A long-time evangelist of 3D integration technologies, Herb Reiter puts more than 20 years of experiences in technical and business roles at semiconductor and EDA companies to work, providing a holistic perspective and insight on how to bring 3D integration to the masses.
Environmental Sustainability – Semiconductor Industry Challenges
In March, I was invited to be part of the panel; at SEMI’s Silicon Valley Virtual Forum: “Environmental Sustainability – Semiconductor Industry Challenges”. SEMI is working on taking a greater role for its members in helping to define what sustainability means, and how to address it. In most cases, both...
Looking at Global Semiconductor Expansion Through Polarized Lenses
The song, Happiness is Lubbock Texas in My Review Mirror, has a special meaning for me, as due to a Texas ice storm, a day trip to Lubbock, TX was extended. Thanks to a determined Southwest Airlines team, a group of us managed to get home only a day later,...
The Semiconductor Industry Forecast Season Will be Challenging
February and March have been very active in the semiconductor industry. Quarterly announcements wrapping up 2021, pundits’ initial semiconductor industry forecast predictions for 2022, and capital expenditure announcements, that to a certain extent boggle the mind, set the landscape for a solid future for the semiconductor and packaging industry, at...
The Challenge of Getting to Zero Carbon Emissions
Getting to zero carbon emissions will be a significant challenge for the semiconductor industry. With the industry expected to grow at a 7.1% CAGR through 2026 according to IC Insights, and units reaching 1.15 trillion in 2021 according to the SIA, reducing energy consumption and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions will...
How Do We Get from 51 Billion To Zero?
Bill Gates starts the introduction of his book, How to Avoid a Climate Disaster, with the header: 51 billion to Zero. This caused me to pause a bit and question the logic of getting to zero, but after doing a significant amount of research and reading a lot of 8×10...
3D Technology Development is a World-Wide Activity
The CHIPS Act, which is finally gaining some momentum in Congress, is looking at how to improve the United States’ competitiveness as well as supply chain in the semiconductor development and manufacturing space. From the conversations being floated, there appear to be two major concerns: 1) has the U.S. lost...
How Are Logic and Memory Makers Addressing Sustainability?
Addressing sustainability issues is a hot topic in the semiconductor industry, especially since Bloomberg highlighted that the industry’s carbon footprint is growing at a rapid clip while the auto industry’s carbon footprint has declined over the same period. However, the article only calls out GM as the automaker of reference....
Update on the Heterogenous Roadmap and the CHIPs Act
Years ago, when I was just a young pup in the industry, my manager asked me to attend a meeting in San Jose, California in 1997, where I participated in helping to define one of the early road maps for semiconductor technology, The early version I participated in was sponsored...
Back Together Again: SEMICON West Hybrid 2021
It was cold, a bit overcast, and I was headed to a SEMICON show in December. Usually, this would mean SEMICON Japan, but this was SEMICON West Hybrid 2021 during the second week of December in San Francisco. SEMI made the decision with its members last February to have SEMICON...
How Do We Reduce the Semiconductor Carbon Footprint?
Certain companies in the semiconductor industry have focused on sustainability for a significant period of time. ST Microelectronics and Intel have long records of focusing on water conservation and programs to reduce power. However, the Paris Accord and the recent article published in Bloomberg, accusing the semiconductor industry of having...
