The seminar will be held by prof. Alessandro Piovaccari and is part of the training provided for ET-IT PhD Students (a.y.2023/2024)
Date: 23 JULY 2024 from 15:00 to 18:00
Event location: Online event
Type: Seminar
ABSTRACT
In this seminar we will provide an overview of the status of the semiconductor industry. The analysis will include the cost drivers, the top players, and the role of the different geographical areas. Moreover, we will argue that this is and enduring industry, but it has several possible points of failure, and to survive and thrive, it necessitates resources from the entire world.
BIO
Alessandro Piovaccari has more than 30 years of experience in the field of Semiconductors. Currently, is an Adjunct Professor at The University of Bologna, a Visiting Professor at the University of Pavia, and the Vice Presidente of Conferences for the IEEE Solid-State Circuit Society. He is also a scientific and strategy advisor for several companies in the field of AI/ML applied to semiconductor production and test, embedded software and hardware documentation, and knowledge networks. Previously, he has been CTO, SVP of Engineering at Silicon Labs (NASDAQ: SLAB), where he co-architected and led the development of many wireless and IoT SoC integrated circuits, which have surpassed the 4 billion devices shipments. Most notably, the first worldwide single-chip TV tuner IC, still used by nine of the world’s top-ten TV makers and 90 percent market share, and the first 2 generations of the ultra-low power IoT wireless MCUs.
Alessandro received his PhD and Laurea degrees in EECS from the University of Bologna and a Post-Grad certificate (summa cum laude) in EECS from the Johns-Hopkins University. He is a Senior Member of IEEE and Lifetime Fellow at Silicon Labs. He received an IEEE SSCS award in leadership for organizing the first virtual SSCS conference. He holds 32 US patents, including a Patent of the Year award.
This seminar is part of the training provided for ET-IT PhD Students in the academic year 2023/2024.
For further information about attendance and the validation of credits (Cycle 37, 38 and 39) and attendance hours (Cycle 38 and 39), we strongly suggest that you visit the specific webpage.
N.B. Seminars are independent activities. This means that they have their own final assessment, and the participation in terms of hours is counted separately from the module to which they refer. In this case, the seminar is not linked to any module in particular.