The World of Logic as We Know It
Nov 18, 2021 · By Dean Freeman · 3D In Context, Blogs
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The 3D Era is Upon Us
Building integrated circuits (ICs) in the third dimension has been taking place since trench capacitors were introduced for DRAM in...
A Look at Semiconductor Equipment Supplier Sustainability Efforts
Most semiconductor equipment companies have been focused on sustainability programs longer than most other industries. In part, some of the...
Golden Era or Short-Term Cycle?
Day 2 of SEMI’s Innovation for a Transforming World featured the outlook on semiconductor market growth over the next 2-3...
Sustainability in the Semiconductor Fab and Sub-Fab
Building a state-of-the-art integrated circuit takes a lot of resources. Water, energy, chemicals, gases, and silicon wafers are just a...
Managing in Times of Change: SEMI’s Innovation for a Transforming World
Day 1 In place of the SEMICON West in July, SEMI presented a virtual event titled Innovation for a Transforming...
Reducing the Carbon Footprint of Bitcoin Mining and Other HPC Applications
Can semiconductors help with reducing the carbon footprint of bitcoin mining and other high-performance computing (HPC) applications? Can the overall...
Semiconductor Summer Conference Highlights: Hardware is Back Baby!
June and July have been busy months from a semiconductor conference perspective. VLSI, IITC, imec IFT America, CEA-Leti Innovation Days,...
Achieving Carbon Neutral Computing
According to the Wall Street Journal, (WSJ) the Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) is proposing that public companies be required...
As Semiconductor Spending Explodes,This Sure Feels Like a Super Cycle!
What a time to be in the semiconductor industry! If you’re a chip manufacturer you’re currently being blamed for the...
More Thoughts And Lessons Learned During My Career in Semiconductors
In the Spring 2020 issue of the MEPTEC Report, Herb Reiter briefly emerged from his recent retirement to pen an...
PART 2: Lessons 7-13 Learned from Fifty Years in the Semiconductor Industry – A Memoir
In the Spring 2020 issue of the MEPTEC Report, Herb Reiter briefly emerged from his recent retirement to pen an...
12 Lessons Learned from Fifty Years in the Semiconductor Industry – A Memoir
In the Spring 2020 issue of the MEPTEC Report, Herb Reiter briefly emerged from his recent retirement to pen an...
Everything is Always Greener on Earth Day
In my day job in the winter, I work in the ski industry, which is working very hard on sustainability...
A History and Analysis of Offshoring and Reshoring the US Semiconductor Industry
Since TSMC made its announcement late in 2020 that they were potentially building a semiconductor fab in Arizona, the reshoring...
Rare Earth Mining: The Dark Underside of Sustainability
Electric Vehicles (EVs) are increasing demand for Cobalt and Lithium: Two of the world’s rare earth minerals that come with...
A Semiconductor Shortage, a Capex Boom, and Onshoring
The semiconductor shortage written about last month seems to have expanded, or at least the panic behind it has...
If a Tree Falls in the Forest, Does it Produce Carbon Dioxide?
While working with a committee on evaluating multiple microelectronics companies for their efforts on sustainability an interesting question arose. Is...
Another Microelectronics Crisis? The Automotive Chip Shortage and Supply Chains
My, what a fix the microelectronics industry has gotten itself into! Three crises happening all at the same time: One...
Holy San Francisco Batman, SEMICON West 2021 will be held in December!
This past week SEMI announced that SEMICON West 2o21 will be a hybrid affair with both a live conference and...