2021 Preview: SEMI Smart Manufacturing Initiative – Americas Chapter
The SEMI Smart Manufacturing Americas Chapter, a key driver of the Global Smart Manufacturing Initiative, accelerates awareness of digital and data-driven strategies and implementations to help speed adoption of smart manufacturing. In 2021, the...
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Smart Mobility, 5G, Renewable Energy Drives Need for New Chip Materials for Power Devices
Electric mobility, renewable energy and other technology innovations like IoT, 5G, smart manufacturing and robotics all require reliability, efficiency, and compact power systems, fueling the adoption of Silicon Carbide (SiC) and Gallium Nitride...
Nexperia Develops Smart Manufacturing Roadmap for Back-End Chip Factories
Nexperia became a standalone company about four years ago after our divestiture from NXP Semiconductors. Last year we started our journey towards smart manufacturing at our back-end factories in Asia by developing a roadmap to help steer us in the...
New SEMI Member D-SIMLAB Optimizes Semiconductor Manufacturing Decision-Making, Cuts Related Costs
D-SIMLAB Technologies, a Singapore-based provider of simulation-based business analytics and optimisation software solutions, recently joined SEMI. I spoke with Peter Lendermann, the company’s co-founder and Chief Business Development Officer, about...
Smart Backend Assembly Factory for Industry 4.0 – Key Technologies, Challenges and Applications
I recently spoke with Chan Pin CHONG, Executive Vice President and General Manager of Products and Solutions at Kulicke & Soffa, about how smart manufacturing is driving new production efficiencies in the semiconductor industry. During our...
Smart Manufacturing Analytics Solutions to Mitigate Impact of COVID-19
The costs of production are typically based on labor and materials and define manufacturing expenses. But is this approach accurate enough? What about the cost of poor quality and lack of efficiency in production? How is the pandemic impacting...
IoT Powers Connections at Infineon Backend Manufacturing Singapore Plant to Drive New Efficiencies
Teck Khiong, WOI, senior manager of Factory Integration at Infineon Technologies Asia Pacific Pte Ltd, recently shared with me how the Infineon backend plant in Singapore has benefited from its journey to qualify for the lighthouse certification.
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Industry 4.0 in Practice – Micron Lights the Way in Virtual ‘Go and See’ of Singapore Manufacturing Plant
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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,...