The event concluded with a panel discussion on various aspects of designing with 22FDX and addressing barriers to adoption of this technology. Last but not least was the Samsung breakfast featuring Robert J. Stear, Senior Director, Samsung Foundry; JC Lin, Vice President of R&D, Synopsys; and John Koeter, Vice President of Marketing, Synopsys. Samsung has made great ecosystem strides in the past few years and is clearly experiencing the benefits. In fact, Samsung is holding a Tech Day on October 17[SUP]th[/SUP] in San Jose. If you have a golden ticket I hope to see you there. Tom Dillinger and I will be covering it for SemiWiki. EUV is a very hot topic and Samsung is leading the way with their 7nm EUV process.