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June 2, 2025 | SEMIEstimated reading time: 1 minute
With materials innovation at the core of next-generation semiconductor technologies, the Strategic Materials Conference (SMC) 2025 brings together top executives and technology leaders from the semiconductor manufacturing industry for exclusive insights into the latest trends and advancements. The event will be held on June 23-25, at Hayes Mansion in San Jose, California. Registration is open.
SMC is the industry’s premier event focused on drivers of advanced materials, highlighting key opportunities across the electronics supply chain in growth markets including computing and data storage, wireless communication, automotive, consumer and industrial electronics.
SMC 2025 Keynote Presentations
Accelerating AI Computing with Innovations from Materials to AI Factories
- John Hu, Director, Advanced Technology Group, NVIDIA
Semiconductor Industry – A Logic Technology Outlook
- Carlos H. Diaz, PhD, Senior Director, TSMC
Reinventing the Transistor for the Quantum Age
- Chetan Nayak, PhD, Technical Fellow, Microsoft
Integrated Material Development Modality Enabling the AI Revolution
- Surésh Rajaraman, PhD, Executive Vice President & Business Unit Head, Thin Films, EMD Electronics
Themed The New Era of Materials Innovation, SMC 2025 will feature the following key sessions:
- Market Geopolitical, and Economic Trends
- Materials in Next Generation Memory Devices
- Next Generation FETs
- Materials Innovation Enabled by AI
- Advanced Packaging, Materials Integration & Challenges
- Orbital Foundries for Next-Generation Semiconductors
- SEMI PFAS Update
- Executive Panel: Impact of US Policy on Semiconductor Industry
Presentations at SMC 2025 will feature insights from the following industry leaders:
- AMD
- Applied Materials
- ASML
- Axiom Space
- Ayar Labs
- Boston Consulting Group
- EMD Electronics
- Entegris
- imec
- Intel Corporation
- Lam Research
- Linx Consulting
- Meta
- Microsoft
- Mitsubishi Chemical Group
- Needham & Company
- NVIDIA
- SEMI
- Techcet
- Terecircuits
- TSMC
The event will feature two exclusive networking sessions, offering attendees the chance to reconnect with industry peers and build new relationships with professionals driving materials innovation.
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