Beyond the Wafer: Next-Gen Strategies for Fab Success
07:00 – 08:00
Registration & Networking Coffee
08:00 – 08:15
Opening Remarks
Welcome Address by I.S.I.G. and Summit Overview: Key Themes & Objectives
08:20 – 08:50
Keynote: The Future of Fab Operations – Scaling Smart Manufacturing
● Keynote Reserved
08:55 – 09:15
Benchmarking What Matters: Driving Fab Excellence Through Data-Driven Comparison
Ariel Meyuhas
Founding Partner & COO
MAX I.E.G. LLC
At the helm of The MAX Group, a global consulting firm serving the semiconductor industry, with over 25 years of experience in the semiconductor industry, Ariel possesses a proven track record of collaborating with leading Front-End and Back-End factories. His expertise encompasses operational turnarounds and business transformations of semiconductor companies such as Atmel, Plessey Semiconductor and more, resulting in substantial financial returns. Ariel excels at motivating teams with a positive attitude and a strong passion for semiconductor manufacturing. Ariel serves as a member of the Board of Directors at Lynceus.ai, SEMI Fab Owners Alliance, and GaAs Power Systems for many years. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering and a Master in Engineering Management from the Ohio State University. Outside of his professional career, he is an avid motorsport enthusiast, actively supporting his son’s racing career in pinnacle GT categories in Europe.
Company Profile
We are MAX, for over two decades we have been creating faster and smarter global operations!
Our business philosophy and our key to success are founded on never taking your business for granted and always following you every step of the journey where everything happens, sharing responsibility for any outcomes. Our expert teams will work in perfect synergy with you, zealously improving your bottom line. Clients credit us for accelerating their factories’ path for demonstrating world-class performance results – higher productivity and output, shortened Cycle Times, and reduced Operational Costs. As tough as the challenge may be, we will bring skills and cutting-edge tools to help you succeed.
The MAX Group is a leading global consulting firm with special expertise in Benchmarking and Operational Improvements in the Semiconductor industry. While primarily focusing on the Semiconductors and Electronics industries, we are proudly serving our Clients operating in wide variety of industrial spaces including Automotive, Aerospace, Bio-Medical and more.
Company Products & Services
We provide services ranging from Manufacturing Efficiency & Productivity Improvements to Management Consulting and Organizational Transformations, M&A, New Facility Design & Build and IT Consulting. The MAX Group has over two decades of experience as change agents improving manufacturing operations from startup phase to a mature factory. Exposure to world-wide organizations and our multi-national professional talent enabled us to develop a unique range of operational solutions that help your business MAXimize profit.
Yield Optimizing
09:20 – 09:40
Presentation (Yield): Optimizing Yield at Scale using Digital Twins
Prashanth Aprameyan
GM Silicon Business Line (Advanced Technologies)
Intel Foundry
Prashanth Aprameyan is a visionary technology and business leader at Intel, currently serving as the General Manager for Intel 18A and Intel 3 Silicon Business Lines. With over two decades of experience spanning advanced semiconductor development, chip design, and strategic business operations, Prashanth stands at the forefront of innovation in the global foundry ecosystem.
He leads Intel’s most cutting-edge silicon programs, driving everything from technology inputs and product roadmaps to competitive intelligence and go-to-market strategy. His leadership was instrumental in defining the 14A-E technology node, positioning it as a formidable offering in the competitive foundry landscape.
Prashanth’s career journey includes pivotal roles in SOC architecture, ASIC solutions, and custom silicon development across high-performance computing, AI, and networking. Prior to his current role at Intel, he led NAND circuit verification at Micron, delivering multiple successful tape-outs and pioneering internal design capabilities.
He began his career at Intel in 1998 as a circuit designer, contributing to landmark CPU designs including Pentium III, Pentium 4, and Cedarmill, and later led post-silicon debug efforts.
Prashanth holds an M.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Virginia Tech and a B.S. in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from National Institute of Technology, Karnataka, India.
