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The Telecom Network Semiconductor Trifecta
Telecommunication networks are undergoing a rapid transformation. With 5G rollouts, edge computing, and a surge in IoT devices, the pressure...
Can We Make Data Centers Less Power Hungry?
When the headline reads “Power Usage in Wyoming data center could eclipse consumption if the state’s human residents by 5x,...
Sustainability 101: Carbon Credits – Definitions and Directions
If your company is committed to achieving net zero carbon emissions, meeting that commitment will require purchasing carbon credits. Although...
Sustainability 101: Smart Sensing and Sustainability
What are you measuring, and what are you doing with the data? Sensors and monitors are great for tracking process...
Sustainability in the West: Planning for the Future
The high temperature in parts of the Seattle area last weekend was 89 degrees. That must mean two things: It’s...
The Possibilities and Challenges of E-waste Recycling
In theory, urban mining—harvesting materials from used electronic devices—is a commonsense route toward reducing society’s reliance on traditional mining to...
Sustainability 101: Recommitting to the UN SDGs
Last month’s announcement that the United States “rejects and denounces the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Sustainable Development...
Meeting Sustainability Goals Hits Political and Technical Headwinds
Sustainability goals and efforts are starting to hit some headwinds in the world. In the United States the Trump administration...
What You Need to Know About PFAS
You have probably heard about health and environmental concerns related to per- or polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). Companies are being pressured...
Sustainability 101: 2025 and Progress Toward Sustainability Goals
Happy New Year 2025. How are those 2030 sustainability goals coming along? If you committed to 2025 goals, are you...
Sustainability 101: How Green is Your Electricity?
Where does the energy come from to power your facilities? Even if your company claims to be 100% renewable energy,...
Sustainability 101: Let’s Talk Supply Chain
My blog post for November is about supply chains and sustainability. I’ll get to that, but first, I want to...
My How the Pendulum Swings
Why the AI Energy Crisis is Driving Us back to Coal and Nuclear Energy When I was an undergrad in...
Sustainability 101: Materials, AI, and Sustainability
If you read my blog posts or follow me on LinkedIn, you probably know that I’m passionate about the intersection...
Sustainability 101: The Green Guides
What do you know about the Federal Trade Commission’s “Guide for the Use of Environmental Marketing Claims,” also known as...
Sustainability 101: Critical Minerals and Collaboration
We need governments, companies, and communities worldwide to cooperate if we want to build a more circular and more equitable...
SEMI Energy Collaborative Releases Analysis and Recommendations for Increasing Supply of Low Carbon Energy in South Korea
In an effort to help the global semiconductor value chain lower greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, the industry association SEMI released today its...
Sustainability and Semiconductors at SEMICON WEST 2024
SEMI has increasingly focused on sustainability and semiconductors in the past three years, growing from a few keynote talks at...
