Uploaded February 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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In this episode of Silicon Grapevine, we chat with John Kibarian, CEO and co-founder of PDF Solutions, about his journey that involved converting the work of his P.h.D. thesis into a lifelong business. His research involved digital twins in the 1990s long before the industry started talking about them the way we do now.

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