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Even though it seems like everything has a computer chip these days, the semiconductor industry was not immune to the destruction of COVID-19. As millions of people geared up to work from home, a global chip shortage emerged. Rapid fluctuations in the automotive market exacerbated this. Because so many people...
Earth Day has passed. Companies’ ESP/social responsibility reports are beginning to appear and they have been commenting on their progress in their Q1 earnings report. The early data in the semiconductor and microelectronics segment looks encouraging. The percentage of renewables in their energy portfolio is increasing. Water conservation and water-positive...
When you replace your PC with an AI-enabled one, will you make sure your old device goes into an electronics recycling program? In November of 2023, I wrote about artificial intelligence (AI) personal computers (PCs) possibly being a growth driver of the 2024 PC and semiconductor growth. Our trusty editor...
When I worked for Advanced Packaging magazine in the early 2000s, we sometimes got pitches from companies that made cardboard boxes or foam cushioning materials. Their spokespeople obviously had not read the magazine or looked beyond the word “packaging” in the title. We ignored those pitches. However, many levels of...
The February issue of Chip Scale Review contained an interesting article entitled “Heterogeneous Chiplet Integration to Make Megachips” authored by members of the advanced technology division of MIT’s Lincoln Labs. The work had previously been shown at the 2023 IEEE ECTC. While I don’t see anything revolutionary about their technology...
BERLIN, Germany — January 28, 2014 — At the SEMI Industry Strategy Symposium Europe (ISS Europe 2014) on February 23-25 in Salzburg, semiconductor industry executives will examine the conditions required to achieve the EU’s 10/100/20 strategy — 20% market share of global semiconductor manufacturing by 2020. Presenters from ASML, ASMI,...
The Internet of Things, or “IoT” certainly seems to be the social media buzz phrase of the week. It seems every link I clicked on today took me to a post discussing the IoT. You can blame the flurry of technical blog coverage on recent events like the Trillion Sensors...
What better way to wrap up a busy week at SEMICON West 2013 than a site visit? After three days of interviews and PowerPoints, I was ready for some some hands-on demonstration. Barbara Loferer, marketing manager of Multitest, was concluding an open-house week at the company’s San Jose facility to promote...
On the wall in “The Strip” at Eindhoven’s High Tech Campus is a quote from Albert Einstein “Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere.” This pretty much defines the mindset of those who are fortunate enough to work in this mecca of R&D. I...
I’ve been reading a lot about the future of the fabless/foundry model. Most articles I’ve seen only count the fab/foundry parts, but I add OSATS to the list, because due to the emergence of 3DICs, it’s a topic of interest to all three segments of semiconductor manufacturing: namely the front-...
