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...
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 Manufacturing Technology Gives New Life to Aging Chipmaking Equipment
Not long after STMicroelectronics opened its first semiconductor plant in Singapore more than 50 years ago, a facility chiefly focused on chip assembly and packaging, the company realized that it had constructed the site in an area with a blossoming...
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...
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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AEM Global Diversification Key to Business Continuity During COVID-19 Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has inflicted major impacts on manufacturing operations worldwide including in the semiconductor industry. The virus has left millions of people confined to their homes, resulting in a massive shift to virtual work and online...
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: Building Resilience and Maintaining Business Continuity – Views from GLOBALFOUNDRIES (Part 1)
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