COVID-19: Building Resilience and Maintaining Business Continuity – Views from GLOBALFOUNDRIES (Part 2)
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Don’t Touch that Button: Use Voice Instead
The COVID-19 pandemic (caused by SARS-CoV-2) has disrupted lives around the world more than any other catastrophic event in living memory. Those of us fortunate enough to work from home are cheering on the people who care for our health, transport...
COVID-19: Building Resilience and Maintaining Business Continuity – Views from GLOBALFOUNDRIES (Part 1)
Part 1 of 2
SkyWater Combats COVID-19 With Virus Detection Partnership, Best Practices, FOA Support
As the world confronts the health crisis of a generation in the form of the fast-spreading coronavirus, the microelectronics industry remains firmly in the spotlight. Aware of the central role they play in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, a...
Chip Companies Well-Prepared for COVID-19 Pandemic, SEMI EHS Working Group Survey Shows
A recent survey by a SEMI Environment, Health and Safety working group found that all responding companies had Business Continuity Plans (BCP) in place prior to the COVID-19 outbreak, nearly half had already developed pandemic playbooks and, as a...
COVID-19: Economic and Microelectronics Industry Impacts – Insights from McKinsey & Company
For five days in the latter half of March, the pall of the heavy human and economic toll COVID-19 has exacted in China appeared to be lifting. The epicenter of Wuhan reported no new coronavirus infections through domestic transmission. And in an...
MEMS at the Forefront of SARS-CoV-2 Testing
On Saturday, March, 21, 2020 the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) gave emergency authorization to Cepheid, a California company, to sell a new test for rapid detection of the pandemic coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, which causes COVID-19. Cepheid’s...
Yes, We CAN Preserve Personal Privacy in Voice-First Consumer Devices
The seemingly simple act of commanding consumer devices by voice is a choice that nearly 118 million Americans now make every day, according to a recent report from eMarketer, the digital marketing research firm.
Turning the Tide: Microelectronics to Revolutionize Stroke Treatment
Ischemic stroke is the leading cause of long-term disability worldwide, affecting over 13 million people each year and costing tens of billions of dollars. Sensome, a French medtech that offers connected medical devices, has developed micrometric...
Exhibitors Gear Up for SEMICON China 2020 – Safety SEMI Top Priority
In the two months since the COVID-19 outbreak in January, the Chinese economy has shifted from shock to ongoing recovery under the guidance of the Chinese government. China has worked tirelessly to restore production at its chip manufacturing...