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Krishnan Govardhan

OSAT strategy and manufacturing readiness

Global OSAT leadership and 300mm fab start-up experience, connecting manufacturing strategy to day-to-day execution.

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About

Krishnan Govardhan is a semiconductor operations leader with experience across outsourced semiconductor assembly and test (OSAT), industrial engineering and fab manufacturing. At AMD he led capacity planning, vendor governance, new-product introduction and multi-site operational readiness for global product launches.

Earlier, at Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing, he was part of the 300mm fab start-up team and helped define the automation architecture and manufacturing requirements. His work has also covered cross-site qualification, outsourced-capacity strategy and inventory visibility across production partners in different countries.

Selected experience

  • Led a 16-person planning, NPI and inventory team supporting global product launches at AMD
  • Coordinated multi-site engineering qualifications and production readiness for high-volume ramps
  • Developed a virtual MES approach for real-time inventory visibility across outsourced partners

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