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Ayna InsightsJon Herlocker: Revolutionizing Semiconductors Manufacturing with AIIn this episode, host Nidhi Arora explores the impact of AI in semiconductor manufacturing with Jon Herlocker, founder of Tignis, Inc. Jon shares his journey from leading a billion-dollar business unit to launching a startup that uses AI, machine learning, and physics to solve challenges like yield issues, high costs, and long time-to-market for new materials. He also offers insights into innovation and securing venture capital.
Jon Herlocker, a former computer science professor, has a strong entrepreneurial background, founding Pi Corporation in 2006 and managing a $1.2 billion business unit at VMware. His current venture, Tignis, reflects h...
2024-10-1429 min
3D InCites PodcastSEMI Start Up Series Episode 1: What is the Sustainability Start Up Program?These days, everyone is talking about the importance of sustainability. In the semiconductor industry, developing more sustainable practices is top of mind for most manufacturers, because they are challenged with meeting increasing demands as semiconductors have become critical to everyday life, yet manufacturing them puts a strain on natural resources. To address this, The SEMI organization put together a sustainability initiative – and one element of that is its Startups for Sustainability program. This episode is the first in a series of three, in which we’ll learn more about the program, and talk to some of last year’...
2023-02-1630 min
Create New Futures | How Leaders Produce Breakthroughs and Transform the World through Conversation109 Jon Herlocker - Setting High-Level Goals & Becoming a Lifelong LearnerJon Herlocker is the Founder and CEO of Tignis, a company that provides a physics-driven software solution for managing industrial assets, processes, and operations. Jon is a technology entrepreneur, an experienced executive with a long leadership history in big data analytics and artificial intelligence. Before building his company, he was CTO of VMware’s Cloud Management, and CTO of EMC’s Cloud Services division. Jon is a former tenured professor of Computer Science at Oregon State University. In this episode, Jon and Aviv engage in a deep conversation about entrepreneurship, the power of setting big, hairy, audacious goal...
2021-07-131h 03