SEMI’s Sustainability Startup Summit Round Three
Aug 20, 2024 · By Dean Freeman · 3D In Context, Blogs
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Solving Semiconductor Greenhouse Gas Chemistry Challenges
A 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 India
If 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 Collaboration
Sustainability 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 Industry
The world’s understanding of the semiconductor industry has gone from — What is a semiconductor? — to front-page news, as...
Collaboration in Sustainability is the Word
SEMI 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 2023
When 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 Story
Paul Harvey, a news radio personality was famous for his trademark “the other side of the story”. At the close...
The Alphabet Soup of 3D Packaging
More 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?
There is no shortage of topics for someone writing about sustainability in May. April went from having Earth Day to...
The Convergence of Technology Nodes
The 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?
As 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 Future
There are multiple challenges facing the semiconductor industry as multiple new fabs launch across the United States. A key one...
Progress in Sustainability: Will it be Enough?
Progress in Sustainability has become one of SEMI’s key focus points in supporting its members. It was initiated with a...
Will the Green Shoots Be Damaged by a Long Winter?
“Green shoots” refers to signs of economic recovery As a former analyst, I always found forecasting for the next year...
Takeaways from the Inaugural Chiplet Summit
I was first exposed to chiplet technology in 2017 when Lisa Su presented the concept at the IEEE IEDM meeting....
SEMI ISS 2023: Finding a Sustainable Path to a $1Trillion
Two interesting pieces of climate news emerged in the second week of January 2023. The first was a report in...
Will 3D Packaging Extend Moore’s Law?
There is a bit of debate about the role that heterogeneous packaging plays in furthering Moore’s Law. Moore’s Law has...
Is Energy Reduction the Key to a Successful Sustainability Program?
Running a successful sustainability program is a significant challenge facing CEOs. In some instances, the simple solution is to go...
Moore’s Law, Alive or Dead? We’re Learning More at IEDM 2022
Over the past 10ish years, there has been a great deal of debate about the longevity of Moore’s Law. The...
