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An Interview with Huei Sin EE, Keysight Technologies Huei Sin EE, President and General Manager, General Electronics Measurement Solutions Vice President, Keysight Education
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What is your forecast for the semiconductor market in 2021? We expect the strong growth in the worldwide semiconductor market to continue. The acceleration of digital transformations arising from COVID-19 has created a strong demand for semiconductors.
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What are Keysight’s semiconductor products and solutions? Keysight provides a complete suite of solutions for semiconductor testing and semiconductor manufacturing process technologies. These include the latest advancements in high-speed, high-accuracy probe, and optical scanning inspection, and ranges from lab level tools (including simulation software) to production testers for high volume testing.
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What are your flagship products and solutions, and what are the features of your flagship products and solutions? The P9000 series massive parallel parametric tester is our flagship solution. The P9000 is used in all advanced node logic fabs and memory fabs in the world. This solution enables faster throughput and expandability to support our customers’ demands and need to be first-to-market.
Huei Sin EE
President and General Manager, General Electronics Measurement Solutions Vice President, Keysight Technologies
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How are the needs of the semiconductor field changing in line with the trend of Industry 4.0 or smart factory? Industry 4.0, and in fact the global advancement of the digital transformation trend driven by the deployment of 5G, high performance computing and IoT, is pushing the envelope of chipset design and fabrication process. Semiconductor technology advancements are progressing along two tracks: Moore’s Law which is about miniaturization (packing more What is Keysight’s competitive edge in the semiconductor and more transistors into ever smaller and smaller devices); field? and, More than Moore which is about functional diversification What makes Keysight outstanding is that we provide total combining analog and digital functions within an IC package. solutions rather a mere set of physical products. Keysight’s solutions solve customers’ challenges and includes the world’s Demands arising from these new technologies like millimeter best hardware, software, support, services and consultation. wave, silicon photonics and high-power devices are requiring We continue to increase our value offerings through our close different types of semiconductor testing and manufacturing engagements with key semiconductor players worldwide. process. The P9000’s unique per-pin parallel measurement capabilities and functionality enable our customers to develop and manufacture their products with cutting edge technologies faster and more cost competitively. In addition, the P9000’s expandability combined with Keysight’s semiconductor expertise support our customers’ ever evolving technical challenges.
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