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Speakers of The ConFab 2013:

Steve Anderson, STATS ChipPAC
Mike Campbell, QUALCOMM
Jae Cho, NPI Engineering at Xilinx
Dan Hutcheson, VLSI Research
Devan Iyer, Texas Instruments
Subu Iyer, IBM
Dick James, Chipworks
Bob Lanzone, Sr. Amkor Technology Inc.
Mr. Yoon-Woo Lee, Samsung
Mike Ma, Siliconware Precision Industries
Bill McClean, IC Insights, Inc.
Robert Patti, Tezzaron Semiconductor
Sanjay Rajguru, ISMI
Julian Richards, ISMI
Bill Ross, ISMI
An Steegen, imec
Ted Tessier, FlipChip
Mark Thirsk, Linx Consulting

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"The ConFab is a great experience. The way that the conference is organized, the level of participation and the level of the participants are truly excellent. The keynotes are always fantastic. Going to a lot of these events, for me The ConFab is the preeminent conference in the industry right now."
– Intel

"The ConFab is a great forum. This event allows executives to leave their workplace, sit down together and exchange ideas about common challenges in the semiconductor industry as well as future directions."
– CSMC Technologies Corp.

"The key feature of this event is the one-on-one meetings. Frankly, I was pleasantly surprised with my experience. Rather than focus on sales or practical issues, our meetings addressed more strategic issues for the industry."
– Freescale Semiconductor

"Excellent format and well worth the time."
– Amkor Technology

"I would strongly recommend The ConFab for companies who are in the MEMS industry. Join this event—you won't be disappointed."
– Microalyne

"SEMI is proud to be a part of The ConFab this year. Anywhere the industry meets to move the industry forward on critical issues, SEMI wants to participate."
– SEMI

Keynote Addresses

Technologies and Business Strategies of the Future IT Industry
Presented by Mr. Yoon-Woo Lee, Executive Advisor at Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Technology is advancing rapidly in various sectors, basically driven by semiconductors that have strived toward greater performance, lower power, and smaller form through relentless migration. What is now important is enriching the end user experience with a view on the entire value chain of the ecosystem. This is especially true as the IT revolution is now spilling over into other cutting edge fields like bio, nano, energy, and the environment. Collaboration is also critical in intra-regional trade and development. Countries will need to lower risk and boost efficiency through closer cooperation along the supply chain, forging alliances, devising common standards, and undertaking joint R&D. This session reviews what is currently happening in the IT industry and suggests strategies of collaboration within the industry.

Orthogonal Scaling to Fill Today’s Fabs in the Future
Presented by Subu Iyer, IBM Fellow, Microelectronics Div. of IBM Systems & Technology Group

Semiconductor technology development is at an inflection point where the historical expectations for node-to-node productivity are difficult to maintain. This slowing down of classical scaling is an opportunity to explore alternative ways of leveraging both our technology and existing fab infrastructure. This talk will ask some tough questions on what we can really expect from recent technological innovations such as Hi K gate dielectrics and FInFets in the future, and what some other constraints are. We will explore the addition of orthogonal features to existing technologies that will enhance them significantly. Fabs of the future will be more diverse, offer a variety of novel capabilities, be more intimately tied to their clients whether they are captive or not, and will have to be a bigger part of the overall systems’ supply chain.

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