The CHIPS Act, which is finally gaining some momentum in Congress, is looking at how to improve the United States’...
Addressing sustainability issues is a hot topic in the semiconductor industry, especially since Bloomberg highlighted that the industry’s carbon footprint...
Years ago, when I was just a young pup in the industry, my manager asked me to attend a meeting...
It was cold, a bit overcast, and I was headed to a SEMICON show in December. Usually, this would mean...
Certain companies in the semiconductor industry have focused on sustainability for a significant period of time. ST Microelectronics and Intel...
During the recent Applied Materials/SEMI Sustainability Forum, panelists touched on the fact that the big drivers of electronics — Apple,...
October is a busy month as conferences go. ARM and Intel each held their virtual developer events focusing on the...
Sustainability is rapidly taking center stage in most industries; the electronics and semiconductors space included. The major players in the...
The sustainability wave in the tech space is gaining momentum. Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Microsoft have all set very...
Building integrated circuits (ICs) in the third dimension has been taking place since trench capacitors were introduced for DRAM in...
Most semiconductor equipment companies have been focused on sustainability programs longer than most other industries. In part, some of the...
Day 2 of SEMI’s Innovation for a Transforming World featured the outlook on semiconductor market growth over the next 2-3...
Building a state-of-the-art integrated circuit takes a lot of resources. Water, energy, chemicals, gases, and silicon wafers are just a...
Day 1 In place of the SEMICON West in July, SEMI presented a virtual event titled Innovation for a Transforming...
Can semiconductors help with reducing the carbon footprint of bitcoin mining and other high-performance computing (HPC) applications? Can the overall...
June and July have been busy months from a semiconductor conference perspective. VLSI, IITC, imec IFT America, CEA-Leti Innovation Days,...
According to the Wall Street Journal, (WSJ) the Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) is proposing that public companies be required...
What a time to be in the semiconductor industry! If you’re a chip manufacturer you’re currently being blamed for the...
In my day job in the winter, I work in the ski industry, which is working very hard on sustainability...
Since TSMC made its announcement late in 2020 that they were potentially building a semiconductor fab in Arizona, the reshoring...