27-28 August 2025
Suwon
13-14 May 2025 - Taipei
Vice President, Research & Development / More-than-Moore Technologies
Day 1 / 09:15 - 09:45
AI has been extending its influence in nearly every aspect of our daily endeavors; but, the power consumption seems to be the accompanied pain as the industry continue to push for ever- increasing computing power.
Over the years, among other things, Si Photonics has been heralded as a breakthrough in power saving.
However, so far, it appears to lack large volume production for >100G optical solution.
The debut of the 200G CPO with MRM is the watershed for the new era in Si photonics.
This presentation will address the driving force of the new era along with the illustration of critical aspects in Si photonics device manufacturing, followed by the introduction of technology platforms that are intended to power the AI acceleration.
C.S. is a 30+ years’ veteran of semiconductor industry.
Ever since joined TSMC, he has been working in various technology R&D fields and Operations.
He took various managerial positions in RD Process Module, SRAM, DRAM and Embedded DRAM.
CS also led TSMC Mask RD and Operation Division before taking the position of VP in Specialty Technology RD.
CS received his PhD in Chemical Engineering from WPI (Worcester Polytechnic Institute)
TSMC pioneered the pure-play foundry business model when it was founded in 1987, and has been the world’s leading dedicated semiconductor foundry ever since. The Company supports a thriving ecosystem of global customers and partners with the industry’s leading process technologies and portfolio of design enablement solutions to unleash innovation for the global semiconductor industry. With global operations spanning Asia, Europe, and North America, TSMC serves as a committed corporate citizen around the world.
TSMC deployed 288 distinct process technologies, and manufactured 11,878 products for 522 customers in 2024 by providing the broadest range of advanced, specialty and advanced packaging technology services. The Company is headquartered in Hsinchu, Taiwan. For more information please visit https://www.tsmc.com.
Senior Director, Advanced Packaging Technology and Service
Day 1 / 14:50 - 15:10
The generative AI is driving significant growth in the semiconductor industry. To deliver the massive computing power required to train AI models, new chip designs pack increasingly more transistors and adopt disaggregated chiplet architectures, connected by advanced packaging technologies. This presentation will describe the some of the test challenges and opportunities for HPC AI products.
Kam currently serves as Senior Director at TSMC Advanced Packaging Technology and Service, which he joined in 2022. He specifically manages the TSMC Testing RD, Testing operations and backend turnkey operations. He has extensive experience in semiconductor industry, having worked 27 years at Intel, in various roles in technology development, product development and high volume manufacturing. He previously held the role of Vice President of Intel product development and engineering.
TSMC pioneered the pure-play foundry business model when it was founded in 1987, and has been the world’s leading dedicated semiconductor foundry ever since. The Company supports a thriving ecosystem of global customers and partners with the industry’s leading process technologies and portfolio of design enablement solutions to unleash innovation for the global semiconductor industry. With global operations spanning Asia, Europe, and North America, TSMC serves as a committed corporate citizen around the world.
TSMC deployed 288 distinct process technologies, and manufactured 11,878 products for 522 customers in 2024 by providing the broadest range of advanced, specialty and advanced packaging technology services. The Company is headquartered in Hsinchu, Taiwan. For more information please visit https://www.tsmc.com.
Director, LinkX Products
Day 2 / 08:40 - 09:10
Ashkan Seyedi received a dual bachelor’s in electrical and computer engineering from the University of Missouri-Columbia and a Ph.D. from University of Southern California working on photonic crystal devices, high-speed nanowire photodetectors, efficient white LEDs, and solar cells. With a decade of industry experience at Intel, Hewlett Packard Enterprise and now NVidia, Dr. Seyedi has been working on developing high-bandwidth, efficient optical interconnects for exascale, and high-performance computing applications.
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.
VP of Technology
Day 2 / 09:10 - 09:40
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.
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.
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.
Advisory Board Member
Day 2 / 10:45 - 11:35
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Established in 2010, the International Semiconductor Industry Group (ISIG) is a prestigious and trusted global platform, known for fostering collaboration and driving innovation across the semiconductor industry. With a strong foundation through its International Semiconductor Executive Summits (I.S.E.S.), ISIG orchestrates influential regional summits across the U.S., Middle East, Europe and Asia, fully endorsed by local governments and leading companies throughout the semiconductor supply chain.
At ISIG, we are more than just event organizers—we serve as a catalyst for shaping the future of the semiconductor industry. Through high-level executive recruitment, expert consultation, and strategic investor engagement, ISIG empowers global collaboration, helping industry leaders connect, collaborate, and innovate. Our vision is to create a trusted network that transcends borders and disciplines, uniting government officials, academic experts, and investors to tackle the most pressing challenges and seize the greatest opportunities in the semiconductor ecosystem.
Together, we ensure the semiconductor industry remains at the forefront of technological advancement and economic growth, shaping a sustainable future for the global market.
Chairman of the Board
Formerly CVP of Intel
Day 1 / 14:05 - 14:50
Dr Hamid Azimi, formerly Corporate VP, Director of Substrate Packaging TD of Intel. He was responsible for advanced substrate packaging for all Intel logic products across substrate suppliers’ factories, as well as the company’s two internal substrate R&D factories. These R&D factories are the birthplace of panel level die embedding technology and play a crucial role for enabling EMIB, the key technology to Intel’s data-centric business and heterogenous packaging. His team works with equipment, material, chemical and substrate suppliers to develop Si-fab backend-like technologies for panel level advanced packaging, and transfer technologies to Intel supplier factories to meet the demand of future Intel products.
Established in 2010, the International Semiconductor Industry Group (ISIG) is a prestigious and trusted global platform, known for fostering collaboration and driving innovation across the semiconductor industry. With a strong foundation through its International Semiconductor Executive Summits (I.S.E.S.), ISIG orchestrates influential regional summits across the U.S., Middle East, Europe and Asia, fully endorsed by local governments and leading companies throughout the semiconductor supply chain.
At ISIG, we are more than just event organizers—we serve as a catalyst for shaping the future of the semiconductor industry. Through high-level executive recruitment, expert consultation, and strategic investor engagement, ISIG empowers global collaboration, helping industry leaders connect, collaborate, and innovate. Our vision is to create a trusted network that transcends borders and disciplines, uniting government officials, academic experts, and investors to tackle the most pressing challenges and seize the greatest opportunities in the semiconductor ecosystem.
