SEMICON West 2026: AI Made the Steps Faster. The Time Between Them Is Next.

SEMICON West 2026: AI Made the Steps Faster. The Time Between Them Is Next.
by Joel Jorgensen on 10-29-2026 at 10:00 am

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The semiconductor industry crossed $1 trillion in annual revenue this year, almost four years ahead of earlier projections. SEMI President and CEO Ajit Manocha opened the CEO Summit at SEMICON West with a chart that told the story. A year ago, the forecast for 2030 was $1 trillion. Now it is $2 trillion, with $3 trillion possible … Read More


The Wafer Is the New Battleground: Soitec CPO René Jonker on Building AI from the Substrate Up

The Wafer Is the New Battleground: Soitec CPO René Jonker on Building AI from the Substrate Up
by Lauro Rizzatti on 10-28-2026 at 8:00 am

Electric blue Soitec wafer cover

Most of the AI conversation stops at the chip. At SEMICON West 2026 I sat down with René Jonker, Chief Product Officer of Soitec, to talk about what sits underneath it.

Ask an engineer where AI performance comes from and you will hear about process nodes, dataflow, HBM stacks and interconnect fabrics. Rarely about the wafer. Yet a … Read More


Semicon West: Transforming Tomorrow One Chip at a Time

Semicon West: Transforming Tomorrow One Chip at a Time
by Daniel Nenni on 09-06-2026 at 6:00 am

Semicon West 2026 Transforming Tomorrow One Chip at a Time

SEMICON West 2026 arrives at a pivotal moment for the global chip industry. Scheduled for October 13–15 at San Francisco’s Moscone Center, the event returns to the Bay Area after its 2025 edition in Phoenix. Organized by SEMI under the theme “Transform Tomorrow,” it will bring together semiconductor manufacturers, equipment… Read More