PDF Solutions Charts a Course for the Future at Its User Conference and Analyst Day

Every major supplier has its user event. This is usually where the latest innovations from the company are revealed and progress over the past year is promoted. While there may be user presentations and exhibits, the primary focus is typically the vendor communicating its messages to the user base. The upcoming PDF Solutions Users Conference & Analyst Day is different. The tagline for the event is Shaping Tomorrow’s Semiconductor Ecosystem— Together.

The last part is key. PDF has assembled a diverse group of senior executives from across the semiconductor ecosystem at this event. The presentations will be compelling, with a primary focus on how the entire group is collaborating with PDF to catalyze a new direction for the semiconductor industry. This focus on collaboration to change the future is unique to PDF and quite potent in its goals. Let’s look at how PDF Solutions charts a course for the future at its User Conference and Analyst Day. That theme was already present in PDF CEO John Kibarian’s keynote at the recent SEMICON West event which I covered a few weeks ago. You can find my perspective on the keynote here and the content of his keynote here.

Event Overview

The graphic at the top of this post provides the dates and location for the event. A registration link is coming, but let’s first look at what’s in store when you attend.

On the event webpage, PDF points out that the semiconductor industry is experiencing accelerated innovation. Further to this point demand has never been higher, complexity never greater, and the opportunities never more exciting. A critical observation is that realizing this expanded potential will require partnerships, shared secure scalable solutions, and a collective commitment to pushing boundaries.

With this backdrop, PDF has assembled a world-class group of industry executives for the featured presentations. Below are the folks currently listed. This is an impressive assembly of visionary leaders.

After cocktails and dinner on the first day of the event, attendees will be treated to a fireside chat with Tom Caulfield, Jean-Marc Chery and John Kibarian. In my experience, these informal discussions yield significant and actionable information.

PDF promises to demo breakthrough technologies in AI-driven manufacturing, equipment connectivity, and yield optimization at the event. Real case studies will also be presented that showcase measurable impact from technology development to high-volume production. These case studies will span fabless to foundries and assembly and test.

There will also be demo kiosks at the event that cover:

• Enterprise Integration / Operational Product Costing
• Exensio Studio AI Solution
• Next Generation Equipment Control and Connectivity
• Guided Analytics Solution
• Remote Equipment Connectivity & Control for PDF eProbe Using secureWISE Solution

A Closer Look at the Event

You can peruse the detailed agenda on the event website. Links are coming. I had the opportunity to chat with Dr. Christophe Begue, VP of corporate strategic marketing at PDF. He provided some additional details about the event.

Christophe explained that he sees PDF Solutions as the convener for the semiconductor industry, bringing companies from the ecosystem together with a shared vision to improve the process. He pointed out that the extensive data engine that PDF has developed becomes a critical tool to allow this work to occur.

He listed three main themes for the 2025 PDF Solutions Users Conference that capture this sentiment:

1. Cross industry collaboration, execution at scale
2. Industrial applications of AI, first and foremost, is about data
3. Connectivity, security and trust are best delivered from a neutral industry platform

He also pointed out that not all the participants at the conference are PDF customers. The footprint that PDF Solutions is creating goes beyond just a customer/supplier relationship.

Christophe provided some details about the presentations that will be part of the two-day event. Beyond the previously mentioned industry keynotes, there will discussions of how to

accelerate digital transformation in semiconductor manufacturing. PDF’s eProbe solution will also be discussed, with details on the technology, adoption, business model, and a real PDF end-to-end solution. There will also be a deep dive on PDF’s technical strategy.

PDF’s equipment and fab integration solutions will be presented, with details of fab data infrastructure and manufacturing analytics solutions. How PDF’s Exensio enables advanced test will also be presented with examples.

This is a bit more detail of a full and robust two-day agenda. No matter what part of the ecosystem you are working in, you’ll find important and actionable information at this event.

More Details and How to Register

I highly recommend you attend this event. This is the future of the semiconductor industry. You can see an overview of the event here. Some more details of the event can be found here.  And you can purchase a ticket for the entire event here. 

The conference will be held at the Santa Clara Marriott. You can find details about the location and reservations here. Do it today! And that’s how PDF Solutions charts a course for the future at its User Conference and Analyst Day.