Rags to Riches: Vietnam’s Growing Electronics Industry
If you look at your clothes or shoes, there is a growing chance you will see the words Made in Vietnam printed on the tag. Since the United States lifted its trade embargo against Vietnam in 1994, the country has become the second largest exporter...
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...
Making the Invisible Visible: Automated Defect Detection Improves Sapphire Yields
Sapphire is a precious gemstone, consisting of aluminum oxide (α-Al2O3) with occasional traces of other elements such as iron, titanium, chromium, vanadium or magnesium. While sapphire stones found in nature mostly go to jewelry applications, the...
Evolving STEM Education for an Electronics Industry Workforce
With one of the oldest and largest public education systems in the developed world, how well does the US public education system serve the global electronics industry?
Public education in the US has had time on its side. In 1635 the Boston Latin...