imec Technology Forum @ SEMICON West 2016

[Daniel Nenni]

Tomorrow is the ITF in San Francisco. Scot Jones and I will covering it live for SemiWiki. It would be a pleasure to meet you if you are near the Marriott in San Francisco (near Moscone):

ITF USA is a part of imec’s worldwide ITF events, a half-day conference in conjunction with Semicon West and supported by SEMI.

This year’s theme will be Towards the Ultimate System. We take a look at an emerging trend: the quest for the ultimate application and system that is no longer solely driven by technology scaling, but by a careful co-optimization of technology blocks and the requirements of new systems.

At ITF USA, you’ll get an insider’s view on where this trend headed and what will be needed to make it a success. Together with our highly-acclaimed speakers, we will look at the co-optimization of design and technology. What are the requirements of emerging systems? And how can technology deliver the right building blocks to build these systems?

Meet your peers at ITF USA, organized in conjunction with Semicon West and supported by SEMI, for an interesting discussion on the future of our industry.

PROGRAM

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| valign="top" style="color: #bbbbbb; width: 320px" | Speaker
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| valign="top" | 12:00 - 01:30
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| valign="top" style="padding-bottom: 8px" | registration & networking lunch (Salon 9)
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| valign="top" | 01:30 - 01:40
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| valign="top" style="padding-bottom: 8px" | Karen Savala
President, SEMI Americas

Katrien Marent
External Communications Director, imec
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| valign="top" | Welcome
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| valign="top" | 01:40 - 02:10
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| valign="top" style="padding-bottom: 8px" | Luc Van den hove President & CEO, imec
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| valign="top" | IC innovation - the heartbeat of yesterday, today, tomorrow
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| valign="top" | 02:10 - 02:20
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| valign="top" style="padding-bottom: 8px" | Imec Lifetime of Innovation Award- Dr. Gordon Moore
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| valign="top" | 02:20 - 02:45
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| valign="top" style="padding-bottom: 8px" | Ellie Yieh
Corporate Vice President, Applied Materials
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| valign="top" | Interconnect challenges for the IoT era
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| valign="top" | 02:45 - 03:15
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| valign="top" style="padding-bottom: 8px" | An Steegen
Executive Vice President Semiconductor Technology & Systems, imec
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| valign="top" | Secrets of Semiconductor Scaling
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| valign="top" | 03:15 - 03:40
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| valign="top" style="padding-bottom: 8px" | Greg McIntyre
Director Advanced Patterning, imec
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| valign="top" | EUV lithography: getting ready for prime time
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| valign="top" | 03:40 - 04:10
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| valign="top" style="padding-bottom: 8px" | coffee break
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| valign="top" | 04:10 - 04:35
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| valign="top" style="padding-bottom: 8px" | Siva Sivaram
Executive Vice President, SanDisk
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| valign="top" | Your memories in 3D
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| valign="top" | 04:35 - 04:55
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| valign="top" style="padding-bottom: 8px" | David Fried
CTO, Coventor
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| valign="top" | Technology development - The 'In Between'
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| valign="top" | 04:55 - 05:15
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| valign="top" style="padding-bottom: 8px" | Zsolt Tokei
Distinguished Member of Technical Staff Interconnects, imec
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| valign="top" | BEOL technology convergence and material diversification
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| valign="top" | 05:15 - 05:35
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| valign="top" style="padding-bottom: 8px" | Bert Gyselinckx
VP, imec / GM imec the Netherlands Holst Centre
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| valign="top" | Designing advanced photonics, high-speed electronics and innovative sensor solutions
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| valign="top" | 05:35 - 05:55
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| valign="top" style="padding-bottom: 8px" | Philippe Absil
3D and optical I/O department director, imec
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| valign="top" | Systems interconnect: the 3D landscape and high bandwidth optical I/O’s
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[Daniel Nenni]

Good presentations today, especially the EUV one from ASML. Judging from the wording and the body language EUV will be ready for HVM just about NEVER! More to come when copies of the presentation go live.