Company Profile
Intel’s systems foundry approach offers full-stack optimization from the factory network to software. Intel and its ecosystem empower customers to innovate across the entire system through continuous technology improvements, reference designs and new standards. Intel Foundry is an independent foundry business that meets our customers’ unique product needs, including our industry-leading sort and test capabilities. Whether front-end or back-end design is needed, when integrated with our foundry co-optimized development kits based on industry-standard tools and flows and powerful silicon IPs, the result is true innovation.
09:40 – 10:40
Networking Coffee Break & Business Meetings
10:45 – 11:30
PANEL (Yield): AI & Smart Automation for Yield Breakthroughs
- AI-driven predictive maintenance & defect detection
- Next-gen process control for defect-free output
- Balancing automation with human oversight
Panelist
Sim Cik Goh
Vice President, Fab Operations
Qualcomm Technologies Inc.
Mr. Goh SimCik leads Fab Operations at RF360 Singapore, overseeing the production of advanced front-end filters for Qualcomm. With over 20 years of experience in the passive components and semiconductor industry—including more than a decade in China, Malaysia, and Germany—he brings deep global expertise in manufacturing and operations. Prior to Qualcomm, he managed multi-site operations across Asia and Europe as GM and VP of TDK Electronics focused on High Voltage Contactors and Arrestors.
Company Profile
Qualcomm is the world’s leading wireless technology innovator and the driving force behind the development, launch, and expansion of 5G. When we connected the phone to the internet, the mobile revolution was born. Today, our foundational technologies enable the mobile ecosystem and are found in every 3G, 4G and 5G smartphone. We bring the benefits of mobile to new industries, including automotive, the internet of things, and computing, and are leading the way to a world where everything and everyone can communicate and interact seamlessly.
Panelist
Lip Wee Ho
Vice President of Advanced Technologies Singapore (ADTS)
Micron Technology, Inc.
Mr. Lip Wee Ho serves as the Vice President of Advanced Technologies Singapore (ADTS) at Micron Technology. In his role, Lip Wee is responsible for overseeing the development and implementation of advanced technology solutions that drive Micron’s innovation and growth in the semiconductor industry, with a focus on NAND technology. Lip Wee began his career with Micron (formerly TECH Semiconductor) in 1993. Over the course of his career, Lip Wee took on increasing leadership responsibilities across various departments, such as Process Integration, Manufacturing and Process Engineering.
Company Profile
Micron is a world leader in innovative memory solutions that transform how the world uses information. For over 40 years, our company has been instrumental to the world’s most significant technology advancements, delivering optimal memory and storage systems for a broad range of applications.
Panelist
STMicroelectronics
Company Profile
At ST, we are more than 50,000 creators and makers of semiconductor technologies mastering the semiconductor supply chain with state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities. An integrated device manufacturer, we work with more than 200,000 customers and thousands of partners to design and build products, solutions, and ecosystems that address their challenges and opportunities, and the need to support a more sustainable world. Our technologies enable smarter mobility, more efficient power and energy management, and the wide-scale deployment of cloud-connected autonomous things. We are committed to achieving our goal to become carbon neutral on scope 1 and 2 and partially scope 3 by 2027. Further information can be found at www.st.com.
Panelist
X-FAB
Company Profile
X-FAB is one of the world’s leading specialty foundry groups for analog/mixed-signal semiconductor technologies with a clear focus on automotive, industrial, and medical applications. As a pure-play foundry, X-FAB provides manufacturing and design support services to customers that design analog/mixed-signal integrated circuits (ICs) and other semiconductor devices for use in their own products or the products of their customers. Its customers worldwide benefit from the highest quality standards, manufacturing excellence and innovative solutions by using X-FAB’s modular CMOS and SOI processes in geometries ranging from 1.0 µm to 110 nm, and its special micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) processes. X-FAB is also the first pure-play foundry to provide comprehensive processing technologies for the wide-bandgap materials silicon carbide (SiC) and gallium nitride (GaN). The GaN-on-Si wafers are manufactured in its modern 8” fab in Dresden, Germany, and SiC wafers in the 6” fab in Lubbock, Texas, USA. X-FAB runs six production facilities in Germany, France, Malaysia and the U.S. The company employs about 4,200 people worldwide.
