Guest bloggers from across the supply chain and from various market segments contribute to provide insight on the implications of 3D integration technologies. Industry experts who have something to say are invited to participate.
We’ve had several clients in both the semiconductor and sustainability spaces this week giving a variety of opinions on how the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022 – now formally signed into U.S. law – might affect their business. CHIPS stands for Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors. The act...
It is encouraging that SEMI is paying more attention to environmental issues. As Dean Freeman reported, SEMICON West devoted an entire day to the topic at its Sustainability Summit, led by Bhat. There was also a Materials and Sustainability panel discussion the previous day. I gave a talk called “How to...
From July 12-14, 2022, SEMICON West was back in full swing after the COVID years, and while I’m not certain about activities and overall energy on the show floor, I do know the Kiterocket Lounge was humming with activity once again. As we had done in years prior to COVID,...
After reading updates on numerous projects being launched in China, it comes as no surprise that according to Canadian tech analysis firm Tech Insights, China’s semiconductor technology is more advanced than ever. Its top chip maker has gained the ability to produce 7nm chips. Despite US sanctions China’s growing semiconductor market...
Of the many ways artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning are poised to improve modern life, the promise of impacting mass transit is significant. The world is much different compared with the early days of the pandemic, and people around the world are again leveraging mobility and transit systems for...
Household hazardous waste includes quite a few products that are related to cleaning. In the list that I compiled for my book Rethink the Bins, 9 of the 35 common hazardous waste items are cleaning products of some kind: chlorine bleach, oven cleaners, paint thinners, and more. There are safer...
The SEMI Market Intelligence Team (MIT) recently recorded the first podcast in a new series with 3D InCites that will provide semiconductor manufacturing updates across the wafer fab; equipment; materials; and assembly, packaging, and test markets to help semiconductor companies and other key industry stakeholders with their day-to-day business decisions....
China’s semiconductor industry shows no signs of slowing down. China has a steady stream of projects signed and initiated in June alone. The few deals we’ve discussed show over 81 billion yuan (the equivalent of $12.1 billion) invested in just three weeks. Most of the projects launched include new manufacturing...
My last post here asked the question, are your products toxic? Perhaps I should have said your products are toxic. What do you plan to do about that? Removing even one toxic compound from semiconductor manufacturing takes much longer than expected. Leaded or Unleaded? Lead in solder is an excellent...
President Biden’s recent visit to South Korea, meeting the heads of South Korean conglomerates, and a plan to visit Samsung’s semiconductor fab are closely related to a restructuring of the US-centric supply chain. The meeting between President Biden and the heads of the four major corporate groups was not merely...
