TXST Innovation Series: Semiconductors

About the Innovation Series

The Texas State Innovation Series features interactive presentations and panels led by diverse experts held at STAR Park during the Spring and Fall semesters. You won't get a better chance to get 1:1 time with some of the most interesting innovators in central Texas, so bring your questions and get ready to discuss ideas and grow your companies and projects.

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Tuesday March 4 , 2025

Semiconductors: More than Moore

Keynote: Tim Rost, Texas Instruments

The semiconductor industry is undergoing a period of rapid change which will have a profound impact on each of us. These changes involve more than traditional semiconductor scaling as described for many years by Moore’s law, and they will touch nearly every aspect of our modern, technological lives. This talk describes some of these trends, from next generation EUV (Extreme UV) photolithography, to the power requirements for Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems, to engineered nanomaterials, whereby materials properties can be customized. Additionally, with Chips Act funding beginning to roll out, there is a generational opportunity to participate in the acceleration of these changes.

Dr. Timothy Rost has been at Texas Instruments (TI) for 35 years and has served in a number of roles related to technology development, design enablement, and exploratory research. He presently manages Exploratory Research and University Programs in TI’s Advanced Technology Development group. This has exposed him to a wide range of problems and technologies that are of current interest in the semiconductor industry. Dr. Rost has served on 15+ industry/university/government boards, advisory committees, and study groups. He has published more 30 publications and has been granted 17 US patents.

Faculty will share perspectives and innovations from ongoing research.

Dr. Ariful Haque is an Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering at the Ingram School of Engineering at Texas State University. He also holds an appointment in the Materials Science, Engineering & Commercialization program at Texas State. Prior to joining TXState, he worked as a Technology Development Mod. & Integr. Yield Engineer in the Logic Technology Development (LTD) division at Intel Corporation in the USA, where he aided in developing next-generation semiconductor process technology.

Pro. Yoichi Miyahara leads the Miyahara lab working on the development and applications of advanced scanning probe microscopy techniques that are geared toward material property characterization in nanometer scale such as quantum dots, nanoparticles, nanowires and novel energy materials. We are particularly interested in developing new spectroscopic material characterization techniques with nanometer scale spatial resolution based on mechanical detection of relevant signals. Some of the examples are optical spectroscopy and tunneling spectroscopy by force detection.

Come ask questions, meet others in the community, and let’s all grow faster and stronger in 2025 with transformative ideas, big and small.

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