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How to Create a Vibrant Semiconductor Manufacturing Industry in the United States
Having spent the last 30 years working in semiconductor manufacturing, it is both exciting and unsettling to see renewed political...
SEMICON China 2020 at a Glance
SEMICON China 2020, collocated with FPD China, was successfully held June 27-29, 2020. SEMICON China was the first big semiconductor...
Semiconductor Back End Processes: Adopting GEM Judiciously
Equipment Communication Leadership in Wafer Fabrication For many years the semiconductor industry’s wafer fabrication facilities, where semiconductor devices are manufactured...
Industry Outlook: What Goes Down Must Come Up
The GDP is down, the stock market is up, unemployment, at least in the USA, is confused, so what is...
IFTLE 451: Advanced Packaging is Leading Electronics into the 2020s
At the recent IMAPS Device Packaging Conference, Yole discussed how advanced packaging is leading electronics into the next decade. As...
IMAPS Announces a Suite of Virtual Learning Opportunities for the Semiconductor Packaging Industry
A live webinar on Recovery and Growth Areas After COVID-19 kicks off virtual programming May 20th. [May 15, 2020 –...
Commerce Department Tightens the Screws on the US Semiconductor Industry
On April 28, the commerce department issued the following news release that could deeply impact the US semiconductor industry: “The...
Covid-19: The Way Forward for Semiconductor Success
In 2002, the first consulting client for my newly founded eda2asic consulting company was Synplicity, located in Sunnyvale. They focused...
The Implications of doing Business with Huawei
Summary: The United States Commerce Department is in the process of updating regulations on semiconductor trade with China. While over...
Handel Jones: The Road to Recovery from Covid-19
Covid-19 has created unprecedented problems for health and economies worldwide. Executives must make now important and often very difficult decisions...
Dr. Wally Rhines Talks About the Semiconductor Industry’s Future
As long as the “social distancing” requirement is in force, you won’t see me in person at conferences or any...
Semiconductor Industry Collaboration Becomes More Critical as Technologies Converge
Perhaps more than at any point in the history of the semiconductor industry, the manufacturing and design supply chain is...
COVID-19 and Semiconductor Recovery: What Does the Future Hold?
While the fog surrounding COVID-19 is still heavy out there, over the past week it has started to clear enough...
Smoltek patent No. 57 now granted
Smoltek keep growing its proprietary technology platform. In March 2020, the 57th patent was granted. This is a Pan-European patent...
The More Things Change, The More They Stay The Same
By David Francis; Director of Product Management, Cimetrix In the early 1990’s I worked with companies like Motorola, Wacker Siltronics,...
COVID-19: What Can We Learn from China’s Experience?
Across the world, citizens are settling into a temporary new normal necessitated by efforts to slow the spread of the...
Geopolitics and Manufacturing: A Changing Landscape
At the March 11 MEPTEC Luncheon at SEMI, Paul Pickering, Managing Director at Microtech Ventures, braved, together with a rather...
ZEISS Semiconductor Mask Solutions Receives Intel’s Preferred Quality Supplier Award
Jena, Germany, March 5, 2020 — ZEISS Semiconductor Mask Solutions has been recognized by Intel as a recipient of a...