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...
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,...
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...
SEMI Taiwan Talent and Public Policy Initiatives One Key to Industry Growth
Over the next five years the Taiwan government plans to invest NT$1.546 billion to build the workforce direly needed for future semiconductor industry research and development. The largesse is a tribute to efforts by SEMI president and CEO Ajit...
New SEMI Southeast Asia Member UTAC Eyes Global Growth
SEMI is pleased to welcome Singapore-based UTAC Holdings Ltd., formed nearly 50 years ago, as a new member. UTAC is a leading independent provider of assembly and test services for a broad range of semiconductor chips, offering a full range of...
Pact for Skills to Advance Europe’s Technological Leadership and Sovereignty
Europe is facing an acute shortage of skilled microelectronics workers that undermines the growth potential of not only the electronics industry but the European economy as a whole. Nearly 1.1 million job advertisements for electro-engineering...
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...