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Risto Puhakka is President of VLSIresearch, leading the company’s commercial operations and market research activities. He is an expert in Semiconductor Capital Equipment markets as well as Semiconductor Manufacturing. Risto has advised companies, investors, and agencies in the United States, Europe, Japan, Korea, and Taiwan. As an experienced market researcher and analyst, his work draws from VLSI’s global network to provide market intelligence for companies engaged in the semiconductor manufacturing supply chain.
Risto advises managers, boards, and investors about semiconductor market trends and strategic industry statistics. He is a regularly invited speaker at conferences about various topics in semiconductor manufacturing and equipment markets. At VLSIresearch, Risto works on numerous client projects in a variety of semiconductor manufacturing segments. Projects include:
Advanced Packaging markets and demand
TSMC wafer cost
Failure Analysis Equipment Market analysis
Silicon Demand Outlook
Analog, MEMS, Power Transistor IC manufacturing equipment
market
Mask supply analysis and mask manufacturing equipment
markets; Global view of the mask supply and demand
IC manufacturing related customer satisfaction survey
programs
Due diligence advisories to strategic or private equity
investors
Numerous individual equipment market assessments and
customer analyses
Financial performance
benchmarking for equipment and semiconductor suppliers
Risto
is a graduate of Helsinki University of Technology (MSc) and UC Berkeley, Haas
School of Business (MBA). When Risto is
not working he cherishes time with his family, runs very long distances, and is
occasionally spotted flying model airplanes.
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