Together, we ensure the semiconductor industry remains at the forefront of technological advancement and economic growth, shaping a sustainable future for the global market.
R&D Program Director
Joris Van Campenhout is Fellow Silicon Photonics at imec and senior director of imec’s industry-affiliation R&D program on Optical I/O, which targets the development of scalable short-reach optical interconnect technology based on silicon photonics. Prior to joining imec in 2010, he was with IBM’s TJ Watson Research Center (USA), where he developed silicon electro-optic switches. He obtained a PhD degree in Electrical Engineering from Ghent University (Belgium) in 2007, for his work on heterogeneous integration of InP lasers on silicon. Joris has been granted 15+ patents and has authored or co-authored over 100 papers in the field of silicon integrated photonics, which have received 15000+ citations.
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.
Director of New Technology & System Integration, Advance Packaging and Test
Kathy Yan, currently Director of New Technology & System Integration, Advance Packaging and Test at TSMC. She is now in charge of new CoWoS-R organic interposer technology RD development for high speed HPC application, advanced packaging mechanical and thermal simulation & validation. She has been also managing new product co-development projects for system customers, across multiple packaging architecture including InFO POP, InFO-SOW, CoWoS-S and CoWoS-R. In addition She is the key player in TSMC 3D Fabric Alliance as the Memory Eco-system program owner. Prior to joining TSMC, she spend most of her career at Intel Advanced packaging RD and Medtronic technology Center in Arizona, US. She has a PhD in Electrical Engineering and Master in Material Science from Auburn University.
TSMC pioneered the pure-play foundry business model when it was founded in 1987, and has been the world’s leading dedicated semiconductor foundry ever since. The Company supports a thriving ecosystem of global customers and partners with the industry’s leading process technologies and portfolio of design enablement solutions to unleash innovation for the global semiconductor industry. With global operations spanning Asia, Europe, and North America, TSMC serves as a committed corporate citizen around the world.
TSMC deployed 288 distinct process technologies, and manufactured 11,878 products for 522 customers in 2024 by providing the broadest range of advanced, specialty and advanced packaging technology services. The Company is headquartered in Hsinchu, Taiwan. For more information please visit https://www.tsmc.com.
CEO
Day 1 / 16:40 - 16:50
The Challenges in Heterogeneous Integration: Warpage, Singulation Defects, ESD/EOS/EMI, and Wet Process Issues
Heterogeneous integration (HI) combines multiple chip technologies within a single package, pushing the limits of materials, manufacturing, and reliability. Among the key challenges are warpage, singulation defects (such as Si chipping and cracking), electrostatic discharge (ESD), electrical overstress (EOS), electromagnetic interference (EMI), and issues related to wet process etching and cleaning.
Eric Lee is the CEO of Scientech Corp. and Chairman of Yayatech. He joined Scientech in 2004, following nearly a decade at UMC, where he held positions in both Taiwan and Singapore from 1995 to 2004.
In addition to his leadership roles at Scientech and Yayatech, Eric serves as President of the International Semiconductor Executive Summit (ISES) Taiwan. He is also a part-time professor in the Advanced Packaging Master’s Program at National Taiwan University of Science and Technology.
Eric contributes actively to the industry through his roles as a member of the SEMI Taiwan Advanced Packaging Committee and as a director of the Taiwan Electronic Equipment Industry Association.
Scientech Corporation was established in Taipei, Taiwan in 1979.
What we do: Industries we serve: Semiconductor (front-end, back-end and GaAs), Flat Panel Display, LED, Data Storage, Scientific Instruments and high-tech related industries.
Being a leading semiconductor equipment and wafer reclaim supplier in Taiwan, Scientech Corporation has launched the development of wet process equipment in 2003. Scientech has successively supported customers in LED, Mini/Micro LED, compound semi and power components such as IGBT, SiC and GaN industries, as well as advanced packaging process such as Bumping, Fan-out, Chip-On-Wafer and so on. Our wet process equipment has been successfully verified in the latest Chiplet’s 2.5D/3D packaging process technology and smoothly introduced into mass production.
President of Core Insight, President of ISES Korea
Day 1 / 17:00 - 17:10
Yong Hoon (Joshua) Yoo has been involved in the static control industry since 1994 for ionization, ESD measurement and high voltage power business operation in semiconductor, flat panel displays and automotive industry. He has been a member of EOS/ESD Association since 2000 and served as an Elected Board of Director in 2016 – 2018. He is the founder and president of Korea EOS/ESD Association since 2011. He is a member of Institute of Electronics and Information Engineers (Korean IEEE) since 2021. He is serving industry as Korea President of International Semiconductor Executive Summits (ISES) since 2024.
He started his volunteering activities on EOS/ESD Association since 2013 as an active working group members and technical program committee members of annual symposium for multiple events of ESD Association. With his leadership, Korea EOS/ESD Association very strongly presents and annual events over 10 years. He is pioneer for flat panel display (FPD) static issue analysis and resolved problems. In recently, he found a root cause of ESD yield losses in AI chip manufacturing environment and improved yield over double digits.
He is an iNARTE certified ESD Engineer in 2007 and the EOS/ESD Association certified Professional ESD Program Manager in 2011. He has 14 patents for ionization system and ESD testing technologies.
Core Insight is a leading company for EOS/ESD control with technical expertise and key insights for Advanced Package Device application. Heterogeneous Integration technology revolutionary achieved new device era. This new technology also brought new challenges that much less ESD sensitivity before it finished package device. Core Insight has prepared to meet new level of ESD control with world best ionization solution which no one else have. Core Insight has understanding device technology, manufacturing process and ESD control know-how for Advanced Package Device handling.
