Champagne is an unusual opening act for a semiconductor conference. At SEMICON West 2026, October 13 to 15, at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, it served a purpose. The toast marked an industry that has already crossed $1 trillion in annual revenue, almost four years ahead of earlier projections.
WSTS (World Semiconductor … Read More
By Gleb Tsipursky
SEMICON West 2026’s smart-manufacturing agenda connected digital twins, agentic AI, physical AI, and increasingly autonomous factory operations. The final day included a session on automation and equipment for autonomous facilities. At its October CONNECT conference, PDF Solutions planned demonstrations… Read More
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
Daniel is joined by Gillian O’Donnell, Director of Growth at yieldHUB, the enterprise yield management platform trusted by semiconductor and photonics manufacturers worldwide. She leads business development, marketing, PR, and partnerships, with a particular focus on yieldHUB Live, the company’s real-time… Read More
Daniel is joined by Julie Rogers, Executive Director, ESD Alliance. Julie brings deep expertise in industry collaboration, technical conferences, and executive engagement. She brings more than 30 years of experience driving growth, visibility, and alignment across complex, highly technical markets. She is widely recognized… Read More
By Julie Rogers, Executive Director, Electronic System Design Alliance
SEMICON® West 2026 is “Bridging Design and Manufacturing with AI” during a day-long session Tuesday, October 13, from 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at San Francisco’s Moscone Center, North Hall, Lower Level, Room 20.
The Design Session hosted and organized by … Read More
Stephen Strausser was recently appointed CEO of VON ARDENNE North America, Inc. where he will lead the company’s regional strategy, operations, customer engagement and growth initiatives across the US, Canada, Mexico and South America.
Stephen has a powerful blend of business acumen, operations, service/support and engineering… Read More
October 13–15, 2026 | Moscone Center | San Francisco, CA
SEMICON West returns to San Francisco, bringing together the world’s leading semiconductor companies, technology innovators, policymakers, engineers, researchers, and business leaders … Read More
As part of the broader Semicon West ecosystem in Phoenix, Arizona, Soitec, a global leader in engineered substrates for semiconductors, hosts an exclusive, invitation-style event titled Engineering the Future: Soitec Substrates Powering Technology Megatrends on Wednesday, October 8, 2025, from 2:30 PM to 6:00 PM MST.
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– We just finished the most happy SEMICON West in a long time
– IMEC stole the show- HBM has more impact than size dictates
– Has Samsung lost its memory mojo? Is SK the new leader?
– AI brings new tech issues with it – TSMC is still industry King
The crowds at Semicon West were both… Read More
