SEMI Equipment and Materials Outlook

Clark Tseng
Sr. Research Manager
SEMI

Abstract
SEMI will present its latest data covering equipment and materials spending globally, and also highlight current trends related to fab investments. Data will cover the latest year-to-date spending for equipment and materials by end market region. The forecast for equipment and materials markets will cover the spending trends for 2015 and into 2016. Coverage of materials will include forecasts for various segments of both the fab and packaging material markets. Fab investments by foundry, memory and other industry sector will be covered as well.

Biography
Clark is a senior research manager at SEMI. His major responsibility is to track and evaluate semiconductor front-end fab investment in Asia Pacific region. His research also spans over LED, flat panel display and PV industries. His expertise includes in-depth analysis of the industry dynamics, as well as the fundamentals of market forecasting, competitive analysis, and strategic planning.

Prior to SEMI, Clark worked for Qimonda as the manager at Strategy and Business Development division, where he managed market & competitive intelligence function in Asia/Pacific.
Clark Tseng received a Bachelor of Business Administration and a Bachelor of Arts in International Relations from National Chengchi University in Taiwan.

Power Electronics Overview: What are the markets and trends?

Jérôme Azemar
SENIOR ANALYST & BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT MANAGER
Yole Développement

Abstract
With global drivers such as better energy consumption, energy efficiency and reduction of greenhouse gases, Power management improvement has become key in every layer of the value chain. Power Electronics has definitely a role to play in these thrilling challenges. From converters down to compound semiconductors, innovation is leading to breakthrough technologies. Wide Band Gap, Power Module Packaging and growth of Electric Vehicle market will change drastically the overall power electronic industry and supply chain. In this presentation we will review power electronics trends, from technologies to markets.

Biography
Jérôme Azémar is a Senior Technology & Market Analyst and Business Developer at Yole Développement where he started in 2013, specialized in Advanced Packaging, Power Electronics and Semiconductor Manufacturing. Upon graduating from INSA Toulouse with a Master's in Microelectronics, he worked for 8 years in the semiconductor industry as an application engineer for photolithography equipment at ASML and as a process engineer at STMicroelectronics.