Deputy General Director, Electronic & Optoelectronic System Research Laboratories (EOSL)
Day 1 / 12:15 - 12:35
Edge Artificial Intelligence (Edge AI) has emerged as a transformative paradigm, enabling real-time data processing and decision-making at the edge of networks, close to data sources. As the demand for high-bandwidth and energy-efficient edge computing grows, innovations across the hardware stack—from chip design to chiplet integration—are becoming critical. Traditional SoC designs are increasingly constrained by power, thermal, and scaling limits. In response, designers are adopting heterogeneous integration strategies, leveraging specialized processing units such as NPUs (Neural Processing Units), TPUs (Tensor Processing Units), and DSPs (Digital Signal Processors) optimized for AI workloads. Chiplets enable greater scalability, flexibility, and reuse, significantly reducing design complexity and time-to-market for edge AI solutions. Here we share chip design tailored for Edge AI, highlights the opportunities and challenges associated with chiplet-based architectures, and discusses future directions in design methodologies, and interconnect. ITRI has complete 12” process line for 3D/2.5D and fan-out process including a 2.5 µm fine-pitch Cu/oxide hybrid bonding structure, 12” wafer-to-wafer hybrid bonding at a low temperature of 200°C without thermal compression, and some use cases demonstrated for IIoT application
Dr. Lo received his Ph.D. from National Taiwan University and joined Industrial Technology Research Institute to work in advanced electronic packaging, such as WLP, 3D IC/3D stacking, fan-out, heterogeneous integration technology for more than 20 years, 85 papers and 40 patent granted. Currently, he also serves as TWG chair of IoT Chapter of IEEE Heterogenous Integration Roadmap(HIR) and chairman of International Microelectronics Assembly and Packaging Society (IMAPS)-Taiwan chapter.
ITRI is a world-leading applied technology research institute with more than 6,000 outstanding employees. Its mission is to drive industrial development, create economic value, and enhance social well-being through technology R&D. Founded in 1973, it pioneered in IC development and started to nurture new tech ventures and deliver its R&D results to industries. ITRI has set up and incubated companies such as TSMC, UMC, Taiwan Mask Corp., Epistar Corp., Mirle Automation.
SVP, Greater China Sales & Marketing
Walter joined Amkor in 2020 and currently serves as Senior Vice President of Sales & Marketing for Greater China. Before Amkor, he spent 17 years at Cree, Inc., where he was Vice President of Global LED Chips Marketing and LED Component Marketing for Asia. He also represented Cree as a Board member at Lextar. Walter’s career includes 6 years at an IC design house, bringing his total semiconductor industry experience to 28 years, primarily in Sales & Marketing. He holds a Master’s degree in Engineering Business Management from the University of Warwick, UK.
Amkor Technology, Inc. is the world’s largest US headquartered OSAT (outsourced semiconductor assembly and test). Since its founding in 1968, Amkor has pioneered the outsourcing of IC packaging and test services and is a strategic manufacturing partner for the world’s leading semiconductor companies, foundries, and electronics OEMs. Amkor provides turnkey services for the communication, automotive and industrial, computing, and consumer industries, including but not limited to smartphones, electric vehicles, data centers, artificial intelligence and wearables. Amkor’s operational base includes production facilities, product development centers and sales and support offices located in key electronics manufacturing regions in Asia, Europe and the United States. Learn more at https://amkor.com
Partner & Managing Director
Day 2 / 13:45 - 13:55
For over 40 years, AlixPartners has been helping clients confront disruption. Increasingly, cycles of disruption have displaced economic cycles as the primary business challenge.
Disruption is the new economic driver. We will share the results our 6th annual AlixPartners Disruption Index, with particular insights on how CEOs and senior executives of the semiconductor industry perceive major disruptions, opportunities and challenges in this exciting field around the globe.
Janet brings 20 years of a variety of industry experience such as as chief strategy officer (CSO) of a Global 500 company, oversight of P&L responsibilities, service in consulting leadership, role as a software architect, and engagements in entrepreneurship. Janet is known for successfully driving complex transformations in technology firms and telcos, turning around cost centers into profit centers, building transformative go-to-market engines, and coaching next generations of client leaders. Her early career as a software architect in Silicon Valley also gave her hands-on experience in R&D and product management.
Janet has a Master of Science in Computer Science from Stanford University. She has served as a board member of the University of Toronto Engineering Alumni Network and as chair of the network’s Nomination and Governance Committee.
AlixPartners is a results-driven global consulting firm that specializes in helping businesses respond quickly and decisively to their most critical challenges—from urgent performance improvement to complex restructuring, from risk mitigation to accelerated transformation. These are the moments when everything is on the line—a sudden shift in the market, an unexpected performance decline, a time-sensitive deal, a fork-in-the-road decision. We stand shoulder to shoulder with our clients until the job is done, and only measure our success in terms of the results we deliver.
Clients call us when they need pragmatism and cut-through to solve their most complex challenges arising from a continually disrupted world. Our services cover Artificial Intelligence, Corporate Strategy & Transformation, Data Governance, ESG, Growth, Investigations, Disputes & Advisory Services, Mergers & Acquisitions, Organizational Transformation, Supply-Chain Management & Operations, Technology, Transformative Leadership and Turnaround and Restructuring.
CEO
Day 2 / 11:40 - 12:00
Large scale AI computing is creating immense strain on compute infrastructure. At the core of AI computation are bottlenecks in data movement and connectivity. Electrical interconnects are reaching their limits of performance and power efficiency, and optical connectivity is poised to solve these challenges. In this talk, we will review the opportunities and challenges as the industry works to deliver a new generation of optical connectivity in computing fabrics.
Mark is Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of Ayar Labs. His prior roles at Ayar Labs include Chief Technology Officer and Senior Vice President of Engineering. He is recognized as a pioneer in photonics technologies and, prior to founding the company, led the team that designed the optics in the world’s first processor to communicate using light. He and his co-founders invented breakthrough technology at MIT and UC Berkeley from 2010-2015 which led to the formation of Ayar Labs. He holds a PhD from University of Colorado.
Ayar Labs is disrupting the traditional performance, cost, and efficiency curves of the semiconductor and computing industries by driving a 1000x improvement in interconnect bandwidth density at 10x lower power. Ayar Labs’ patented approach uses industry standard cost-effective silicon processing techniques to develop high speed, high density, low power optical based interconnect “chiplets” and lasers to replace traditional electrical based I/O. The company was founded in 2015 and is funded by a number of domestic and international venture capital firms as well as strategic investors. For more information, visit www.ayarlabs.com.
Address: 695 River Oaks Parkway, San Jose, CA 95134
Phone: 650-963-7200
Email: info@ayarlabs.com
Director, Technology Partnerships and Strategic Business Development
Day 1 / 17:10 - 17:20
Vikram Turkani, serves as the Director of Technology Partnerships and Strategic Business Development at PulseForge Inc., a prominent technology company specializing in advanced packaging solutions based in Austin, Texas. In this pivotal role, Vikram is instrumental in steering the development and implementation of cutting-edge technologies at PulseForge. Through close collaboration with global technology partners, he ensures the successful transition of these state-of-the-art solutions into practical applications within the market.
