Live from SEMICON West | San Francisco
From Data Visibility to Autonomous Decisions
Explore the technologies, strategies, and innovations driving the next generation of semiconductor manufacturing.
October 13–15, 2026 | Moscone Center, San Francisco
Join Us at SEMICON West 2026
Applied SmartFactory® is presenting two sessions on AI-driven factory automation and sponsoring the Smart Fab Lunch in the Smart Manufacturing Pavilion. Explore practical approaches to AI, manufacturing intelligence, digital twins, and autonomous operations from the experts helping shape the future of semiconductor manufacturing.
Our Speakers:
Murali Krishna
Product Marketing Senior Director
Applied Materials | Automation Products Group
A Progressive AI Roadmap for Self-Optimizing Semiconductor Fabs
Wednesday, October 14, 2026 | 12:15 PM – 12:35 PM
Fabs are moving from AI that analyzes to AI that decides. This session lays out a staged roadmap to self-optimizing fabs — from tool and fab models through AI-driven scheduling to reinforcement learning.
Selim S. Nahas
Director of Strategic Marketing
Applied Materials | Automation Products Group
A New Design Mindset to Enable AI-Driven Factory Automation
Thursday, October 15, 2026 | 10:55 AM – 11:15 AM
Autonomous process tools must operate at the wafer level, not the lot level. This session explores the design changes that requires — and what it takes to scale them factory-wide.
Sponsor Lunch
Smart Manufacturing Pavilion | Tuesday, October 13
Sessions will include:
- From Visualization to Action: Building the Closed-Loop Smart Fab with Digital Twin and MES
by Sid Agarwal, Brandon Kurtz, Danny Jessop, Applied Materials - From Dashboards to Agents: The Evolution of Manufacturing Intelligence
by Michael Frenna, Applied Materials - Transforming Limited Data into Yield Improvement with UPC
by SJ Wang, Applied Materials
For questions, contact:
Selim S. Nahas
[email protected]
