RITdb: The Interplanetary Database for Manufacturing
RITdb is a semiconductor manufacturing database project organized as a Working Group under SEMI’s CAST (Collaborative Alliance for Semiconductor Test) Technology Community. Originally, RITdb was the “Rich Interactive Test Database” and the original...
Boosting Sensing for Autonomy in Agriculture
Jason Jelinek, a software technical manager at John Deere Electronics Solutions, has parlayed his more than two decades of embedded software engineering experience into commercializing controls and sensing technologies for rugged/harsh environments,...
Fan-Out System-in-Board Technology: Enabling RF and Processor Module and System-Level Integration
SEMI met with Martin Schrems, director of Strategy and Business Development at AT&S AG, to discuss Fan-Out technology trends ahead of SEMI 3D & Systems Summit in Dresden, Germany.
Flexible Actuators for Sensational Haptics
Francois Jeanneau, president and CEO of Novasentis, has spent the last two decades building strategic relationships, increasing revenues and catapulting growth at leading consumer OEMs and ODMs. Jeanneau will present the world’s thinnest haptic...
Automated Material Handling for Semiconductor Assembly and Test
OSATs (outsourced assembly and test companies) currently handle the bulk of assembly and test activity for the worldwide semiconductor industry. These companies’ factories have a manual operation legacy: Decision-making is manual. Materials and WIP...
Agile Manufacturing of Glass Carriers for Advanced Packaging
SEMI met with Jay Zhang, business development director at Corning Incorporated, to discuss recent innovations at Corning that allow fine granularity CTE engineering as well as high Young’s modulus. We also talked about the impact of this work on...
Zero Energy Connection (0eC) - A New Way to Transfer Data
SEMI met with Erez Halahmi, vice president at 0eC SA, to discuss a new way to transfer information not only between chips but also between servers to reduce power consumption while boosting performance. The two spoke ahead of his presentation at the...
How to Add Machine Intelligence or AI to EDA Tools
Constant coverage of an invigorating topic like machine intelligence in the media often urges us to consider its use in EDA technology. As is often the case, there are many myths and falsehoods that consume our time and effort when trying to apply...
Advanced Testing Paradigm Shifting in Era of Heterogeneous Integration
New SEMI Taiwan Testing Committee to strengthen the last line of defense to ensure the reliability of advanced semiconductor applications.
SCIS Seals & Valves Group Develops Seals Testing Standard
SCIS is a SEMI Technology Community that tackles critical component defectivity for the semiconductor manufacturing industry. The organization develops test methods for measuring defects in these critical components. Originally, this SEMI community...