{"id":1745,"date":"2025-11-06T11:06:36","date_gmt":"2025-11-06T17:06:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.metrocon.org\/2025\/?page_id=1745"},"modified":"2025-11-09T14:09:29","modified_gmt":"2025-11-09T20:09:29","slug":"the-future-of-semiconductors-for-aerospace-and-defense-one-technology-does-not-fit-all","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.metrocon.org\/2025\/the-future-of-semiconductors-for-aerospace-and-defense-one-technology-does-not-fit-all\/","title":{"rendered":"The Future of Semiconductors for Aerospace and Defense &#8211; One Technology Does Not Fit All"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Time:<\/strong> 3:35 PM \u2013 4:25PM<br><strong>Location:<\/strong> Room G\/H<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Speaker:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Matt Francis, Ph.D<br>Founder and President\/CEO<br>Ozark Integrated Circuits, Inc <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Abstract:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In an era where autonomy is being inserted into every system and platform, there are critical gaps that are easy to ignore. Our systems are only as good as their &#8216;eyes, ears and arms&#8217; &#8211; the elements that actually sense and control the platforms. In many applications, the rush to implement AI-aware platforms overlooks the fact that electronics have to be placed in extreme conditions to extend needed observation and control &#8211; wide\/high temperatures, vibration, shock, chemical and radiation exposure. Trends in semiconductors and materials to support rugged applications will be covered, and a discussion on how we address these challenges faster through our semiconductor and materials ecosystem will be moderated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Speaker Bio:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>A. Matt Francis, Ph.D. is founder and President\/CEO of Ozark Integrated Circuits, Inc (Fayetteville, AR). He holds BSEE, BS Physics, MS and PhD degrees from the University of Arkansas. At Ozark IC, he leads development of high-temperature semiconductor computing solutions for energy, defense, aerospace and space applications, and has served as a remote payload specialist for Ozark IC\u2019s payloads on the International Space Station. He coordinates complex semiconductor (thin-film, thick-film and packaging) supply chains, and serves in a number of advisory and elected roles within government and industry. Within IEEE, he serves as a Region Director (Region 5 USA Southwest) and in numerous committees within IEEE. He is also a Council Member for the city of Elkins, AR.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Materials:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.metrocon.org\/2025\/wp-admin\/post.php?post=1713&amp;action=edit\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Time: 3:35 PM \u2013 4:25PMLocation: Room G\/H Speaker: Matt Francis, Ph.DFounder and President\/CEOOzark Integrated Circuits, Inc Abstract: In an era where autonomy is being inserted into every system and platform, there are critical gaps that are easy to ignore. Our systems are only as good as their &#8216;eyes, ears and arms&#8217; &#8211; the elements that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1745","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metrocon.org\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1745","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metrocon.org\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metrocon.org\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metrocon.org\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metrocon.org\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1745"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.metrocon.org\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1745\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1796,"href":"https:\/\/www.metrocon.org\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1745\/revisions\/1796"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metrocon.org\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1745"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}