Technology and Trends

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...

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...

This article is the fourth in a series highlighting the vital importance of SEMI Standards to commemorate the publication of the 1000^th SEMI Standard in July 2019. Find the entire series here.

Computer prices have plunged over the years even as...

This article is the third in a series highlighting the vital importance of SEMI Standards to commemorate the publication of the 1000^th SEMI Standard in July 2019. Find the entire series here.

SEMI Standards are the bedrock of the modern...

This article is the first in a series highlighting the vital importance of SEMI Standards to commemorate the publication of the 1000^th SEMI Standard in July 2019. Find the entire series here.

Imagine a world where there are chips in about everything we touch on a daily basis. It is not hard to do with semiconductors already at the core of many leading-edge electronic devices. These sophisticated chips are hidden from sight, but their...

Semiconductor fabs have been getting smarter and smarter over the past 30 years. It’s a natural evolution – the direct outcome of numerous continuous-improvement efforts. The really important difference on the road to smarter fabs, the one change...

SEMI spoke with Udo Gómez, senior vice president at Robert Bosch GmbH, about MEMS technology requirements relative to standard IC design and manufacturing. Gómez highlighted solutions to challenges of MEMS technology development and manufacturing...

Large semiconductor fabs can devour electricity at clip of 100 megawatts per hour -- enough to power 50,000 homes¹ and, according to a McKinsey study, more than automobile plants and oil refineries consume. So ravenous is their electricity...