Highlights from SEMI’s Smart MedTech Webinar Series
If you bought a new car recently, you must have noticed that it warns you if one of its functions needs your attention. It even alerts the factory if repairs or major adjustments are needed. Wouldn’t it be nice to have similar capabilities for our...
Industry 4.0 in Practice – Micron Lights the Way in Virtual ‘Go and See’ of Singapore Manufacturing Plant
Making Strides Together
Smart Mobility: An Impactful and High-Growth Market
About 70% of the U.S. Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is driven by consumer demand. What consumers are looking for is influenced by, for example, fashion trends, product innovations, environmental forces, and personal interests. Regarding personal...
Wearables on a Machine? The Next Frontier for MEMS
Inertial sensors have continued to underpin the success of wearables in increasingly important ways. Propelled by evolutionary advancements in inertial sensors, wearables have strayed from their humble beginnings in simple activity and wellness,...
MEMS and Image Sensors Trends in the Age of COVID-19
MEMS and image sensors are shining stars in the chip industry as technology companies worldwide accelerate innovation in the fight against COVID-19. The tiny devices are behind advances in areas of electronics ranging from thermal imaging and faster...
COVID-19 Best Practices: UES Response Maintains Vital Support of Government, Industry Customers
At UES, Inc., our 300 employees faced a myriad of productivity, logistics, and communication challenges as we responded to COVID-19 yet we continued our work uninterrupted to deliver scientific research and technical expertise to the Department of...
Post COVID-19 Impacts and Strategies for the Semiconductor Supply Chain: Insights from SEMI Japan Members Day Webinar Series
Japan’s semiconductor industry has weathered the COVID-19 pandemic to post robust growth. Far from a temporary setback, COVID-19 will lead to enduring change in how we work and live. And just as automation has been a bulwark against the devastating...
Something Unhealthy is in the Air
Why do we need environmental air pollution sensors?
Lam Research to Expand Global Capacity with New Production Facility in Southeast Asia
I recently spoke with Andrew Goh, Vice President at General Manager at Lam Research Southeast Asia, about the importance of the company's new production facility in Penang and its COVID-19 relief efforts. Ng: Before we delve into details, please...
SEMI Evolves with Eye to Future: Interview with Bettina Weiss
A lot has happened in fifty years, particularly when it comes to the microelectronics industry. Founded in 1970 by a group of semiconductor industry pioneers who believed that co-opetition — instead of traditional competition—would produce a more...