Greetings from Taiwan! We’ve been here for SEMICON Taiwan where 50,000 visitors Connected, Collaborated and Innovated, the theme of many SEMI events, and the Smart Data Global Summit sponsored by Cadence and Synopsys. Executives from leading electronic system design and semiconductor companies offered their perspectives on the way forward to a fully connected, intelligent world in the AI-enabled era. We also held a successful ESD Alliance Industry meeting with executives from both design and manufacturing ecosystems. It included a good deal of open discussion about common industry issues and bottlenecks that could be addressed through collaboration.

Simultaneously, I’m working on a strategic plan for the ESD Alliance that’s given me a chance to reflect on the short 13 months since we became a SEMI Strategic Association Partner. The ESD Alliance now is well integrated into the SEMI culture and we continue pursuing our mission to represent companies in the electronic system design ecosystem.
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