Entering the age of materials: sustainably shaping the semiconductor industry growth through material intelligence

In his keynote, Kai Beckmann, Member of the Executive Board of Merck and CEO Electronics, shows how Material Intelligence unlocks next-generation chips, while also building the foundation for more sustainable solutions.

Today, the semiconductor industry is witnessing major upheavals. New technologies like Artificial Intelligence are transforming almost all areas of life leading into an exciting future that promises human progress in countless aspects. To enable this development on a large scale, more computing power is needed - at the cost of ever-increasing energy and resource consumption. 

This calls for material solutions that combine technology and sustainability in the best possible way. To realize this potential, existing processes need to be challenged, transparency needs to be increased and, most importantly, collaboration across the value chain needs to be fostered more than ever.