Reducing Cycle Time
11:35 – 11:45
Presentation (Cycle Time): Lean Automation for Cycle Time Wins
Leon Chan
CEO
Alpha X Technology PTE. LTD.
Company Profile
Alpha X Technology is an innovative leader in high-tech manufacturing. We pioneer the integration of advanced automation, cutting-edge transportation systems, and AI-driven solutions to revolutionize traditional manufacturing processes.
Customer-centricity is at the heart of our mission, as we strive to drive digitization and innovation while contributing to the development of future talent. We hold ourselves to the highest standards of integrity, working towards building a robust and sustainable ecosystem for long-term growth.
Company Products & Services
Alpha X Technology is a cutting-edge leader in high-tech manufacturing, specializing in advanced automation solutions for semiconductor manufacturing. Our expertise combines state-of-the-art hardware and software, delivering optimized, data-driven systems that enhance productivity, quality, and reliability. We offer comprehensive solutions, including Equipment Automation Systems (EAS), Real-Time Dispatch Systems (RTD), AI Fault Detection and Classification (FDC), Chat-Based Business Intelligence and Automated Material Handling Systems (AMHS), such as Overhead Hoist Transport (OHT) and Stocker.
11:50 – 12:05
CASE STUDY (Cycle Time): Speeding Up Fab Flow
Speaking Slot reserved
12:05 – 13:05
Networking Lunch
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
Panelist
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.
Panelist
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.
Panelist
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.
Panelist
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.
Panelist
Boon Soo Lim
Vice President & General Manager, SDSM, Global Operations
Sandisk
BS Lim is the Vice President and General Manager of Sandisk Batu Kawan Manufacturing Operations. With over 25 years of experience in operations, process management, equipment, and planning, he plays a critical role in advancing Sandisk Storage Malaysia (SDSM) Solid State Drive Storage Operations.
He began his career in process engineering and rose through various roles, ultimately serving as Factory Manager in his previous company before joining Sandisk as a Senior Manager of Operations. Throughout his career, he has managed engineering in process, equipment, and new product introductions (NPI), as well as overseeing planning, warehousing, logistics, and overall operations. He also held full responsibility for operational cost control. Over his decade-long tenure at Sandisk/Western Digital, his exceptional leadership and expertise led to his progression through roles as Director, Senior Director, and now Vice President and General Manager of Operations, overseeing core areas of Manufacturing Operations, Process Engineering, Equipment Engineering, Planning & IE, Test Engineering, Automation & Analytics, WH/FG Management and Sustainability, driving high standards of efficiency and innovation.
He is a seasoned leader dedicated to elevating manufacturing processes and innovation. He continues to drive advancements in Sandisk Storage Malaysia (SDSM), helping to position the Penang facility as a leading center for high-quality flash memory production to meet global demand.
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.
Cost Optimization & Capacity Planning
14:00 – 14:10
CASE STUDY (Cost): Cutting Costs Without Compromise
Speaking Slot reserved
14:15 – 15:00
PANEL (Cost): Sustainability & Sustainable Cost Control
- Energy efficiency = cost efficiency
- Waste reduction & circular manufacturing
- ROI of green fabs
Panelist
Henri Berthe
Semiconductors Segment VP • Sales
Schneider Electric
Henri Berthe, a seasoned professional with 20 years of experience at Schneider Electric, leads the global Semiconductor Segment, driving sustainability and digitization. Previously, he was VP of Universal Enclosures, overseeing a global business focused on high-quality, standard, and connected enclosures. Before that, he served as VP of Digital Energy in MENA and Africa, deploying digital technologies and electrification solutions. Henri’s expertise spans energy management, digital power, and building management systems. He holds a master’s degree in Sales and Marketing from ESTA Belfort, France. In May 2024, he joined the Regional Advisory Board of SEMI South-East Asia and the Global Counsel of the Semiconductor Climate Consortium.
Company Profile
Schneider Electric is the global industrial technology leader, driving sustainable impact.
We are a powerhouse of electrification, automation, and digitization. The unique combination of our electrical and automation technologies intersect with our leadership in software, services and sustainability to rapidly accelerate sustainable impact.
