IC Architectures Shift As OEMs Narrow Their Focus

By Ed Sperling - 03 Oct, 2022 - Comments: 0

Diminishing returns from process scaling, coupled with pervasive connectedness and an exponential increase in data, are driving broad changes in how chips are designed, what they're expected to do, and how quickly they're supposed to do it. In the past, tradeoffs between performance, power, and cost were defined mostly by large OEMs within the confines of an industry-wide scaling roadmap. Ch... » read more

KLA Publishes 2021 Global Impact Report And Shares New Climate Goals

By John McLaughlin - 08 Sep, 2022 - Comments: 0

KLA is publishing its latest Global Impact Report, detailing progress of our environmental, social and governance (ESG) programs, results and commitments from the past year. Managing our ESG impact is an important part of our mission to advance humanity through devices and ideas that transform our world and help shape a better future for generations to come. “Our accomplishments in 2021 w... » read more

Insights From Industry Strategy Symposium Europe 2022

By Cassandra Melvin - 21 Jul, 2022 - Comments: 0

The timely return to an in-person Industry Strategy Symposium (ISS) Europe was welcomed by participants from around the globe on May 30th at the Brussels Sheraton. ISS Europe 2022 featured a new program and event format – with industry insights and strategic topics condensed into one day of programming on three critical challenges facing the microelectronics industry: the energy crisis and su... » read more

5 Tips To Successfully Work Hybrid

By Tom Brown - 21 Jul, 2022 - Comments: 0

Brewer Science is a global company that has international offices and remote employees since I was first hired in 1993. When the pandemic started in 2020, the company easily adapted to a remote/work-from-home structure. We have a company culture that thrives on change, in part due to the innovating and pioneering mindset the company was founded on. These cultural and business practices, combine... » read more

Up And Away: Clear-Eyed Considerations For Your Cloud-Adoption Journey

By Miki Banatwala - 12 Jul, 2022 - Comments: 0

It’s no secret the cloud is a driving force powering the digital transformation. However, cloud adoption is rarely a one-size-fits-all operation. Even when done correctly, it can bring about company-wide transformations unique to each organization. At the very core, the move to the cloud is akin to a culture change, and understanding these changes can make the transition successful. The follo... » read more

Minimizing Execution Risk In Test Solution Development

By David Ducrocq - 12 Jul, 2022 - Comments: 0

Test development projects are a mix of engineering disciplines with a complex and interdependent ecosystem. The ability to assess risks and their impact on the entire project can be the difference between success and failure. A technical project lead provides a single point of responsibility for assessing technical risk across the project, developing mitigation plans, and driving countermeasure... » read more

Ways To Address The Materials Crunch

By Laura Peters - 16 Jun, 2022 - Comments: 0

Stellar growth over the last two years and the seemingly insatiable demand for chips, at least through 2025, is sparking massive investment by chip firms — as much as $500B over the next five years. But without significant boosts in raw materials, parts for tools, and silicon to fuel facilities, such numbers are unlikely to be met. Materials are the Achilles heel to the rapidly expanding c... » read more

Reducing Greenhouse Gases In Manufacturing

By Jessica Albright - 19 May, 2022 - Comments: 0

Businesses must reduce their environmental impact. One of the most significant ways to do this is by reducing their carbon footprint, and this starts with monitoring carbon emissions. Carbon emissions are responsible for 81% of overall greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and businesses are responsible for a lot of it. The rest of the GHG emissions are methane (10%), nitrous oxide (7%) and fluorin... » read more

Deep Tech Drives Semiconductor Sustainability

By Serena Brischetto - 19 May, 2022 - Comments: 0

SEMI spoke with Luc Van den hove, president and CEO at Imec, about semiconductor sustainability, healthcare trends, and deep tech, and their implications for the semiconductor industry. Van den hove shared his views ahead of his keynote presentation at SEMI Industry Strategy Symposium Europe (ISS Europe), on May 30, 2022, in Brussels, Belgium. Join us at the event to meet experts from Imec... » read more

New End Markets, More Demand For Complex Chips

By Ed Sperling - 16 May, 2022 - Comments: 0

Experts at the Table: Semiconductor Engineering sat down to discuss economic conditions and how that affects chip design with Anirudh Devgan, president and CEO of Cadence; Joseph Sawicki, executive vice president of Siemens EDA; Niels Faché, vice president and general manager at Keysight; Simon Segars, advisor at Arm; and Aki Fujimura, chairman and CEO of D2S. This discussion was held in front... » read more

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