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E258 Turning Semiconductor Data into Smarter Manufacturing with yieldHUB’s Gillian O’Donnell

November 12, 2026 · 15 min

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Today’s guest is Gillian O’Donnell, Director of Growth at yieldHUB. Semiconductor manufacturers face growing pressure to produce more chips while maintaining quality and controlling costs. In today’s episode, Gillian joined host Mark Kelly to tell us about how AI and real-time data help engineers detect problems earlier, improve production yield and get more from existing equipment.Topics include:

0:00 Her journey from data science to business development at yieldHUB

3:02 How yieldHUB improves chip manufacturing through real-time insights and automation

4:49 How real-time AI recommendations improve chip yields and equipment utilisation

8:39 Building trustworthy AI for smarter factories and empowered engineers

10:55 Centralising data and preserving knowledge to power AI growth

This episode is sponsored by Technology Ireland ICT Skillnet, helping Irish businesses close AI skills gaps through practical, funded training and bespoke programmes for their teams. Learn more at https://ictskillnet.ie/

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