Smart Manufacturing CFA

Smart Manufacturing at SEMICON West 2025

The Smart Manufacturing Pavilion Program at SEMICON West is an attendee favorite, and in 2024 attracted more than 850 individual participants throughout the 3-day event. Major semiconductor makers and their suppliers present their latest capabilities incorporating digital twins, automation, predictive algorithms, and more. Although not a commercial forum—the companies presenting their latest advancements in Smart Manufacturing are seen as industry thought-leaders. With several nations investments entering their execution phases, the theme for Smart Manufacturing Pavilion at SEMICON West 2025 is: 

Innovating the Future of Semiconductor Manufacturing

Thank you for your interest. 

Submit your abstract today and highlight your capabilities.

Note 1: The Smart Manufacturing Pavilion is to highlight capabilities and use cases for Industry 4.0/Smart Manufacturing in semiconductor operations. Submissions with use cases, and implementation examples will receive priority.

Note 2: Priority will also be given to new work, latest results and novel applications within the topic/sub-topic areas identified.

Note 3: This year's Smart Manufacturing Pavilion will also host a poster session. While submitting your abstract please indicate if you would be like to be considered for this session.

TOPIC AREAS

Sessions will include (but not limited to) topics within:

• Digital Twins for Design & Manufacturing Operations
  • Holistic digital twin across the value chain: integrating design, operations, tool, yield & supply chain
  • Contextualized data lakes for advanced insights
  • Extending Digital Twins into factory/subfab/facilities
  • Structured and learning architecture
  • High resolution simulation & modeling
  • Advanced performance metrics & reporting
  • Comprehensive real time visualization & smart prioritization
  • End-to-end Trusted Traceability
  • Developing digital-savvy manufacturing talent
  • Integration of subject matter expertise with analytical models
     
• Agentic AI in Manufacturing Operations
  • Autonomous R2R Control & process Optimization
  • AI for Calibration, Maintenance, and Error Recovery
  • AI/ML based Smart FDC, YMS, SPC etc.
  • AI-Based Yield Optimization
  • AI-driven anomaly detection
  • Predictive AI Maintenance
  • Virtual Metrology
  • Prognosis health monitoring, predictive maintenance
  • Pattern and trace classification
  • Look-ahead schedule, line balancing
  • Smart maintenance system
  • Smart Inspection, Metrology sampling optimization
     
• Automation & Equipment Toward Fully Autonomous Factories/Facilities (200/300mm fabs, back-end Advanced Packaging and Test (APT) lines)
  • Digital Threads
  • Future of Automated Material Handling Systems (AMHS) for legacy fabs and back-end APT lines
  • Next generation material handling: Integrating AGV & COBOTS
  • Smart Subfab monitoring (power/Abatement/Integrated with tool FDC)
  • Human capital aspects of smart manufacturing (e.g., skills augmentation, co-bots, etc.)
  • Standards development and augmentation
     
• Future Factory: The Road to Full Autonomy
  • Smart & dynamic control room: The “Lights Out” factory vision
  • Intelligent workflow automation: Prioritization & Resource Optimization
  • Global capacity & load optimization
  • End-to-end integration: PLM, digital thread, supply chain, material handling
  • Financial Modeling for autonomous operations
     
• Accelerating Sustainability with Smart Manufacturing
  • Water Management and Liquid Chemical/Toxic Gas Waste Reduction/Recycling:
    • Sensor real-time monitoring & ML/AI algorithms for reducing usage in wafer process tools, subfab auxiliary equipment and water treatment facilities
    • OEE, FDC & predictive maintenance for water & chemical systems
    • Generative AI modeling for water & waste usage in brownfield/greenfield sites
    • Pollution & airborne molecular contamination IoT tracking/alerting
    • Big Data, Cloud architecture for Sustainability dashboard metric optimization
       
• Smart Supply Chain
  • Risk & Resilience:
    • Critical risks facing semiconductor supply chains today, and how companies can build resilience without compromising efficiency
  • Agility & Flexibility:
    • Remaining agile and responsive to sudden shifts in demand or technology in an industry driven by rapid innovation
  • Collaboration & Transparency:
    • Enabling greater collaboration and transparency across the value chain to enhance supply chain robustness, given the global, interconnected nature of the semiconductor ecosystem
  • Technology & Digital Transformation:
    • Leveraging emerging technologies—like AI, blockchain, and advanced analytics—to future-proof supply chains and prioritize investments
  • Sustainability & Geopolitical Factors:
    • Impact of geopolitical pressures and sustainability goals on supply chain strategies, and what long-term adjustments companies can make to stay competitive

IMPORTANT INFORMATION & DEADLINES

QUESTIONS?

Taylor Zhao
[email protected]

SPEAKER REQUIREMENTS

If your abstract is accepted and you are invited to present, please complete these requests:

• Speaker agreement
• Headshot and short bio (<500 words)
• Identify a replacement speaker if unable to attend