What the Ski and Semiconductor Industries Have in Common Feb 22, 2024 · By Dean Freeman · 3D In Context, Blogs
No Slow Down In Sight for Semiconductor Growth in China Feb 14, 2024 · By Dean Freeman · 3D In Context, Blogs
The Semiconductor Cycle: Looking Into the Future Jan 30, 2024 · By Dean Freeman · 3D In Context, Blogs
ESG ResolutionsJan 24, 2024 · By Dean FreemanHappy 2024! For many the start of the New Year includes resolutions or goals to try to accomplish throughout the...
IEDM 2023: The Trillion Transistor DilemmaJan 08, 2024 · By Dean FreemanIt all depends upon who you talk to at IEDM 2023. The semiconductor chip industry is either moving into a...
Semiconductor Sustainability at IEDM 2023Dec 20, 2023 · By Dean FreemanThe Semiconductor industry has been ramping up its focus on sustainability for the past three to four years. Strong sustainability...
Much Ado About Fabs in ChinaDec 07, 2023 · By Dean FreemanChina’s semiconductor industry has been in the news a great deal over the past year. 7nm technology advancements, sanctions, new...
Getting Every Semiconductor Company to Net ZeroNov 20, 2023 · By Dean FreemanMy sustainability news feed has been filled with articles regarding COP 28, and news of successes and failures regarding the...
Will AI-Enabled PCs Be the Next Inflection Point?Nov 07, 2023 · By Dean FreemanSeptember and October are busy months in the technology world, as companies have their annual analyst day, where they show...
Tracking and Reporting Sustainability: A Stake in the SandOct 23, 2023 · By Dean FreemanAs sustainability matures, the fall of the year seems to be when there is a significant focus on sustainability, culminating...
The CHIPS Act – Here Comes the MoneyOct 17, 2023 · By Dean FreemanIt’s been a busy time on the semiconductor industry front: SEMICON Taiwan; Intel’s Innovation Day; glass interposers making it to...
Solving Semiconductor Greenhouse Gas Chemistry ChallengesSep 20, 2023 · By Dean FreemanA significant amount of the focus on sustainability in the semiconductor space is on Scope 2 and Scope 3 emission....
Farms in Berkeley or Fabs in IndiaSep 13, 2023 · By Dean FreemanIf you spent any time listening to the radio in Silicon Valley, prior to 1998, you probably heard a commercial...
SEMI’s 2023 S3 Forum Shows Industry CollaborationAug 21, 2023 · By Dean FreemanSustainability and collaboration are two keywords that are being used in the semiconductor industry. On the chip and equipment development...
The World Goes Round, and So Does the Semiconductor IndustryAug 08, 2023 · By Dean FreemanThe world’s understanding of the semiconductor industry has gone from — What is a semiconductor? — to front-page news, as...
Collaboration in Sustainability is the WordJul 26, 2023 · By Dean FreemanSEMI has fully embraced sustainability. Starting slow pre-COVID, they have ramped up and become a significant force in the industry....
Building a Path Forward at SEMICON West 2023Jul 17, 2023 · By Dean FreemanWhen I started writing this blog post, SEMICON West 2023 was to be a historic event — the last one...
The Other Side of TSMC’s Chip In StoryJun 28, 2023 · By Dean FreemanPaul Harvey, a news radio personality was famous for his trademark “the other side of the story”. At the close...
The Alphabet Soup of 3D PackagingJun 07, 2023 · By Dean FreemanMore than a few years ago, somewhere around 28nm, my working group was discussing the potential demise of “Moore’s Law”....
Will Startups for Semiconductor Sustainability Help Reduce Our Carbon Footprint?May 17, 2023 · By Dean FreemanThere is no shortage of topics for someone writing about sustainability in May. April went from having Earth Day to...
The Convergence of Technology NodesMay 09, 2023 · By Dean FreemanThe photo of my May calendar was a picture of a 1956 RAMAC computer with a whopping five megabytes of...
Did the SVB Failure Launch Another High-Tech Financial Crisis?Apr 13, 2023 · By Dean FreemanAs Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) and Signature Bank failures were happening, I read a Facebook post that commented, 1929 again?...
Creating a Semiconductor Workforce for the FutureApr 04, 2023 · By Dean FreemanThere are multiple challenges facing the semiconductor industry as multiple new fabs launch across the United States. A key one...