Schneider’s purpose is to create Impact by empowering all to make the most of our energy and resources, bridging progress and sustainability for all. At Schneider we call this Life Is On.
Our mission is to be the trusted partner in Sustainability and Efficiency.
Company Products & Services
Energy management, Industrial Automation, Sustainability and Consulting Services, Industrial Software.
Panelist
UTAC Group
Company Profile
UTAC Group is a leading outsourced semiconductor assembly and test (OSAT) provider, founded in 1997 and headquartered in Singapore. The company specializes in advanced assembly and test services for logic, memory, analog/mixed-signal, image sensors, MEMS, and power devices. UTAC supports a global customer base that includes fabless companies, integrated device manufacturers (IDMs), and wafer foundries.
With ten manufacturing facilities across Singapore, Thailand, China, and Indonesia, and a robust global sales network spanning North America, Europe, Greater China, Japan, and Southeast Asia, UTAC delivers comprehensive turnkey solutions—from wafer probing to final testing.
UTAC serves diverse market segments including automotive, computing, communications, consumer electronics, and industrial applications. Renowned for its reliability, technological expertise, and customer-centric approach, UTAC continues to play a vital role in enabling next-generation semiconductor innovation.
Company Products & Services
UTAC Group provides a comprehensive range of semiconductor assembly and test services, delivering turnkey solutions from wafer probe to final test across key end markets.
Its packaging portfolio includes leadframe-based packages such as QFN, DFN, QFP, TLA, and Cu-clip variants, as well as laminate-based BGA/iBGA packages for mobile, computing, and automotive applications. UTAC also offers System-in-Package (SiP) modules that integrate multiple components into compact, high-density solutions for IoT, wearables, and automotive electronics.
Advanced wafer-level offerings include bumping services and Wafer-Level Chip Scale Packaging (WLCSP) for customers requiring miniaturization, high electrical performance, and low-profile form factors.
UTAC also supports image sensor packaging, including automotive-grade iBGA with cleanroom assembly to meet stringent reliability and contamination standards.
To complement mass production, UTAC provides value-added services such as package design support, reliability qualification, and failure analysis—helping customers accelerate time to market with confidence.
Panelist
JCET
Company Profile
JCET Group is the world’s leading integrated-circuit manufacturing and technology services provider, offering a full range of turnkey services that include semiconductor package integration design and characterization, R&D, wafer probe, wafer bumping, package assembly, final test and drop shipment to vendors around the world.
Our comprehensive portfolio covers a wide spectrum of semiconductor applications such as mobile, communication, compute, consumer, automotive, and industrial, through advanced wafer-level packaging, 2.5D/3D, System-in-Package, and reliable flip chip and wire bonding technologies. JCET Group has two R&D centers in China and Korea, six manufacturing locations in China, Korea, and Singapore, and sales centers around the world, providing close technology collaboration and efficient supply-chain manufacturing to our global customers.
Panelist
McKinsey & Company
Company Profile
McKinsey & Company is a global management consulting firm that advises leading organizations on strategic and operational issues. They work with clients in the private, public, and social sectors to help them achieve lasting improvements in performance.
Company Products & Services
McKinsey & Company provides consulting services across industries, focusing on strategy, operations, technology, and design. Their offerings include business transformation, digital and analytics solutions, and industry-specific expertise in areas like healthcare, banking, and mining. They also leverage proprietary tools, such as AI platforms, benchmarking tools, and cloud services, to deliver tailored solutions for clients.
15:05 – 16:05
Networking Coffee Break
Capacity & Output Optimization
16:10 – 16:25
CASE STUDY (Output): Dynamic Simulation-Enabled Prescriptive Analytics for Maximizing Output in the AI-Driven Autonomous Factory of the Future
Peter Lendermann, Ph.D.
