisk is on a journey to be an industry leader in sustainability, building from a strong foundation. Our commitment to environmental, social and responsible business has always been an integral part of Sandisk’s DNA. These focus areas guide the company to make meaningful decisions that benefit the business and have a positive impact on the environment, society, and key stakeholders.
Company Products & Services
Sandisk operates in several key sectors: Cloud & Data Center, Client Compute, Consumer & Gaming as well as Automotive, Mobile & IoT. These industries are central to the company’s broad portfolio, which includes storage solutions ranging from high-performance memory cards to enterprise-level data management, serving cloud providers to enterprises to consumers.
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