Beyond driving the development of innovative technologies, Vikram actively engages with PulseForge’s customers, facilitating the seamless adoption of these innovations on a large scale. In addition to his professional pursuits, Vikram enjoys hiking Texas hill country and exploring the vibrant Austin food scene.
PulseForge, Inc. develops and manufactures state-of-the-art flashlamp-based tools that deliver energy in a precise and targeted manner to enable innovation in industrial manufacturing. Our expertise and tools empower our customers to explore novel materials and manufacturing methodologies, driving dynamic and efficient production at an industrial scale.
Head of Innovation
Day 1 / 15:10 - 15:20
Testing of high-performance computer chips demands specialized probe needle material solutions, capable of handling high current densities, thermal management challenges as well as mechanical property requirements. To tackle these challenges Heraeus Precious Metals developed a new alloy class – Palysium C+ – utilizing optimized order disorder transitions in Pd-Cu based alloys to form so called superlattice structures. Palysium C+ features exceptional conductivity, while maintaining very good mechanical properties which, in turn, results in a significant increase in the CCC-value compared to state-of-the-art Pd-Cu based solutions, making Palysium C+ the ideal material solution for advanced testing applications.
Formal education:
Physics studies @ University of Muenster, Germany – Institute of Materials Physics
PhD in Materials Physics @ University of Muenster, Germany – Institute of Materials Physics
Professional career:
2015 – 2016 Post Doc @ University of Muenster – Institute of Materials Physics
2017 – 2021 Materials Scientist Innovation @ Heraeus Precious Metals – Functional Materials
2021 – 2022 Team Lead Innovation @ Heraeus Precious Metals – Functional Materials
2022 – 2024 Head of Innovation @ Heraeus Precious Metals – Functional Materials
2024 – today Global Head of Innovation @ Heraeus Precious Metals – Functional Materials
2018 – today IP-Manager @ Heraeus Precious Metals – Functional Materials
Heraeus Precious Metals is globally leading in the precious metals industry. The company is part of the Heraeus Group and covers the value chain from trading to precious metals products to refining and recycling. It has extensive expertise in all platinum group metals as well as gold and silver. With more than 3,000 employees at 17 sites worldwide, Heraeus Precious Metals offers a broad portfolio of products that are essential for many industries such as the automotive, chemicals, semiconductor, pharmaceutical, hydrogen and jewelry industry.
Heraeus offers top-quality solutions and products based on many years of experience and technical expertise. They are a reliable development partner for customers and find the best solutions for their requirements. One area for precious metals in semiconductors is the use of special alloys for semiconductor wafer testing, also known as probing. Heraeus offers a wide range of probe pin materials, from precipitation-hardened PdAgCu alloys to high-strength PtNi alloys. Probe pin materials made by Heraeus can be applied to any probe card type.
CVP, Advanced Packaging
Day 1 / 11:55 - 12:15
Chiplet architectures are fundamental to the continued economic viable growth of power efficiency of AI hardware and edge computing. The slowing of Moore’s law has also placed advanced packaging at the critical juncture of technology-architecture intersection driving unique product capabilities. New heterogeneous architectures like 2.5D architectures and 3D Hybrid bonded architectures driving AMD’s industry leading advanced technology roadmap to enable power, performance, area, and cost (PPAC) will be discussed. Other topics including Chiplets for AI, challenges and solutions for large chiplet modules etc. will also be discussed.
Dr. Raja Swaminathan is the Corporate Vice President of Packaging at AMD, spearheading the development of AMD’s advanced packaging and heterogeneous integration roadmap. With a distinguished career spanning roles at Intel, Apple, and now AMD, Dr. Swaminathan’s expertise in design-technology co-optimization and dedication to optimizing power, performance, area, and cost (PPAC) have led to significant technological advancements such as EMIB, Apple’s Mx packages, 3D V-Cache, and 3.5D architectures for AI accelerators. Dr. Swaminathan holds a PhD from Carnegie Mellon University and an undergraduate degree from IIT Madras. With over 100 patents and more than 40 published papers to their name, Dr. Swaminathan was recently recognized as an IEEE Fellow and serves as a technical advisor to multiple startups. His unwavering commitment to heterogeneous integration continues to drive the boundaries of silicon technology.
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.
CEO, Business Group AP
Day 1 / 16:50 - 17:00
The AI era has arrived and to accelerate it, the AP industry and supply chain needs to innovate at a torrid pace to stay in tandem with the exponential growth of the Gen AI and AI ASIC computing trajectory. As a first mover in AP, ASMPT has been investing in the last 10 years to lead in end-to-end solutions for chiplets heterogeneous integration of the most advanced chip architecture in CoWoS and HBM. The AP industry is undergoing a “Power of N” transformation where fine interconnect pitch shall shrink rapidly along with thinner and bigger packaging formats, demanding breakthrough technologies in materials, process and equipment. This signals a need for a robust supply chain and ecosystem to continuously re-invent advanced packaging technologies to enable AI scaling.
LIM Choon Khoon (CK) is a Senior Vice President and Chief Executive Officer of Semiconductor Solutions Advanced Packaging (AP).
CK’s career spans key engineering, manufacturing, and regional functional and global general management roles with several global semiconductor companies. As Chief Executive Officer of the Segment’s AP Business Group, he helps provide the industry’s leading first-level interconnect technologies covering leading AP First Level Interconnect (FLI) technologies for logic, HBM, Si Photonics & Co-Packaged Optics, wafer die singulation solution for advanced fabricated wafers and Panel ECD for fine Line/Space organic and glass substrate & Wafer PVD, that are well-positioned to serve and to scale with the most demanding AP needs.
CK holds a Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Production Engineering and Production Management degree from the University of Nottingham, United Kingdom
ASMPT, founded in 1975, is headquartered in Singapore and is listed in Hong Kong Stock Exchange since 1989.
ASMPT is the only company in the world that offers high-quality equipment for all major steps in the electronics manufacturing process – from carrier for chip interconnection to chip assembly and packaging to SMT. No other supplier offers a comparable range and depth of process expertise.
Semiconductor Solutions Segment Business of ASMPT offers a diverse product range from bonding to molding and trim & form to the integration of these activities into complete in-line systems for the microelectronics, semiconductor, camera modules, advanced packaging, photonics, and optoelectronics industries.
