SEMI Calls for Exclusion Process for Products in New China Tariff List
China Trade Brings Semiconductor Executives to DC for the Fall Washington Forum
Last week, more than a dozen senior semiconductor executives traveled to Washington, DC for the first-ever Fall Washington Forum. The SEMI Washington Forum, a venue for SEMI members to educate lawmakers about the industry, focused on action against...
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...
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...
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...
West Scores Big With New Era of AI, Data Galore, Prosperity
Standing-room only keynote speeches. A future awash in data amassed by transformative technologies and applications, with semiconductors at their core. Smart everything: Cars, medicine, manufacturing, workforce, you name it.
SEMI China Members Gather to Promote China Semiconductor Industry Growth
Strong global semiconductor industry growth is helping power rapid expansion of China’s IC manufacturers in 2018, and continuing technology innovation is inspiring the region’s optimism over the long term, said Du Shanshan, senior analyst of SEMI...