Co-Founder and the Chief Business Development Officer
D-SIMLAB Technologies Pte Ltd
Peter Lendermann is a Co-Founder and the Chief Business Development Officer of D-SIMLAB Technologies, a Singapore-headquartered company providing simulation-based decision support solutions to Semiconductor Manufacturing companies where he is responsible for business development worldwide. Prior to this he worked at the Singapore Institute of Manufacturing Technology where he led related R&D activities until spinning them off into D-SIMLAB. Peter has been engaged in the field of production logistics, supply chain management and related decision support technologies and solutions since the early 1990’s. He holds a PhD in Physics from Humboldt University in Berlin (Germany) and an MBA in International Economics and Management from SDA Bocconi in Milan (Italy).
Company Profile
D-SIMLAB Technologies is a software company providing high-performance, AI-enabled, simulation-based Digital Twin solutions for business analytics and decision support in asset-intensive industries, with a focus on Semiconductor Manufacturing (D-SIMCON suite) and Aviation Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul industries (D-SIMSPAIR suite).
D-SIMLAB is a spin-off company from the Singapore Institute of Manufacturing Technology (SIMTech) under the Agency for Science Technology and Research (A*STAR). The head office is in Singapore, and D-SIMLAB also has representations in Germany, the US, Malaysia and China.
D-SIMCON solutions have been implemented with more than 10 IDM/Foundry/DRAM/LED customers operating more than 30 fabs worldwide, both 150mm/200mm and 300mm, as well as Assembly & Test. D-SIMLAB’s success lies in deploying production-ready solutions portraying many domain-specific characteristics, essential for the generation of operationally feasible plans and schedules, enabling customers to extract immediate value.
Company Products & Services
In Semiconductor Manufacturing, the D-SIMCON solution suite spans the full spectrum of decision-support solutions to manage, forecast and optimise production planning and WIP flow execution business processes in Semiconductor Manufacturing facilities:
• D-SIMCON Dynamic Capacity and Material Flow Performance (DCMF) Planner: Understand implications of different longer-term equipment capacity scenarios on cycle time,
• D-SIMCON WIP Forecaster: Forecast (short-term) WIP waves and provide decision support to identify countermeasures to smoothen WIP waves and reduce cycle time (variability),
• D-SIMCON AI Training and Evaluation Platform: Make AI Agents learn from simulated (future) fab scenarios to enable prescriptive planning and operations management even for situations that have not been observed in the past,
• D-SIMCON Static Capacity Engine: Carry out non-constrained analysis of equipment capacity scenarios and match them against demand,
• D-SIMCON Load Mix Optimiser: Optimise factory load mix, taking into account capacity and demand constraints,
• D-SIMCON Photo Optimiser: Automate the process of adjusting product/layer dedication and resist allocation in the lithography area,
• D-SIMCON Scheduler & Dispatcher: Determine and execute optimal dispatch sequences at selected Equipment Groups.
Koen De Backer
CVP Smart Manufacturing & AI
Micron Technology, Inc.
Koen De Backer is the Corporate Vice President of smart manufacturing and artificial intelligence at Micron Technology. He is responsible for driving Micron’s smart manufacturing initiatives and digital operations including capabilities with IoT, artificial intelligence, advanced analytics, cognitive computing and machine learning to enhance our business, global operations and product development.
Prior to joining Micron, Koen led large-scale operations projects for more than a decade to help clients reduce inefficiencies and achieve excellence in manufacturing, procurement, supply chain and support functions. Most recently, Koen was a Partner at McKinsey & Company where he steered the semiconductor consulting practice in Southeast Asia and was one of the firm’s leading experts on applying artificial intelligence and automation techniques across operations and support functions such as finance, human resources and procurement. Additionally, Koen consulted with high-tech global clients while working at Deloitte Consulting, Altran Europe and CSC.
Koen holds a master’s degree in business administration from INSEAD and master’s degrees in both industrial management and electromechanical engineering from Katholieke Universiteit Leuven.
Company Profile
Micron is a world leader in innovative memory solutions that transform how the world uses information. For over 40 years, our company has been instrumental to the world’s most significant technology advancements, delivering optimal memory and storage systems for a broad range of applications.
16:30 – 16:45
CASE STUDY (Output)
Yvonne Keil
Senior Director GF Operations India/Malaysia
GlobalFoundries
Yvonne Keil is Senior Director of GF Operations Malaysia & India, leading all Manufacturing Hubs of Globalfoundries, the world’s largest US based semiconductor foundry with manufacturing sites in Singapore, Europe and US. She is located in Penang.
