Vahid Vahedi

Senior Vice President, Chief Technology and Sustainability Officer, Lam Research

Search every verified Vahid Vahedi interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. Vahid Vahedi, senior vice president, chief technology and and sustainability officer at Lam Research, gave a colloquium talk at the University of California, Berkeley on October 22, 2025, titled "Engineering the future of semiconductors with atomic precision and AI." During the talk, he discussed the company's work on improving semiconductor manufacturing efficiency and sustainability. He described efforts to reduce energy consumption in fabrication tools and related equipment such as chillers and pumps, including the development of virtual twins to identify where energy is used most. Vahedi identified thermal management, power delivery, and abatement as major areas for improvement, and said that making systems more efficient benefits both the environment and reduces overall fab energy consumption. He also noted that a full semiconductor process flow can involve approximately 800 steps, with a single recipe containing 40 to 50 steps.