What I Learned At The 2026 GSA Tech Summit: The Future Of Semiconductor Collaboration Is Full Stack


I had the privilege of joining a panel at the Global Semiconductor Alliance (GSA) Tech Summit in June in Scottsdale, Arizona, titled "Collaboration Models That Actually Work." It was a fitting title for an event that brought together executives from across the semiconductor ecosystem, including foundries, fabless companies, equipment makers, EDA vendors, cloud providers, and systems integrat... » read more

What’s Really Needed For Advanced Test?


By Greg Prewitt and Marc Jacobs Advanced test has become one of the semiconductor industry's most promising frontiers: adaptive binning, feed-forward models, and real-time analytics pulling signals from mountains of measurement data. But there is a problem hiding underneath all that ambition, and it is neither compute nor algorithm; it is data. More specifically, it is the unglamorous, found... » read more

Breaking The Legacy Trap: How Semiconductor Executives Can Accelerate AI Adoption And Transform IT Applications At The Same Time


The semiconductor industry is facing a strategic paradox. AI has rapidly moved from experimental technology to a competitive necessity promising faster yield improvement, smarter supply chain decisions, and autonomous factory operations. Yet the very systems that semiconductor manufacturers depend on to run their fabs, manage their supply chains, and serve their customers were built for a diffe... » read more

The Petabyte Problem: How AI Is Finally Making Semiconductor Manufacturing Data Actionable


The semiconductor industry has quietly accumulated one of the most complex data challenges in modern manufacturing, and it has largely been losing the battle to solve it. Modern fabs now generate gigabytes of data per chip across probe, assembly, and test operations. Test programs routinely exceed one million test items. The largest enterprise deployments have crossed the multi-petabyte thre... » read more

Beyond Optical: A New E-Beam Inspection For Advanced Chips


The semiconductor industry is defined by its relentless pursuit of smaller, faster, and more powerful chips. As we push into advanced 3D architectures like gate-all-around (GAA) transistors, a critical challenge emerges: finding the defects that kill yield. Many of these flaws are deeply buried within complex structures and impossible to see with traditional optical inspection. This creates ... » read more

Semiconductor Manufacturing In The AI Era


At the 2025 PDF Solutions Users Conference, CEO John Kibarian delivered a wide-ranging keynote that positioned the semiconductor industry at a pivotal inflection point, one driven by explosive AI demand but constrained by unprecedented manufacturing complexity. His central message: the path to a trillion-dollar semiconductor industry by 2030 requires fundamentally rethinking how manufacturers c... » read more

Tracing The Equipment Connectivity Journey


The semiconductor industry has undergone a dramatic transformation from the early days of manual integration to today's AI-driven collaboration with equipment connectivity at the heart of this evolution. Understanding these trends is crucial for any organization looking to leverage data for improved efficiency, reliability, and competitive advantage. This blog explores milestones and emergin... » read more

AI-Driven Collaboration: Transforming The Semiconductor Industry’s Operating Model


The semiconductor industry stands at an inflection point. As the sector pushes into 3D architectures, advanced packaging, and heterogeneous integration, the traditional model of stage-gate, crisis-driven collaboration is reaching its limits. John Kibarian, CEO of PDF Solutions, recently outlined a vision for AI-driven collaboration at the SEMICON West CEO Summit, a fundamental reimagining of... » read more

The Future Of Semiconductor Manufacturing: How AI And Industry Collaboration Are Reshaping The Value Chain


The semiconductor industry stands at an inflection point. As Moore's Law scaling becomes increasingly challenging and system complexity explodes through advanced packaging and chiplet-based architectures, the traditional siloed approach to manufacturing must give way to an unprecedented level of industry collaboration. This transformation, driven by the convergence of artificial intelligence, c... » read more

Lessons From 30 Years In The Trenches On The Future Of Semiconductor Manufacturing


The semiconductor industry has always been a story of constant evolution, titans rising and falling, technologies advancing at breakneck speed, and billions of dollars riding on the difference between first and second place. And today, AI, geopolitics and the increased need for collaboration are reshaping the chip industry once again. After more than three decades navigating the complexities... » read more

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