With her roots in Europe Yvonne joined the board of the German high-tech-cluster Silicon Saxony beginning 2021 and was part of the advisory board of SEMI Europe from 2021-2024.
Yvonne brings over 20 years of semiconductor experience in Manufacturing, Automation, Global Supply Chain and Procurement.
The graduate engineer studied electrical engineering at the TU Dresden and the KTH Stockholm with a focus on automation technology, machine learning and artificial intelligence. She has worked at AMD since 2005 and joined GlobalFoundries 2012.
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.
AI Role on the Fab Floor
16:50 – 17:05
Case Study: What’s Next for AI in Semiconductor Manufacturing
Reserved Slot
Fabless Collaboration
17:10 – 17:55
Panel: Redrawing the Lines – The Strategic Role of Fabless Companies in Shaping Fab Collaboration
Panelist
Reserved
ARM
Panelist
Reserved
AMD
Company Profile
For 50 years, AMD has driven in high-performance computing, graphics, and visualization technologies – the building blocks for gaming, immersive platforms, and the datacenter. Hundreds of millions of consumers, leading Fortune 500 businesses and cutting-edge scientific research facilities around the world rely on AMD technology daily to improve how they live, work and play. AMD employees around the world are focused on building great products that push the boundaries of what is possible. For more information about how AMD is enabling today and inspiring tomorrow, visit AMD (NASDAQ:AMD) on their website, blog, Facebook and Twitter pages.
Panelist
Reserved
NVIDIA
Company Profile
Since its founding in 1993, NVIDIA (NASDAQ: NVDA) has been a pioneer in accelerated computing. The company’s invention of the GPU in 1999 sparked the growth of the PC gaming market, redefined computer graphics, ignited the era of modern AI and is fueling the creation of the metaverse. NVIDIA is now a full-stack computing company with data-center-scale offerings that are reshaping industry.
Panelist
Reserved
SkyeChip
18:00 – 18:20
Presentation: Accelerate Time to Market: Smart Content Management for Fabless Teams
Nobu Watanabe
VP of Centric PXM
Contentserv, Inc.
Company Profile
Contentserv, Inc., a global leader in Product Experience Management, was acquired by Centric Software in March 2025 and is transitioning to Centric PXM™—an AI-powered solution that unifies PIM, DAM, Content Syndication, and Digital Shelf Analytics into a single platform. Centric PXM helps companies centralize and enrich product data, automate content delivery, and drive consistent omnichannel experiences across global markets.
Headquartered in Silicon Valley, Centric Software offers a comprehensive, AI-enabled concept-to-commercialization platform used by global retailers, brands, and manufacturers to streamline product lifecycle processes—from planning and development to pricing, marketing, and sales.
With deep expertise in fashion, luxury, outdoor, home, F&B, cosmetics, personal care, and specialty retail, Centric empowers companies to work smarter, reduce time-to-market, and scale efficiently. Recognized by top industry analysts, Centric’s market-driven solutions deliver unmatched user adoption, rapid ROI, and continued innovation across dynamic, data-intensive industries.
Company Products & Services
Centric PXM™ – Powering Smarter Product Experiences in the Semiconductor Industry
Centric PXM™ (formerly Contentserv) is an AI-powered Product Experience Management solution that unifies PIM, DAM, Content Syndication into a single platform. Purpose-built for complex industries like semiconductor manufacturing, Centric PXM enables centralized control of product data, technical documentation, and digital assets across global teams.
By automating workflows and standardizing content delivery, it accelerates time-to-market, improves data accuracy, and ensures consistent messaging across all channels. Whether managing thousands of SKUs, launching new product lines, or supporting compliance, Centric PXM empowers semiconductor companies to scale efficiently, reduce errors, and deliver compelling product experiences at every digital touchpoint.
Trusted by over 1,500 companies worldwide, Centric turns product data complexity into a competitive advantage—driving operational efficiency, digital transformation, and global growth.
18:20 – 18:35
Closing Remarks
18:35 – 21:00
Cocktail Reception & Dinner
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