With Strong Growth Ahead, SEMI Korea Campus Outreach Goes Virtual to Help Build Chip Industry Talent Pipeline
Like so much else these days, career mentoring in the semiconductor industry has gone virtual. And, among hiring managers, for good reason: Chip companies are facing a new urgency to hire skilled workers as recent SEMI forecasts spanning packaging...
Nearly 3,000 Attendees Go Virtual at SEMICON SEA 2020
Never before had we expected that SEMICON SEA 2020 would go virtual.
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...
Future Innovators Gather in Seoul for Inspiration, Career Insights
Once an unpopular career destination for university graduates in Korea, the semiconductor industry has been a plum target since the rise of Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix as global leaders and key growth engines for the Korean economy. The...
Korean Middle Schoolers Dream of Chip Industry Careers, Get Real with Hands-On Learning
The future of the semiconductor industry began to blossom recently in Seoul, South Korea as young, innovative minds teased out secrets to electronics manufacturing and their path to enter the industry one day. Twenty-seven middle schoolers gathered...
Be a Champion for Change – Key Takeaways from the SEMI Diversity Forum
What would you say if I told you that over the last four years the representation of women in the corporate pipeline has only seen 1% of change per year according to McKinsey’s annual Women in the Workplace Report?
SEMI’s New Collaborative Platform: Assessing Emerging Technologies for the Digital World
SEMI has long promoted the industry collaboration that has contributed to the rise of the smart digital world we live in today. A world where data is being generated continuously by systems, gadgets, and sensors around us – often referred to as the...
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.