Speaker
Arnaud Furnemont
VP Pathfinding for Semiconductor Technologies - imec
Biography
After completing his PhD in imec, Arnaud Furnémont joined Intel in Boise and became responsible for 20nm NAND Flash and X-Point memory reliability. In 2013 he came back to imec and served as memory device manager, then memory director with MRAM, SCM, 3D NAND and ferroelectric memory as main focuses. He’s now VP Pathfinding for Semiconductor Technologies, covering compute, connect and memory technologies.
Talk(s)
NanoIC impact on Europe: introduction
Here there be dragons: Exploring the edge of the computing map
Given the challenges we see in scaling, power consumption, sustainability and applications that are not data-center centric, our map of the future is for sure incomplete. We think the future of computing may lie at the intersection of diverse technologies, where devices, systems, algorithms, and applications converge to redefine what computation means.
This talk ventures into the uncharted territories of exploratory computing, where emerging paradigms challenge conventional architectures and invite us to rethink the map. From probabilistic p-bits to neuromorphic chips, from silicon photonics reservoirs to spin-wave and photonic computing, we explore how novel concepts are pushing boundaries in energy efficiency, scalability, and functionality to address the applications needs of tomorrow.
We invite you to find the dragons at the edge of our computing map—both challenges and opportunities—and consider how we can navigate this diverse landscape together.