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The Semiconductor Cycle: Looking Into the Future
“It ain’t over till it’s over.” is a frequently used Yogi Berra saying. The current semiconductor cycle has that feeling....
SEMI Reports Global Semiconductor Capacity Projected to Reach Record High
MILPITAS, Calif. — January 2, 2024 — Global semiconductor capacity is expected to increase 6.4% in 2024 to top the 30 million *wafers...
Much Ado About Fabs in China
China’s semiconductor industry has been in the news a great deal over the past year. 7nm technology advancements, sanctions, new...
Will AI-Enabled PCs Be the Next Inflection Point?
September and October are busy months in the technology world, as companies have their annual analyst day, where they show...
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...
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...
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 Convergence of Technology Nodes
The photo of my May calendar was a picture of a 1956 RAMAC computer with a whopping five megabytes of...
IFTLE 554: Are TMD Materials the Future of the Transistor?
In a recent report, Semianalysis examines the migration from planar to finFET to nanosheet to complementary FET to 2D transistor...
Reaching the One Trillion Mark by 2030: Watch Out for the Headwinds!
The SEMI year ends with Semicon Japan and kicks off with SEMI’s Industry Strategy Symposium. The 2023 ISS was the...
The Semiconductor Market Roller Coaster Ride is Back
Pat Gelsinger attended the WSJ Tech event in late October and as always had some interesting things to say about...
Lam Research Pledges $10 Million to FIRST Global to Inspire Future Innovators in Semiconductor Technology and Beyond
FREMONT, Calif., Oct. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — As part of the company’s commitment to enabling transformative learning around the world,...
IFTLE 535: The Resurgence of U.S. Semiconductor Fabs
Leading-edge semiconductor fabs haven’t been built in the U.S. for a while but that’s about to change. Let’s look at...
Infrastructure and R&D Leads Supreme in Semiconductor Projects Initiated in China
It’s no secret that China has been attempting to increase domestic semiconductor production over the last few years and continues to make moves in the...
Back To Work: How Will the CHIPS and Science Act Impact the Semiconductor Industry?
THE CHIPS and Science Act passed to great industry enthusiasm last month. Françoise wrote about the CEO Summit and some...
Yongin-si Industrial Complex Receives Approval for the First Completion of a Semiconductor-related Cluster
The pre-owned semiconductor equipment platform, ‘SurplusGLOBAL’, begins the era of the semiconductor equipment cluster SurplusGLOBAL (www.SurplusGLOBAL.com), a used semiconductor equipment...
3D InCites Members Attend Signing of the CHIPS and Science Act
On Tuesday, August 9th, President Biden sat down at a table on the White House Lawn for the highly anticipated...
Simply Gobsmacked, The CHIPs Act Passes
It has been a tumultuous month. At the start of July, the CHIPS Act appeared to be going into a...