The group has successfully established itself as the leading player in the back-end assembly and packaging market with its innovative solutions and constant focus on customer value creation.
CTO
Day 2 / 12:00 - 12:20
AI GPU link is playing an increasingly critical role in data centers and high-performance edge computing systems. Among the enabling technologies, silicon photonics is rapidly advancing—particularly in pluggable optical transceivers and the emerging field of co-packaged optics. Currently, external laser sources (ELS) are the mainstream approach for optical input. Assembling laser chip and fiber onto PICs remains a bottleneck. In the talk, I’ll also discuss Internal Laser Source (ILS) on PIC and 2D fiber array with metalens.
Dr. David Chang is the CTO of AuthenX Inc., where he leads the research and development division, focusing on silicon photonics, optoelectronics, and optical communication technologies.
Prior to his industry career, Dr. Chang was a professor at National Central University, Taiwan, where his research centered on nano-optics and optoelectronics. His work has contributed to advancements in optical communications, solid-state lighting, and biophotonics. He has authored over 100 research papers and holds more than 30 patents.
Dr. Chang earned his Ph.D. in Materials Engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Founded in 2019, AuthenX is an optoelectronic product development company specializing in Silicon Photonics and III-V Photonics key components. Our core technologies include optical design, high-speed circuits, precision packaging, and system integration. Leveraging industrial chain integration, we provide solutions and products for next-generation data centers, AI GPU systems, FTTX, and PON applications.
Our products and services include 400Gbps, 800Gbps, and up to 1.6Tbps optical transceivers, as well as high-power ELS modules for CPO in data centers and AI GPU systems. In silicon photonics, we focus on the hybrid integration of Optical I/O on PICs, including laser-to-PIC and PIC-to-FAU integration, aiming to improve PIC I/O packaging tolerance and throughput. Our products are applicable in fields ranging from PON and FTTX to data centers and AI GPU systems.
Sr. Director of Advanced Packaging Technology Development
Day 1 / 11:35 - 11:55
The presentation delves into the advancements and innovations driving High Bandwidth Memory (HBM) roadmap.
It highlights the exponential growth of AI models and the increasing complexity requiring more memory for training.
It discusses the importance of AI in revolutionizing various aspects of human life and the role of Micron’s memory and storage solutions in accelerating AI.
Boon-Pin Ong (Boon) leads the Advanced Packaging Technology Development (APTD) in Micron Taiwan, focusing on enablement of advanced packaging technology roadmaps for memory and storage solutions.
Prior to his current role, Boon headed Micron’s DRAM Technology Development in Taiwan responsible for delivery of the industry’s first samples of 1γ (1-gamma), sixth-generation (10nm-class) DRAM node-based DDR5 memory.
Boon has been with the company for 20 years and served in Micron’s global semiconductor manufacturing and technology development sites in Singapore, the United States, Japan, and Taiwan.
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.
Chief Research Officer
Day 2 / 13:55 - 14:15
Romain Fraux serves as the Chief Research Officer at Yole Group, leveraging his extensive expertise in the semiconductor industry to lead the development of the organization’s global operations.
He oversees a team of analysts dedicated to exploring the semiconductor landscape, encompassing “More Moore” and “More than Moore” technologies, semiconductor manufacturing, and the global supply chain, with the goal of identifying innovations and business opportunities.
Under Romain’s leadership, Yole Group’s international team delivers comprehensive services, including market research, technology and strategy analysis, reverse engineering and cost assessment, and module performance evaluation. These insights empower Yole Group’s clients to make informed decisions about their future business and manufacturing strategies in the semiconductor, photonics, and electronics sectors.
In his cross-functional executive role, Romain represents Yole Group during key client engagements and regularly shares the organization’s strategic vision at leading international conferences. With over 15 years at Yole Group, he has been instrumental in shaping its position as a thought leader in the industry.
Romain holds a bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh (Scotland), a master’s degree in Microelectronics from the University of Nantes (France), and an MBA (IEMN – IAE, France).
Yole Group is an international company recognized for its expertise in the analysis of markets, technological developments, and supply chains, as well as the strategy of key players in the semiconductor, photonics, and electronics sectors.
With Yole Intelligence, Yole SystemPlus and Piséo, the group publishes market, technology, performance, reverse engineering and costing analyses and provides consulting services in strategic marketing and technology analysis. The Yole Group Finance division also offers due diligence assistance and supports companies with mergers and acquisitions.
Yole Group benefits from an international sales network. The company now employs more than 180+ people.
More information on www.yolegroup.com.
Company phone:
+33 472 83 01 80
Head of Product Marketing
Day 2 / 12:20 - 12:30
Discover how a leading silicon photonics company is shaping the future of high-speed interconnect. This brief talk will highlight Lightmatter’s mission, market focus, and the strategic role its products play in enabling next-generation technologies.
With over 20 years of experience in product marketing and management, Eric is a leader in driving innovation and product adoption across the semiconductor industry. His technical expertise spans photonics, processors, interconnects, and networking. All of these technologies are instrumental in shaping his vision for today’s advanced computing systems.
Throughout his career, Eric has held key management and leadership roles at Broadcom, MediaTek, and Marvell, consistently working at the forefront of technological innovation. At Marvell, he led the product team at the Networking Business Unit, where he played a pivotal role in expanding the company’s presence in the Ethernet Switching market.
Today, Eric serves as Head of Product Marketing at Lightmatter, where he is spearheading efforts to bring silicon photonics to XPUs and AI networking, with a focus on accelerating AI performance while maximizing power efficiency.
Lightmatter is leading the revolution in AI data center infrastructure and enabling the next giant leaps in human progress. The company was founded in 2017 out of MIT, with two of its co-founders – CEO Nick Harris, Ph.D. and Chief Scientist Darius Bunandar, Ph.D. – renowned as preeminent scientists in the field. Lightmatter has raised $850 million in funding by leading investors including Fidelity, Google Ventures, Sequoia, Spark, T Rowe Price, and Viking, and was most recently valued at $4.4 billion. Initially founded in Boston, Lightmatter moved its headquarters to Mountain View in 2023. It currently employs 230 employees across its headquarters in Silicon Valley, as well as offices in Boston, Toronto, Oregon and Arizona.
