2026 U.S. Executive Forum

Samsung Semiconductor is a global technology leader in memory, logic, and foundry solutions that power today’s most advanced enterprise and mobile technologies. From AI and data analytics to servers, storage, and next-gen infrastructure, our high-performance semiconductors enable customers to accelerate digital transformation. In close collaboration with our customers and partners, Samsung drives innovation across data centers, edge computing, and AI workloads—delivering the speed, capacity, and intelligence the modern world demands.

Cadence is a market leader in AI and digital twins, pioneering the application of computational software to accelerate innovation in the engineering design of silicon to systems. Our design solutions, based on Cadence’s Intelligent System Design strategy, are essential for the world’s leading semiconductor and systems companies to build their next-generation products from chips to full electromechanical systems that serve a wide range of markets. Cadence solutions offer limitless opportunities—learn more at www.cadence.com. 

Efinix was founded in 2012 by Sammy Cheung and Tony Ngai after more than 25 years of experience at leading FPGA and programmable technology companies. Their goal was to develop a new FPGA architecture that delivers meaningful improvements in power efficiency, performance, and design flexibility.

Efinix is a global company headquartered in Cupertino, California, with offices worldwide. Backed by semiconductor and system investors, our team combines deep hardware and software expertise to deliver complete, production-ready FPGA solutions for AI-driven systems.

BrainChip leads in Edge AI with Akida™, the first fully digital, event-based neuromorphic processor. By analyzing only essential sensor data at acquisition, Akida delivers unmatched efficiency and low power. With TENNs for real-time streaming, BrainChip enables AI across aerospace, automotive, IoT, robotics, and wearables, bringing intelligence closer to the sensor.

Baya Systems accelerates intelligent compute with software-driven, scalable, chiplet-ready Fabric IP, Network-on-Chip (NoC), and system architecture solutions optimized for efficient data movement. Supporting coherent, non-coherent, and custom protocols, its data-driven software platform enables rapid architecture exploration, workload-driven optimization, and physically aware fabric tiling to reduce risk and accelerate time-to-market. Baya’s NeuraScale™ technology is the industry’s first composable crossbar enhancement solution for high-radix scale-up switching, enabling efficient AI infrastructure scaling. Backed by leading investors including Synopsys and Intel Capital.

TSMC created the semiconductor Dedicated IC Foundry business model when it was founded in 1987. In 2024, TSMC served 522 customers and manufactured 11,878 products for various applications covering a variety of end markets including high performance computing, smartphones, the Internet of Things (IoT), automotive, and digital consumer electronics. Annual capacity of the manufacturing facilities managed by TSMC and its subsidiaries is approximately 17 million 12-inch equivalent wafers in 2024.

From idea to final product – we test and automate it all.
Teradyne tests and helps build the world’s most innovative products. Our leading-edge testers make sure that new products work right the first time, every time. And our robotics portfolio helps manufacturers to develop and deliver new products quickly, efficiently and cost-effectively.

The KPMG Global Semiconductor practice helps semiconductor companies navigate the digitized and connected world. Our international network of professionals work side-by-side with semiconductor clients of all sizes to look beyond today’s pressing business challenges and anticipate the strategic choices that will best position them for both short- and long-term success.

As a leading global semiconductor foundry company, UMC provides high-quality IC fabrication services, focusing on logic and various specialty technologies to serve all major sectors of the electronics industry. The comprehensive IC processing technologies and manufacturing solutions offered include Logic/Mixed-Signal, embedded High-Voltage, embedded Non-Volatile Memory, RFSOI, and BCD, among others. With a total of 12 fabs in production, UMC has a combined capacity of more than 400,000 wafers per month (12-inch equivalent), all certified with the IATF-16949 automotive quality standard.

Advantest is the leading manufacturer of automatic test and measurement equipment used in the design and production of semiconductors for applications including 5G communications, the Internet of Things (IoT), autonomous vehicles, high-performance computing (HPC) including artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning, and more.