Vincent Cobée is a global industrial executive with more than 30 years of leadership experience, most of it spent in the highly demanding automotive industry, where he built a successful track record leading large-scale international organizations, driving business transformation, and bringing innovative technologies… Read More
Author: Daniel Nenni
CEO Interview with Vincent Cobée of ITEN
CEO Interview with Lisa Spelman of Cornelis
Lisa Spelman is CEO of Cornelis, where she leads the company’s efforts to advance high-performance networking for AI and HPC infrastructure. She brings more than 20 years of experience across AI, cloud, enterprise infrastructure, data center operations, product strategy, and go-to-market leadership.
Before joining Cornelis,… Read More
Teradyne Targets Edge AI Test Costs With UltraFLEXplus S Series
Teradyne has introduced the UltraFLEXplus S series, extending its semiconductor test platform to address the manufacturing economics of edge artificial intelligence. Announced on October 12, 2026, the series begins with the UltraFLEXplus S24, a 24-slot system intended for engineering and production testing. Its target… Read More
Why America’s Semiconductor Manufacturing Capacity Matters
America’s semiconductor future will be shaped by its ability to turn scientific discoveries into chips manufactured at scale. That is why the investments outlined in Intel Foundry’s recent editorial matter beyond the company’s own business. They address a fundamental question: whether the United States can sustain the research,… Read More
Smoothing the Quantum Path: ASML and Xanadu Target Photon Loss
ASML’s decision to collaborate with Xanadu targets one of photonic quantum computing’s most unforgiving engineering constraints: photon loss. The companies will investigate advanced lithography processes for Xanadu’s photonic quantum hardware, focusing on whether tighter patterning control can suppress loss mechanisms… Read More
Sir Arthur C. Clarke Deserves a Nobel Prize
By Richard Curtin
Ever since the Silicon Catalyst 2023 Semiconductor Industry Forum (“Welcome to our AI Wonderland”) I’ve been convinced that the Nobel Prize committee needs to consider awarding a posthumous award to Sir Arthur.
To remind you, Sir Arthur’s “2001: A Space Odyssey” movie was released in 1968. At that point in time… Read More
Siemens and NVIDIA Accelerate Lithography for Next-Generation AI Chips
Siemens has announced advances in its collaboration with NVIDIA to accelerate computational lithography, addressing a demanding step in manufacturing advanced AI semiconductors. By integrating NVIDIA’s cuLitho library with Siemens Calibre manufacturing software, the companies aim to make sophisticated photomask optimization… Read More
CEO Interview with Francisco Almada Lobo of Critical Manufacturing
Francisco Almada Lobo is CEO and co-founder of Critical Manufacturing. He began his career at a CIM research institute and joined Siemens Semiconductors in 1997. In 2004 he led the migration of an MES in a running high-volume facility, and from 2005 to 2009 he managed the Porto Development Center for Infineon and Qimonda, responsible… Read More
CEO Interview with Dr. Raj Talluri of Kulicke & Soffa
Dr. Talluri joined K&S in August 2026 as a member of the Board and assumed the role of President and Chief Executive Officer of K&S in September 2026. Prior to joining K&S, Dr. Talluri served as President, Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board of Directors at Enovix Corporation, a Nasdaq-listed advanced … Read More
TSMC’s AI Expansion Signals a Broader Shift in Computing
TSMC is describing an artificial intelligence boom that reaches beyond accelerator chips into the wider computing infrastructure needed to support increasingly capable AI systems. On the recent investor call, Chairman and CEO Dr. C.C. Wei presents strong demand, persistent supply constraints and an ambitious expansion … Read More
Jensen Huang and the Cost of Unchecked Influence