Live from SEMICON West 2026 - Day Three

 

www.semiconductordigest.com October 15, 2026

Day Three Don’t miss today’s Show Daily - available for download here! Siemens, NVIDIA accelerate computation lithography up to 12x SEMI builds a home for advanced packaging ChipAgents, NVIDIA launch benchmark for autonomous chip design Nordson debuts SonoFlex acoustic inspection system at SEMICON West SEMI scales up workforce programs as U.S. talent gap nears 200,000 The Evolution of the Swagelok® ALD7 Ultrahigh-Purity Valve Building on the proven performance of the ALD7 valve, the enhanced ALD7A delivers improved flow consistency, faster and more repeatable actuation, and field-adjustable flow control to help support precise dose delivery and consistent process performance. Visit us at Booth 853.  More>> Top Stories Don’t miss today’s Show Daily - available for download here! View or download the SEMICON West Show Daily — Day Three! More>> Share Tweet Share Forward Siemens, NVIDIA accelerate computation lithography up to 12x Siemens today announced significant advances in its collaboration with NVIDIA to accelerate computational lithography workflows. More>> Share Tweet Share Forward SEMI builds a home for advanced packaging Advanced packaging has a bigger place at SEMICON West than ever, with three days of packaging content on this year’s program, and SEMI is building a global home for the topic through its Advanced Packaging and Heterogeneous Integration (APHI) technology coalition. More>> Share Tweet Share Forward Building the Future Starts with the Right Protection Sherwin-Williams provides the expertise, coatings and linings needed to help safeguard critical semiconductor infrastructure, improve asset longevity and support reliable facility performance across the entire fab campus – from cleanroom flooring and chemical-resistant coatings to secondary containment, process water infrastructure and beyond. More>> New Products & Technologies ChipAgents, NVIDIA launch benchmark for autonomous chip design ChipAgents, the agentic AI platform for semiconductor engineering, today introduced Build-A-Chip-Bench, a benchmark built in collaboration with NVIDIA designed to test whether AI agents can carry an end-to-end digital chip-design task from specification through physical implementation and verified GDS; thus, measuring true progress toward semiconductor design superintelligence. More>> Share Tweet Share Forward Nordson debuts SonoFlex acoustic inspection system at SEMICON West Nordson Test & Inspection, a global leader in inspection, metrology, and testing solutions, will showcase its comprehensive portfolio of industry-leading optical, X-ray, acoustic inspection, and metrology technologies powered by the Nordson Intelligence Ecosystem at SEMICON West 2026, October 13–15, in Booth 5844 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, California. More>> Share Tweet Share Forward Research & Business Developments SEMI scales up workforce programs as U.S. talent gap nears 200,000 When SEMI asks member companies what could hold back their growth, the number one answer is talent, Joe Stockunas, president of SEMI Americas, said at Monday’s SEMICON West press conference. More>> Share Tweet Share Forward Web Editor Shannon Davis 603-547-5309 sdavis@semiconductordigest.com  Subscription Information Subscribe to our other newsletters Forward to a colleague or a friend.   To contact us, click here