The company’s groundbreaking Passage™ platform—the world’s first 3D-stacked silicon photonics engine—connects thousands to millions of processors at the speed of light. Designed to eliminate critical data bottlenecks, Lightmatter’s technology enables unparalleled efficiency and scalability for the most advanced AI and high-performance computing workloads, pushing the boundaries of AI infrastructure.
Senior Product Line Manager
Day 1 / 15:20 - 15:30
Pre-Recorded
Senior Product Line Manager for Acoustic Technologies at Nordson Test & Inspection for the Optical Sensor & Metrology division (OSM). Overseeing the development and implementation of advanced acoustic inspection systems tailored for the semiconductor market.
Introduction of SpinSAM™ Acoustic Micro Imaging system for wafer applications. This innovative solution utilizes a unique spin scan method enabling very high throughput for acoustic inspection. Its modular design allows for simultaneous scanning of up to four wafers for continuous operation while ensuring minimal downtime during maintenance.
Integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) in the acoustic inspection processes. Leveraging AI/ML to revolutionize image analysis within acoustic inspection aiming to significantly reduce the time required for complex sample analysis.
Nordson Test & Inspection offers its SMT & Semiconductor customers a robust product portfolio, including Acoustic, Optical and both Manual and Automated X-ray Inspection systems, X-ray Component Counting systems and Semiconductor measurement sensors. Nordson Test & Inspection is uniquely positioned to serve its customers with best-in-class precision technologies, passionate sales and support teams, global reach, and unmatched consultative applications expertise.
About Nordson
Nordson Corporation (Nasdaq: NDSN) is an innovative precision technology company that leverages a scalable growth framework through an entrepreneurial, division-led organization to deliver top tier growth with leading margins and returns. The Company’s direct sales model and applications expertise serves global customers through a wide variety of critical applications. Its diverse end market exposure includes consumer non-durable, medical, electronics and industrial end markets. Founded in 1954 and headquartered in Westlake, Ohio, the Company has operations and support offices in over 35 countries. Visit Nordson on the web at https://www.nordson.com/, https://x.com/nordson_corp or https://www.facebook.com/nordson/.
High Accuracy. High Resolution. High Speed.
Nordson Test & Inspection manufactures world-class metrology and inspection systems & sensors. Our inspection metrology equipment meets the highest standards for electronic assembly and semiconductor applications. Acoustic, Optical, Bond Test, X-ray Components, Manual X-ray, and Automated X-ray systems enable you to identify even the smallest defects at high resolution and capture critical measurements. Wireless Semiconductor Sensors can significantly improve semiconductor tool setup and maintenance.
We design, develop, and manufacture innovative inspection & metrology equipment for a wide range of industries, including AI, Server & 5G, Consumer, Automotive, Power & Energy, Sensors & LED, Aerospace & Defense and Medical.
Our key segments include Advanced SMT, Advanced Packaging, Front-End semiconductor, Mid-End semiconductor, and Back-End semiconductor.
The right inspection & metrology equipment can elevate your product quality. If you’re looking to save time and money, and improve your yields, processes, and productivity, of the semiconductors or the electronics you manufacture, our inspection equipment can help you ensure exceptional quality every time.
CEO and Co-Founder
Day 1 / 08:40 - 08:55
Day 2 / 10:45 - 11:35
Salah Nasri leads the International Semiconductor Industry Group, founded in 2010, it is a global leading semiconductor association known for its flagship platforms (The International Semiconductor Executive Summits), uniting top executives, government officials, researchers, and investors from around the globe to address challenges and opportunities in chip manufacturing and technology innovation. He guides the association in shaping crucial industry dialogues—ranging from trade regulations to cutting-edge chip design—and fosters collaborations that drive the future of the semiconductor sector. Salah studied International Relations and Economics at Oxford University, Loughborough University and in 2024 graduated from the Stanford Graduate School of Business Executive Program.
Established in 2010, the International Semiconductor Industry Group (ISIG) is a prestigious and trusted global platform, known for fostering collaboration and driving innovation across the semiconductor industry. With a strong foundation through its International Semiconductor Executive Summits (I.S.E.S.), ISIG orchestrates influential regional summits across the U.S., Middle East, Europe and Asia, fully endorsed by local governments and leading companies throughout the semiconductor supply chain.
At ISIG, we are more than just event organizers—we serve as a catalyst for shaping the future of the semiconductor industry. Through high-level executive recruitment, expert consultation, and strategic investor engagement, ISIG empowers global collaboration, helping industry leaders connect, collaborate, and innovate. Our vision is to create a trusted network that transcends borders and disciplines, uniting government officials, academic experts, and investors to tackle the most pressing challenges and seize the greatest opportunities in the semiconductor ecosystem.
Together, we ensure the semiconductor industry remains at the forefront of technological advancement and economic growth, shaping a sustainable future for the global market.
President of Chiplink Consulting LLC / Formerly CVP, Director of Dir Prep & Assembly Technology Development of Intel
Day 2 / 10:45 - 11:35
Mostafa Aghazadeh is a seasoned industry leader and the President of Chiplink Consulting LLC, where he advises companies on advanced packaging technology and manufacturing.Previously, he spent 40 years at Intel, holding various leadership roles in Assembly & Test Technology Development. As a Corporate Vice President, he led Intel’s assembly process, materials, and equipment technology development.He currently serves on the technical advisory boards of BESI, Brewer Science, and IMEC and previously chaired the INEMI Board of Directors. He was also a member of Arizona State University’s New Economy Initiative and the School of Manufacturing Systems and Networks Industry Advisory Board.
Provide consulting services in the areas of microelectronics advanced packaging technology, manufacturing, and supply chain including process, equipment, and materials.
Consulting Services
Formerly Director of Advanced Packaging Business Development of TSMC
Day 2 / 10:45 - 11:35
Jerry Tzou recently retired from TSMC, where he wrapped up as Director of Advanced Packaging Business Development. He spearheaded the strategic growth of TSMC’s 3DFabric® platform— CoWoS®, InFO, TSMC-SoIC®, TSMC-SoW™, and COUPE™ for Co-Packaged Optics (CPO) —tying it to TSMC’s advanced silicon innovations. This work fueled next-generation applications in AI-driven high-performance computing, mobile, automotive, and IoT. Through synergistic collaboration with customers and partners inside and out, he drove significant revenue growth in advanced packaging.
