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New Memory Technologies Conference - CANCELLED

Changing the Target Market, Changing the Value Propositions

Event Code: CONVERG
July 14, 2009
9:00am–5:00pm
San Francisco Marriott

Presented by: Convergent Semiconductors LLC

Program Overview:
The reality of semiconductor memory technologies is that Desktop PCs are no longer the target market for memory product development—the sweet spot for memory demand is shifting toward more powerful handheld devices with expanded functions. As we move toward a new target market, the value proposition of the semiconductor technologies also shifts. New materials and equipment are necessary to accelerate these new memory technologies into high volume production.

Agenda

9:00am

New Memory Technologies Conference Welcome
Bob Merritt

9:00am–9:45am

KEYNOTE: Changing Market and Technology in the Age of the Digital Nomad
Dr. Tsugio Makimoto, President, TechnoVision

9:45am – 10:45am

Moving Computing from the Desktop to New Form Factors
Bob Merritt, Moderator, Convergent Semiconductors
The market entry point for any new technology is critical to the initial acceptance of that technology. Considering the limitations of the existing memory technologies opens the door for new materials, new dimensional packaging, solid-state memory combinations and new memories.

Presentation Topics:
New Non-Volatile Memory Applications
Darrell Rinerson, CEO, Unity Semiconductor

DRAM Scaling: Overcoming the Barriers to Further Cost Reduction
Mark-Eric Jones, CEO, Innovative Silicon

SOI Substrate Engineering for Memory Application
Bich-Yen Nguyen, Senior Fellow, Soitec USA

10:45am–11:00am

Break

11:00am–12:00pm

Moving Memory Completely Out of the Box
The current manufacturing philosophy of supporting separate processes for memory and logic minimizes the cost of the memory and maximizes the performance of the logic for box-level applications. But the ability to combine high-performance logic and dense memory arrays in the same die becomes more critical as mobile applications continue to drive an increasing percentage of semiconductor revenue.

Technology Platform for Highly Integrated SoC
Narbeh Derhacobian, CEO and President, Adesto Technology

Reprogrammable logic and memory
John Watson, Co-Founder, Element CXI

New Memory Architecture
Jaime Cummins, Edison Labs

12:00pm–1:15pm

Lunch

1:15pm–2:30pm

New Cells / New Possibilities
Bob Merritt, Moderator, Convergent Semiconductors
Integration of new technologies into the manufacturing infrastructure is always a key element of the broad acceptance of any new technology. Convergent Semiconductors believes promising technologies based on utilization of established manufacturing concepts should be recognized in addition to more revolutionary approaches.

Phase Change
Greg Atwood, Senior Fellow, Numonyx

Resistive Memory
Malgorzata Jurczak, Ph.D., Development of NVM and Emerging Memories Program Manager, IMEC

MRAM Momentum: Advancements and Prospects
Dr. Saied Tehrani, Chief Operating Officer, Everspin

2:30pm–2:45pm

Break

2:45pm– 4:00pm

Accelerating Research-to-Development-to-Production
Ron Leckie, President, Infrastructure Advisors
It is not easy to develop new structures with new materials in new equipment to produce new technologies. The transition from research to development and into production requires strong teamwork among the suppliers to support the customers. Technologies combining high-performance logic with dense nonvolatile memory will require the process integration of more exotic materials in different equipment. In this panel session, we will hear from a variety of suppliers how they interface with each other and with customers to prepare new memory technologies for successful market adoption.

CAD Tools for Emerging Memory Technology Development and Design
Ric Borges, Sr. Manager Product Marketing,
Silicon Engineering Group, Synopsys

Commercializing New Memory Technologies: From Lab to Fab
Prakash Krishnan, Director Strategic Marketing, SVTC

THE Devil is in the Details
Dalia Vernikovsky, General Manager, Applied Seals North America, Inc.

The Path to Production
Paul Werbaneth, VP Marketing and Applications, Tegal

4:00pm–5:00pm

Changing the Target Market: Vision and Forecast
Sherry Garber and Bob Merritt,
Founders of Convergent Semiconductors

Who Can Afford to Develop New Memories?
How will the new memories be supported in the current environment?
The Applications Driving the Market
Market demand for mobile data/graphics/communication applications will insure the eventual development of composite, convergent and novel technologies. The applications that support mobile are also key.
Who Can Afford to Ignore New Memories?
Non-volatile memory will dominate the next product cycle. The memory market is now diverse.
The Revenue to be Generated
Convergent Semiconductors will talk about revenue, investments and growth.
The Future of Memory and Related Industries
Stay tuned for the progress of this sector. You think solar is hot – just wait.

Who Should Attend

Anyone needing to understand the convergence of semiconductor manufacturing, application system design, IC design, new materials, and the equipment infrastructure will benefit from this conference. End system designers, equipment manufacturers, investors, and senior managers within all related semiconductor companies. Also appropriate for hardware designers, manufacturing and test engineers, corporate and private investors, government research organizations, members of the press, senior corporate marketing staff and product strategists.