Electronic Materials Market Weathers the Pandemic – For Now
Linx Consulting and Hilltop Economics continue to monitor how the global economy impacts the electronic materials supply chain. Amidst the recent economic and revenue results releases, we have generated a series of potential scenarios for the next...
ITN Energy Systems Leverages SEMI FlexTech R&D Funding to Develop Defense and Commercial Products
Since 2015, FlexTech has funded three projects with ITN Energy Systems, based in Littleton, Colorado. The projects all draw on a unique concept of using thin, flexible ceramic sheets as both a substrate for functional devices and as an integral part...
Technology Assists: Touchless Thermometer, Distance Sensors, Gesture Control and Proximity Touch Screen
Touchless controls are in high demand as COVID-19 makes people adverse to touch surfaces that could transmit the disease, especially in public and high-traffic areas. With many regions reopening their economy, the development and integration of...
Micron Lighting the Way: Driving Efficiency and Sustainability in Smart Manufacturing
The world’s most advanced manufacturing factories are leading the way in driving efficiency and sustainability.
COVID-19: Business Travel Restrictions to South Korea Start to Lift
By many measures, South Korea is swiftly restoring life as usual after suffering a heavy COVID-19 caseload in March. The region has logged an average of about 10 new COVID-19 cases per day since mid-April, it enjoys an ample supply of facial masks...
Micron Invests in Malaysia: New Facility, Talent and Community Support
Gursharan Singh, Micron’s senior vice president of Global Assembly and Test, spoke with us about the progress of Micron’s new facility in Penang, the company’s smart manufacturing advancements, its ongoing initiatives to hire and develop talent, and...
Corporate Venturing Challenges and Opportunities During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Companies around the world are increasingly turning to mergers and acquisitions, research and development, and corporate venture capital (CVC) investment to sustain growth. For many years, global semiconductor companies including Intel, Qualcomm and...
Taiwan’s Leading-Edge Technologies Help Tackle COVID-19
Thanks to developments in science and technology, artificial intelligence (AI), cloud computing, big data and other technologies have been used to establish smart healthcare systems that helps societies respond more effectively to disease outbreaks....
White House Task Force Member Shares Business Continuity Planning Insights and Repopulation Strategy
Cameron Burks, head of Global Security, Enterprise Business Resiliency and Health, Environment & Safety with Adobe Systems, and a member of the White House Task Force for COVID-19 response, briefed members of SEMI’s IT Leadership (ITL) and...
COVID-19: The Way Forward – Insights from McKinsey & Company
In much of post-lockdown China, urban life is humming. The streets of Beijing and Shanghai are bustling with traffic, smog again shrouds city skylines with the resurgence of economic activity, property sales are bouncing back and a revival in...