Manocha, a strategic advisor to GLOBALFOUNDRIES following his retirement from CEO, will serve as keynote speaker during TECHCON’s Sept. 8 banquet.

Manocha is a veteran semiconductor industry executive with more than 30 years of global expertise in manufacturing operations, general management and semiconductor technology. His keynote will discuss the technical and economic challenges facing the semiconductor industry, and how the industry has an opportunity to evolve its foundry model to enable innovation required to drive technology forward and also offer a practical framework for controlling manufacturing costs.