GEM and GEM300 Adoption In a previous blog, I shared how the relatively new SEMI task force in North America called...
Having spent the last 30 years working in semiconductor manufacturing, it is both exciting and unsettling to see renewed political...
SEMICON China 2020, collocated with FPD China, was successfully held June 27-29, 2020. SEMICON China was the first big semiconductor...
Equipment Communication Leadership in Wafer Fabrication For many years the semiconductor industry’s wafer fabrication facilities, where semiconductor devices are manufactured...
Background In a few previous blogs, I shared how the relatively new SEMI Advanced Backend Factory Integration (ABFI) task force...
A live webinar on Recovery and Growth Areas After COVID-19 kicks off virtual programming May 20th. [May 15, 2020 –...
On April 28, the commerce department issued the following news release that could deeply impact the US semiconductor industry: “The...
In 2002, the first consulting client for my newly founded eda2asic consulting company was Synplicity, located in Sunnyvale. They focused...
Summary: The United States Commerce Department is in the process of updating regulations on semiconductor trade with China. While over...
Covid-19 has created unprecedented problems for health and economies worldwide. Executives must make now important and often very difficult decisions...
As long as the “social distancing” requirement is in force, you won’t see me in person at conferences or any...
Perhaps more than at any point in the history of the semiconductor industry, the manufacturing and design supply chain is...
Smoltek keep growing its proprietary technology platform. In March 2020, the 57th patent was granted. This is a Pan-European patent...
By David Francis; Director of Product Management, Cimetrix In the early 1990’s I worked with companies like Motorola, Wacker Siltronics,...
Across the world, citizens are settling into a temporary new normal necessitated by efforts to slow the spread of the...
Jena, Germany, March 5, 2020 — ZEISS Semiconductor Mask Solutions has been recognized by Intel as a recipient of a...
A SECS GEM driver can be looked at from a factory or equipment supplier perspective. I will discuss both of...
As a young boy, I liked to work on the family car with my dad. He taught me how to change...
Smoltek is awarded a new patent. This Korean patent is the second of a patent family in the direction of...
When it is time to deploy equipment in a factory it is very apparent if proper software testing has been...
