Towards Closing the Skills Gaps in the European Microelectronics Industry
Skills are the key to the future. It is thanks to its skilled workforce that Europe will reap the benefits of the green and digital transitions and remain competitive. At the same time, upskilling and reskilling is a clear social policy because...
Innovation Through Cooperation: MADEin4 Progress Update
In the challenging world of high-volume manufacturing, rigorous inspection and monitoring of production systems is critical in order to meet high product quality and safety standards. By employing advanced machine vision, digital twinning and...
SEMI Warns Against New Unilateral U.S. Export Controls on Commercial Technology
For the past several months, U.S. Department of Commerce officials have been developing proposals to amend the foreign direct product rule to require a license for the use of U.S.-origin semiconductor manufacturing equipment or technology in...
SEMI Uncovers Concerns Over EPA Self-Declaration Requirement to Share Chemicals Risk-Assessment Costs
The U.S. Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) requires the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to cost-share risk assessment fees for 20 chemicals designated as high priority across all U.S. manufacturers (including importers) that produce or...
Climate Change: SEMI Members Rise to Top in Commitment to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions
The recent World Economic Forum event in Davos ranked the unfolding climate crisis among the top three risks companies and governments must address in order to prevent irreversible environmental damage. With the stakes that high, it is becoming...
Innovation, Talent, China and Data as Force for Social Good: Insights from SEMICON Japan
The march of innovation in semiconductor microfabrication technology over the past 60 years has produced electronic devices and information systems that have transformed industries and lives around the world. And while advances in chip technology...
Building the European Microelectronics Talent Pipeline: 5 Takeaways from Inaugural METIS Consortium Meeting
Taking aim at the workers and job training needed to drive microelectronics innovation, 50 members of the recently formed Microelectronics Training, Industry and Skills (METIS) consortium met for the first time in November 2019 to lay out the...
Smart Technologies Amaze at SEMICON Japan 2019!
Augmented reality (AR) tyrannosauruses towered on-screen as I interacted with the creatures in a mix of prehistoric and cutting edge. Or, rather, my AR double was doing the playacting. Minutes later, virtual doppelgangers of a small lineup of...
SEMI Supports Long-Term Industrial Strategy for Europe
Industry4Europe, a coalition of nearly 150 industry organizations including SEMI dedicated to campaigning for an ambitious EU industrial strategy, has published A long-term strategy for Europe’s industrial future: from words to action, a set of...
