QuantumDiamonds expands into Asia
QuantumDiamonds, a Munich-based metrology company, has appointed Peter Lemmens as managing director Asia. Lemmens brings more than 25 years of executive leadership in the semiconductor and electronics industry, including over 15 years based in Taiwan.
Most recently, Lemmens served as general manager for Taiwan at IMS Nanofabrication, a maker of multi-beam electron mask writing systems. Before IMS, he spent a decade as general manager for Taiwan at Imec. There, he founded Imec's first technology centre outside Europe. Lemmens began his career with a 12-year stint at Phillips.
QuantumDiamonds has commercialised what it claims is the world's first integrated quantum sensing system for semiconductor failure analysis. Based on patented Quantum Diamonds Microscopy (QDM) technology, the platform delivers non-destructive, high-resolution 3D imaging of current pathways in advanced chip architectures, including 2.5D and 3D packages, backside power networks, and wide bandgap materials such as GaN and SiC.
Where conventional optical methods require destructive layer-by-layer analysis, QDM can localise faults in minutes, dramatically compressing failure analysis cycles and improving manufacturing yield, according to the company.
"Open faults are the number one yield killer in advanced semiconductor manufacturing, and the industry has lacked an effective, non-destructive solution—until now," said Lemmens.
"QuantumDiamonds has built something genuinely transformative. The ability to visualise electrical activity in three dimensions, without destroying the sample, is a step change in what failure analysis engineers can do. I look forward to working closely with customers and partners across Asia to bring this capability into their production environments."
The appointment coincides with QuantumDiamonds’ expansion into Asia through the establishment of a new operation in Taiwan, which will serve as the company’s regional hub as the company scales commercial and technical activities across in the months ahead.
In November 2025, the company announced a €152m Investment in a next-gen quantum-based chip inspection facility in the Bavarian capital. The next move focuses on building an operational base for QuantumDiamonds in Asia, beginning with Taiwan.
"The semiconductor industry is navigating an inflection point," said Kevin Berghoff, CEO of QuantumDiamonds. "As device architectures grow more complex through 3D stacking, advanced packaging, and backside power delivery, the demand for non-destructive, high-resolution metrology solutions has never been greater. Peter has spent his career at the center of this ecosystem. His operational depth, industry credibility, and track record of building profitable businesses from the ground up make him exactly the right leader to accelerate our growth across Asia."
