Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at SEMICON WEST 2020: Urgent Calls to Action
The long-simmering issue of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) in the workplace reached a boiling point in recent months. Protests around social injustice arose while COVID-19 disruptions exposed the significant digital and economic disparities...
First-Ever Virtual SEMI CTO Forum Explores Medtech and Wearable Tech Opportunities in Age of COVID-19
Tracking and quickly diagnosing COVID-19 infections, working from home and telemedicine recently came into sharp focus as technology executives and other subject matter experts from microelectronics heavyweights recently gathered for the first-ever...
COVID-19 Best Practices in the Spotlight: SEMI Korea Holds On-Site Chip Manufacturing Tutorial
SEMI Korea is back on track. New confirmed COVID-19 cases in Korea now average about 50 per day – with more than half from abroad – after peaking in early March, setting the stage for the Seoul office’s first on-site program since the global...
Gore, Dickerson and Kelly Speak Out on Sustainability – Highlights from SEMICON West 2020 Keynotes
At SEMICON West 2020, the Honorable Al Gore, former U.S. Vice President and recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize for environmental activism, commented on the world being in the midst of a “sustainability revolution.” Just what did he mean by that, and...
Community and Collaboration: Keys to Tackling Global Challenges with Microelectronics
Humanity has survived almost unimaginable challenges over the past 5,000 years of documented human history. From war, famine and natural disasters to the first global pandemic in the last 100 years, more often than not, people have relied on one...
3 Key Takeaways from New Hiring Data: Semiconductor Industry Continues Pursuit of Best, Brightest Talent
Data recently collected by SEMI points to only a moderate slowdown in the industry’s pursuit of talent, illustrating the growing and significant need for attracting workers at all levels of the organization. With COVID-19’s devastating impact on...
Taiwan Semiconductor Industry Unites for PPE Donations to COVID-19 Frontline Warriors
As the fight against COVID-19 presses ahead, many healthcare workers, especially those on the front lines, are being pushed to their limits and beyond to ensure our health and safety. To help doctors and nurses combat the virus, SEMI Taiwan...
SEMI Urges Global Standards for Essential Business Travel
On Monday, SEMI led a statement from a coalition of industry groups calling on governments worldwide to harmonize their policies to safely allow essential international travel by essential workers. Cross-border mobility in the semiconductor and...
Managing Disruption Through Collaboration: SEMICON West Goes Virtual
In many ways it feels like we’ve turned back the hands of time. We are staying at home, playing board games with the family. Outdoors, we can view mountains not seen in decades – air pollution has dropped nearly 20 percent. Neighbors we haven’t met...
COVID-19: Japan Eases State of Emergency but Immigration Controls Hamper its Microelectronics Industry
In an important step toward resuming business as usual in Japan, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on May 14 lifted the state of emergency originally scheduled to expire at the end of May for 39 of Japan’s 47 prefectures, marking “the real beginning of our...