Jerry’s 40-year semiconductor career included diverse roles at TSMC, a stint as VP of Product Operations at Global Unichip Corporation (GUC), a TSMC-affiliated design foundry, and advanced packaging work at Apple, National Semiconductor, Cirrus Logic, and select Silicon Valley startups. With a Master’s in Materials Science and Engineering from UC Berkeley, his expertise spans semiconductor packaging, operations, and business development.
TSMC pioneered the pure-play foundry business model when it was founded in 1987, and has been the world’s leading dedicated semiconductor foundry ever since. The Company supports a thriving ecosystem of global customers and partners with the industry’s leading process technologies and portfolio of design enablement solutions to unleash innovation for the global semiconductor industry. With global operations spanning Asia, Europe, and North America, TSMC serves as a committed corporate citizen around the world.
TSMC deployed 288 distinct process technologies, and manufactured 11,878 products for 522 customers in 2024 by providing the broadest range of advanced, specialty and advanced packaging technology services. The Company is headquartered in Hsinchu, Taiwan. For more information please visit https://www.tsmc.com.
CMO & SVP Strategy
Day 1 / 14:05 - 14:50
Mike Rosa is chief marketing officer (CMO) and senior vice president responsible for strategy at Onto Innovation. Prior to his current role, Mike served as CMO for Applied Materials ICAPS and Advanced Packaging Groups, where he was responsible for leadership of strategic and technical marketing, marketing communications, charting device segment inflection roadmaps and providing strategic business development support toward M&A activities. He has over 25 years’ experience in semiconductor engineering and technology, with roles that span device design and fabrication, equipment development, marketing and sales. His technical qualifications include B.Eng. (Hons) and Ph.D. degrees in Microelectronic Engineering and an MBA with dual majors in Marketing and Business Strategy. Mike has authored over 40 journal and conference publications and holds over 29 U.S. patents
Onto Innovation is a leader in process control, combining global scale with an expanded portfolio of leading-edge technologies that include: Un-patterned wafer quality; 3D metrology spanning chip features from nanometer scale transistors to large die interconnects; macro defect inspection of wafers and packages; elemental layer composition; overlay metrology; factory analytics; and lithography for advanced semiconductor packaging. Our breadth of offerings across the entire semiconductor value chain helps our customers solve their most difficult yield, device performance, quality, and reliability issues. Onto Innovation strives to optimize customers’ critical path of progress by making them smarter, faster and more efficient. Headquartered in Wilmington, Massachusetts, Onto Innovation supports customers with a worldwide sales and service organization.
General Telephone: +1 978 253 6200
General email: info@ontoinnovation.com
Website: www.ontoinnovation.com
VP, Fan-out, Power Module Development and Engineering System Management
Day 1 / 14:05 - 14:50
ASE is the leading global provider of semiconductor manufacturing services in assembly and test. With a proven track record spanning almost 40 years, ASE today is at the forefront of flexible, powerful, integration technologies that achieve criteria for improved power, performance, area, and cost requirements. Our comprehensive toolbox leveraging innovative technologies, such as die interconnection, wafer level fan out, embedded devices, conformal and compartmental shielding, integrated antenna, and others, are being refined and enhanced to support future generations of system integration. Heterogenous Integration through SiP is enabling significant innovation across dynamic application areas including AI, 5G, automotive, mobile, IoT and more. Our industry is driven by innovation, and through ASE’s miniaturization technologies, we are enabling transformative solutions that are literally changing lives, from health to transportation, from Robotics to AI, from IoT to 5G.
Website: ase.aseglobal.com
VP of Advanced Technology & Wafer Level Package Operation
Dr. Jim Lin is Vice President of Advanced Technology & Wafer Level Package Operation. He is in charged of advanced packaging R&D, Business and Operation in PTI. Prior to BU head, Dr. Lin was AVP of Memory Packaging Research & Development. Dr. Lin joined PTI in 2006, led the development of memory packaging technology. Developed technologies including 8 to 32 chips memory stacking package, system integrated package of SSD, Package on Package(PoP), Heterogeneous multi-chip package(MCP), 3D TSV interconnection High Bandwidth Memory(HBM) and Fan-out Panel Level Package (FOPLP). Dr. Lin received his M.S. and Ph.D. degree both from National Tsing Hua University in Power Mechanical Engineering.
Powertech Technology Inc. (PTI), the world’s leading OSAT, was founded in 1997. We serve the international customers with services including chip bumping, chip probing, IC assembly, final testing, burn in, and system level assembly. In 2017 PTI expanded the production base to Japan to serve the local automotive electronics and IoT market. And in 2018, PTI began the construction of the newest Fan Out Panel Level Package manufacturing facility in Hsinchu Science Park.
PTI has over 18,000 employees world wide, and manufacturing facility located in Taiwan, China and Japan. PTI dedicates her efforts in developing advanced technologies, while carrying on as the world’s leading memory packaging and testing solution provider. Through strategic alliances and resource integration, PTI group relentlessly marches onward in the semiconductor packaging and testing field.
We drive our future growth with outstanding quality, cost, and delivery. Promise, Technology, and Integration represents our core values. With our ideaology, strategy, and core values, PTI stands as the world class OSAT.
PTI offers the services inculding Final test, Chip Probe, IC Packaging, Module Assembly, Quality Management. And provide wide range of technology solution for IC packaing including Panel Level Fan Out, TSV solution, Bumping, Flip chip, Antenna in Package.
-Panel Level Fan Out
Fan-out packaging is going to become the mainstream for high-end device application, especially for multi-die, heterogeneous integration for both active & passive devices. High density interconnect, excellent performance in electrical performance and power consumption can also be achieved by panel FO. PTI’ Panel level FO packaging offers the merits of high production efficiency with better utilization & unit output in comparison to wafer level FO.
Solution: CHIEFS® / CLIP® / PiFO® / BF2O®
TSV Solution-3DIC
3D IC is one kind of heterogeneous technology which is integrated vertically by Si wafers or chips. The interconnection is composed by u-bumps and Through Silicon Via (TSV). TSV fabrication is regarded as the heart of 3D IC because it provides the advantages of shortening the interconnection path, high function density, low power consumption, smaller form factor and high performance; these benefits make 3D IC get commercial success in some specific applications, such like HPC and AI.
TSV Solution-CMOS Image Sensor
CMOS Image Sensor (CIS) is an electronic device that converts an optical image into an analog signal. Recently, the most attractive is stack-CIS, that BSI CIS, memory wafer and Image Signal Processor(ISP) wafer are vertically integrated and higher performance, lower power consumption would be the advantages for high-end application.
