SEMI announced that SEMICON West 2015 will feature the Silicon Innovation Forum (SIF), a unique forum for strategic investors and key decision makers to meet new and emerging early-stage companies developing the future of microelectronics. SIF is organized by SEMI in partnership with top research institutes and strategic investment groups such as Applied Ventures, Intel Capital, and Samsung Ventures.
“Investment in semiconductor equipment and materials is increasingly crowded out by VCs’ interest in software, media and entertainment, and biotechnology segments. Traditional venture capital and private attention to advanced semiconductor technology development has declined in recent years, putting the future of microelectronics innovation at risk. SIF helps accelerate R&D in our industry and encourages continued innovation from new sources,” said Karen Savala, president of SEMI Americas.
SIF brings together research institutes and emerging companies in the electronics manufacturing sector with the industry’s strategic investors and leading technology partners—for a two-day forum of investor panels, startup pitches, round tables, keynotes, and an innovator showcase.
The Silicon Innovation Forum will be held July 14 and 15 at Moscone Center in San Francisco.
An “Investor Pitch” session July 14 will cover topics such as these:
- silicon thermo electronic technology, enabling wearable devices to operate using energy from body heat;
- low cost, 3D printing technology for mass production;
- CMP slurries with nano-sized contact release capsules to enable planarization of high aspect ratio structures;
- power management IC with reduced footprint and thickness;
- sensors based on silicon germanium capable of detecting a broader range of the IR spectrum; and
- radically new, biomedical applications for semiconductor technology.
New this year is the Innovation Village Startup Showcase and Research Park, an exposition segment that includes 20 emerging startups and 10 breakthrough research organizations in an interactive exposition showcase arena.
A “Research and Innovation” session July 15 will offer presentations from SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, International Consortium for Advanced Manufacturing Research, SUNY Network of Excellence-Materials & Advanced Manufacturing, Novati Technologies, MIST Center, Micro/Nano Electronics Metrology at NIST, Texas State University, and Georgia Tech Heat Lab
Attendees at the Silicon Innovation Forum will include entrepreneurs engaged in silicon innovation, investment professionals from angel, venture; corporate, and institutional communities; and senior executives from the microelectronics industries.
Premier sponsors for SEMICON West 2015 include: Applied Materials, KLA-Tencor, and Lam Research.
