Industry networking
examples will be described in which emissions. Another major area of
nanotechnology may provide a change and developments for the
route to non-FET devices. These industry is the materials sector and
beyond CMOS devices rely on André-Jacques Auberton-Hervé,
quantum phenomena and may President & CEO of Soitec will
reveal new physics that one day be present a talk on “Materials for
exploited for future device Energy Efficiency”. Anywhere there
applications. are electronics, energy efficiency
Research is not the only sector can be increased through the
the speakers are drawn from and materials chosen. For years, the
intel is not the only manufacturer in industry has seen the clear power
Ireland. Denis Doyle, ADI fellow difference an engineered substrate
and Director of Wafer Fab like silicon-on-insulator (SOI) can
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Engineering at the Limerick Plant for make in high performance systems.
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Analog Devices will be providing a talk Emerging opportunities With the recent ARM11 port to SOI
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entitled, “Challenges of Innovating With so many changes occurring to curbing power by 40% while still
through Multiple Generations of markets and technology companies boosting performance, there is now
Technologies in a Rapidly Changing need to be aware of latest trends and silicon proof that low power systems
Business” During the last three decades opportunities. Lars Reger, VP Strategy also benefit. 3D stacking, smart
Analog Devices has operated a mixed & Business Development at NXP. power, smart sensors, photonics and
signal Wafer Fabrication facility at its Will discuss “Grasping Opportunities in integrated RF solutions all impact
Limerick Site. During that time there ‘Green Mobility’. While the industry has energy efficiency through materials
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have been many changes in the market contributed enormously to overall innovation.
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place that this manufacturing facility has economic growth in the last 50 years, The potential is perhaps even
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served and as a result there has been a the coming decades will see IC greater in solid state lighting, for homes
constantly evolving and changing innovation with much greater focus on and for the street. Here, new substrate
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innovative technologies available to ‘greener and leaner’ applications. engineering approaches to III-V
serve those markets. Reger suggests we will witness an solutions, some married with silicon, can
The presentation will detail how the evolution from low power for long finally be rendered cost effective. In
Limerick Manufacturing group has met battery life to low overall power energy production, the promise of
the challenges of a rapidly changing consumption; we will also see more photovoltaics can be realised with
environment through innovation and technology development, not following engineered substrates to boost
flexibility. It will describe the key Moore’s Law, but aiming at better harvesting and conversion efficiency.
characteristics of each significant control and management of our energy The industry plays a major part on the
generation of technology and outline resources as well as improving road to sustainability.
the strategy behind their development. generation and storage. Energy use per All in all, the Dublin ISS looks to
It will address issues of cost and km in transport will continue to reduce be an informative programme and an
competitiveness and highlight the need as new semiconductor technology opportunity for the industry to gather
for agility in a rapidly changing brings greater efficiency to the for networking and discussions in a
environment. Finally it will highlight the conventional, and enables radically new changing world. With such strong
key challenges in the present climate vehicle architectures which essentially support from Intel, SEMI has been
and the attributes necessary to maintain replace mechanics with electronics. The able to provide a world class
an ongoing development and semiconductor industry (as other programme in one of the most
refinement of its strategy. industries) can and will play its part on welcoming and pleasant cities in
the way towards reduced global CO2 the world.
Some of the speakers expected at ISS Europe. From left to right: Dr. André-Jacques Auberton-Hervé - SOITEC, Denis Doyle
- Analog Devices, Paolo Gargini - Intel, John Boland - Trinity College, Lars Reger - NXP, Martin van den Brink - ASML,
Professor Roger Whatmore - Tyndall National Institute
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