Bumping
Wafer bumping is a metal bump that grows on a wafer, and each bump is an IC signal contact. Unlike conventional interconnection through wire-bond, bond pads are placed at peripheral area , IO pads for bumping could be distributed all over the surface of the chip, thus chip size could be shrunk and electrical path could be optimized.
GM
Day 1 / 19:00 - 21:00
Gala Dinner Sponsored by:
Welcome Dinner Speaker
Experience
Education
National Tsing Hua University
Ph.D., Physics, Nuclear Science 1988 – 1991
As taking on the role of General Manager of Camtek Ltd.’s Taiwan branch since 2013, leading to gain a clear understanding of the company’s existing business model and the challenges it faced, laying the foundation for a comprehensive growth strategy.
The growth strategy began delivering measurable results in 2015, when the company achieved its highest global annual sales in its sector. Since then, it has maintained an impressive 30% year-over-year growth and received numerous industry accolades.
This management philosophy has led to remarkable outcomes. The Taiwan branch has consistently achieved strong annual performance, rapidly expanded its market share, and emerged as a market leader in Taiwan’s advanced semiconductor back-end packaging, testing, inspection, and metrology sector.
Camtek is a developer and manufacturer of high-end inspection and metrology equipment for the semiconductor industry.
With manufacturing facilities in Israel and Germany, and eight offices around the world, Camtek provides state of the art inspection and metrology solutions in line with customers’ requirements.
Camtek has three product lines: Eagle and Hawk for inspection and 3D metrology and MicroProf for metrology.
Camtek’s inspection solutions provide comprehensive coverage for semiconductor manufacturing, supporting front-side inspection at sub-micron defect levels, as well as backside and edge inspection. Camtek’s 3D metrology solutions deliver precise measurements for micro-bump coplanarity and height, handling up to 500 million bumps per wafer. Our advanced metrology capabilities also cover critical parameters such as RDL CD/Overlay, TSV, topography, TTV, warp/bow, and layer thickness, ensuring comprehensive process control and high-quality manufacturing.
Vice President, R&D Center
Day 1 / 08:58 -
Yu-Po Wang received Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Binghamton University, State University of New York , U.S.A.
In 1997, he started career at Gintic Institute of Manufacturing Technology in Singapore.
He joins SPIL in 1998 and leads the R&D Package Application and Technology Support Team in substrate/package design, material characterization and advanced package.
Dr. Wang has strong knowledge and experience in packaging characterization including thermal/ electrical simulation, advanced material(co-development), design and advanced packaging development. He has over 83 patents in US.
IEEE Electronics Packaging Society Board of Governors (BoG) member from 2025
IEEE Electronics Packaging Society Taipei Chapter Executive Committee from 2025
VP Carrier SBU/RD Division
Day 1 / 14:01 -
Education:
Experience:
Founded in 1990, Unimicron is a world leading company of printed circuit board (PCB) and IC carrier (substrate) manufacturing. Major products include PCBs, high density interconnection (HDI) boards, flexible PCBs, rigid flex PCBs, and IC substrates. Product applications include AI, HPC data center infrastructure (server, networking), smartphones, PC/NB, optical modules, automotive and more. Unimicron’s global footprint encompass manufacturing sites and/or service centers in Taiwan, China, Germany, Japan and Thailand, delivering high value-added, high quality and high productivity innovation and services to our global customers.
Unimicron’s high-end substrate solutions, FCBGA and FCCSP, provide our valued customers the technologies crucial in meeting today’s fast-growing development of AI, HPC applications. Our customer-oriented service, high quality standards, and innovative breakthroughs have helped Unimicron achieve the honor of No.1 ranking among the global substrate suppliers by market share for the 9th consecutive year since Y2016.
Dean/Chair Professor
Day 2 / 08:38 -
Dr. Kuan-Neng Chen is Dean of International College of Semiconductor Technology and Chair Professor at Institute of Electronics at National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University (NYCU) in Taiwan. He received his Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, as well as his M.S. degree in Materials Science and Engineering, both from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Dr. Chen has held several prominent positions including Vice President for International Affairs, Associate Dean of International College of Semiconductor Technology at NYCU, Program Director of the Micro-Electronics Program at National Science and Technology Council in Taiwan, Adjunct R&D Director at Industrial Technology and Research Institute (ITRI), and Research Staff Member at IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center.
Dr. Chen has received numerous awards and honors throughout his career, including IEEE EPS Exceptional Technical Achievement Award, IMAPS William D. Ashmon – John A. Wagnon Technical Achievement Award, National Industrial Innovation Award, MOST/NSTC Outstanding Research Award (twice), MOST/NSTC Futuristic Breakthrough Technology Award (twice), Pan Wen Yuan Foundation Outstanding Research Award, CIE Outstanding Professor Award, CIEE Outstanding Professor Award, and IBM Invention Achievement Awards (5 times). He has authored over 400 publications, including 3 books and 7 book chapters, and holds 88 patents. Dr. Chen served as Guest Editor for the MRS Bulletin, IEEE Transactions on Components, Packaging, and Manufacturing Technology, and Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing, and has held leadership roles in various conferences and committees, such as IEEE IITC General Chair. Dr. Chen is Fellow of National Academy of Inventors (NAI), IEEE, IET, IMAPS, and CIEE and member of Phi Tau Phi Scholastic Honor Society.
Additionally, Dr. Chen is Specially Appointed Professor at Institute of Tokyo Science (previously Tokyo Tech). His current research interests focus on three-dimensional integrated circuits (3D IC), advanced packaging, and heterogeneous integration.
NYCU was founded on the idea that, in a great university, people work across the disciplines to solve real-world problems. At our university, putting this idea into practice requires integrating Chiao Tung’s strengths in information and communications technology with Yang Ming’s strengths in biomedical research. It also requires contributing to fields located at the intersection of these research areas, for example, digital medicine and bioinformatics. And it requires training our students in such a way that the next generation will not be as constrained by disciplinary boundaries as the previous one.
At NYCU, we are striving to be a great university that transcends disciplinary divides to solve the increasingly complex problems that the world faces. We will continue to be guided by the idea that we can achieve something much greater together than we can individually. After all, that was the idea that led to the creation of our university in the first place.
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