Remembering Semiconductor Industry Legend Bill Tobey
On March 1, the semiconductor industry lost a true legend with the passing of Bill Tobey, an exemplary leader and contributor to the semiconductor industry throughout his career.
SEMI Workforce Training – Helping Protect the Chip Industry Supply Chain Against Cyberattacks
With IP the lifeblood of today’s globally integrated microelectronics supply chain, protecting confidential information is vital to electronics companies around the world. Additionally, the industry’s central role in ensuring the national security...
SEMI Smart Mobility Lead Weighs in on Chip Shortage
In my role as lead for the Smart Mobility initiative at SEMI, I recently spoke with Automotive Logistics Magazine about the growing importance of the semiconductor supply chain’s connection with the automotive industry and the semiconductor shortage...
The History of Black History Month in the U.S. – Making it a Year-Round Celebration in Chip Industry
This February, the U.S. celebrates the 45th anniversary of Black History Month, which highlights the achievements and contributions of Black Americans to our country. It is an important celebration, since those contributions have been historically...
Women in the Workplace – A Critical Crossroads
The next time you are on a Microsoft Teams call or write a group email that includes a female colleague, consider this: The next time you pick up the phone to contact her, she might be gone. According to the Women in the Workplace 2020 study by ...
Today’s Microelectronics Workforce – Enabling the Advancements of Tomorrow
The turn of the New Year means new opportunities for the microelectronic industry as SEMI continues to focus on a top priority for companies across the microelectronics design and manufacturing supply chain and SEMI members – supporting the...
From Winning Attitudes to Dedicated Team Players, Military Veterans Bring Diverse Work Experience to Chip Industry
Like TEL, many SEMI member companies have a long history of hiring veterans. We all have done a good job of hiring military personnel who possess the obvious semiconductor industry-related job skills and experience (e.g., avionics, hydraulics,...
Fluorinated Chemicals Are Essential to Semiconductor Manufacturing and Innovation
Semiconductors play an essential role in modern society by enabling ground-breaking technological advances. The manufacture of high-volume and advanced semiconductors requires the use of fluorinated chemicals known as PFAS. Representing the voice of...
SEMI EHS Advocacy Webinar – Maintaining a Unified Voice on Vital Importance of Fluoropolymers in Chip Industry
The semiconductor industry must do far more to educate the electronics supply chain on the subtle differences among various fluoropolymers, 30 SEMI member companies learned in an October 13 webinar organized by SEMI to help maintain a unified voice...
Preparing the European Microelectronics Workforce for the AI Era
While Artificial Intelligence (AI) emerged in the 1950s, only in recent years have AI applications proliferated with the explosion of data and continuing improvements in Moore’s law that have driven rising processing speeds. Voice assistants, image...