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Webinar – ChipAgents Shows You How to Break the Timing Closure Bottleneck with AI

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PDF Solutions CONNECT 2026, a premier semiconductor analytics and AI conference, will convene industry leaders to address how turning manufacturing data into timely, trustworthy decisions is now the key to production leadership. Scheduled for October 15–16 at the Westin St. Francis in San Francisco, the event brings together semiconductor executives, engineers, and technology partners to examine how advanced analytics and artificial intelligence can improve manufacturing performance across complex global supply chains. Announced speakers include PDF Solutions co-founder and CEO John Kibarian, Bloomberg Technology executive producer Emily Chang, and energy expert Dr. Jonathan Koomey, alongside representatives from Samsung, Intel, Qualcomm, POET, and STMicroelectronics. The agenda features keynotes, customer presentations, panel discussions, live demonstrations, and workshops. A central focus is Exensio Aurora, PDF Solutions’ new AI-first architecture for its Exensio Analytics platform, designed to analyze semiconductor manufacturing data at petabyte scale and support secure agentic AI across operations and supply chains. Attendees can explore large language model-driven analytics, StudioAI, and a new user experience. The conference addresses a critical industry challenge: semiconductor companies have abundant data but struggle to connect information from equipment sensors, process recipes, metrology, MES, and engineering reports. As devices grow more complex, delays in identifying yield or quality issues impact costs and schedules. AI can shorten this interval, but only when operating on reliable, manufacturing-context-aware data with explainability, security, and human oversight. PDF Solutions argues that connected data, manufacturing-aware models, and controlled workflows enable trusted industrial AI. CONNECT 2026 provides a forum to examine these technical and organizational questions through product demos, customer case studies, and direct developer access. The event reflects a shift from isolated AI projects to governed systems supporting complete engineering workflows—from predictive maintenance to root-cause analysis. Better semiconductor analytics has consequences beyond the factory, influencing chip cost and availability for vehicles, data centers, and consumer products. CONNECT offers a view of how the industry can convert vast manufacturing data into faster learning and more resilient production.