Standard for Fan-Out Panel Size Ready to Ballot
The arrival of Fan-Out Panel Level Packaging (FO-PLP) appears to be at a perfect time: This technology will leverage processes developed for Three Dimensional Stacked Integrated Circuits (3DS-IC) as well as panel processing technologies developed...
SEMI Testifies Against Third Round of U.S. Tariffs Citing Damage to Semiconductor Supply Chain
In testimony today before a U.S. government interagency panel considering tariffs on $200 billion worth of Chinese goods, SEMI called for the removal of nearly 100 tariff lines, all of which cover items critical to the semiconductor manufacturing...
New SEMI Mentoring Program Aims to Prepare Next Generation of Innovators
SEMI has launched a mentoring program that pairs seasoned industry professionals with university students and professionals wanting to advance their careers. The program is designed to help tackle the semiconductor industry’s workforce shortfall and...
U.S. Imposes Second Round of Tariffs on Semiconductor Products – Squarely Hits Semiconductor Industry
U.S.-China Trade War Heats Up
The U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) yesterday released a 25 percent tariff on $16 billion in imports from China, including 29 tariff lines that represent the heart of the semiconductor industry. These tariff lines...
Standards Industry Leaders Honored at SEMICON West 2018
Did you miss the SEMI International Standards Reception at SEMICON West 2018? Not to worry, here are the highlights.
From Orchards to Chips – Celebrating the Birth of Silicon Valley
Adapted from the Computer History Museum’s “Celebrating the Birthplace of Silicon Valley” invitation.
SEMI High-Tech Facility Events – Shaping the Future of Smart Factories in Taiwan
The march to greater precision, efficiency and safety – the lifeblood of high-technology manufacturing facilities – has taken on a new urgency as emerging applications such artificial intelligence (AI), the Internet of Things (IoT) and Industry 4.0...
SEMI Testifies Against U.S. Tariffs, Members Meet with Congressional Leaders Urging Trade Action
Two months after opposing $34 billion in U.S. trade tariffs on behalf of the U.S. semiconductor manufacturing industry, Jonathan Davis, global vice president of industry advocacy at SEMI, this week spoke out against an additional $16 billion in...
IBM, Nissan and Toshiba Talk Computing and Smart Car Innovations: Key Takeaways from SEMI Japan Members Day
The Japan semiconductor manufacturing supply chain is a global semiconductor industry workhorse, producing about one third of world’s chip equipment and more than half of its semiconductor materials. In contributing the vast majority of these...
SEMI China Equipment & Materials Committee Meeting Targets Region's Semiconductor Industry Growth
Storage and memory chipmaker and SEMI China member Tsinghua Unigroup is gearing up to meet burgeoning product demand with huge investments in its manufacturing plants. But the high-tech enterprise under Tsinghua University is eyeing a much bigger...