tag: supply chains

1 Megawatt Racks In Data Centers
By Ed Sperling - 03 Jun, 2026 - Comments: 0

The demand for performance in an AI data center is causing a huge spike in the amount of power being consumed. Within a rack are a half-dozen SoC components housed in different types of advanced packages and connected with an assortment of blazing-fast interface IP and optical signaling. Manmeet Walia, director of product management for mixed-signal PHY IP in the Synopsys Solutions Group, talks... » read more

2025 – A Year Of Change And Anticipation
By Brian Bailey - 23 Dec, 2025 - Comments: 0

2025 has certainly been a year of unexpected changes. These had a significant impact on the semiconductor industry and everything that supports it. Not all the changes have been bad, but flexibility has been a requirement for continued success or to make the most of an opportunity provided. Some industries, such as aerospace and defense, are seeing a significant boost around the world. Data ... » read more

Purity Requirements in the Semiconductor Industry (RMIT, ICTEAM, U. of Edinburgh)
By Technical Paper Link - 09 Oct, 2025 - Comments: 0

A new technical paper titled "Purer than pure: how purity reshapes the upstream materiality of the semiconductor industry" was published by researchers at Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Université catholique de Louvain, and University of Edinburgh. Abstract "Growing attention is given to the environmental impacts of the digital sector, exacerbated by the increase of digital produ... » read more

Securing Supply Chains At SEMICON West 2024
By John Cooney - 15 Aug, 2024 - Comments: 0

Jose Fernandez, U.S. Under Secretary of State for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment, sat down with Joe Stockunas, President of SEMI Americas, for a fireside chat on the CEO Summit keynote stage at SEMICON West 2024. In the Securing Critical Supply Chains for the 21st Century discussion, Fernandez emphasized the need to form partnerships to address vulnerabilities as the key to cre... » read more

The Importance Of Secure Data Sharing
By Mike McIntyre - 14 May, 2024 - Comments: 0

When it comes to data accessibility, the terms “secure” and “share” seem like two diametrically opposed words. Conventional wisdom would suggest that any effort to secure data would involve limiting access to that data, while sharing data would involve opening up access to that data for others to view and use. As it turns out, semiconductor operations need to do both. On the one h... » read more

Rapid Changes Add New Concerns For IC Industry
By Ed Sperling - 28 Feb, 2024 - Comments: 0

Experts at the Table: Semiconductor Engineering sat down to discuss the impact of leading edge technologies such as generative AI in data centers, AR/VR, and security architectures for connected devices, with Michael Kurniawan, business strategy manager at Accenture; Kaushal Vora, senior director and head of business acceleration and ecosystem at Renesas Electronics; Paul Karazuba, vice preside... » read more

Demand, Lead Times Soar For 300mm Equipment
By Mark LaPedus - 20 May, 2021 - Comments: 0

A surge in demand for various chips is causing select shortages and extended lead times for many types of 300mm semiconductor equipment, photomask tools, wafers, and other products. For the last several years, 200mm equipment has been in short supply in the market, but issues are now cropping up throughout the 300mm supply chain, as well. Traditionally, lead times have been three to six mont... » read more

Electronics Supply-Chain Trust Standards Emerge
By Bryon Moyer - 07 Jan, 2021 - Comments: 0

Creative new ideas for electronics supply-chain trust are in rich supply, whether securing identity, protecting logistics, or establishing provenance. But underlying these efforts are wide-ranging standards in development from a broad set of organizations. Today, no one-stop-shop for supply-chain standards exists. Instead, there is huge fragmentation. It can be difficult to identify all of t... » read more

2020: A Turning Point In The Chip Industry
By Brian Bailey - 28 Dec, 2020 - Comments: 3

At the start of 2020, most of the industry was upbeat and sales forecasts for the year were good. Then the pandemic hit, and fear gripped most of the industry — but not for long. New markets emerged, demand increased, and the levels of innovation went far beyond what had been forecast. While hope is on the horizon that the virus will be contained during 2021, life will not return to the ol... » read more

New And Innovative Supply Chain Threats Emerging
By Bryon Moyer - 05 Nov, 2020 - Comments: 1

The electronics supply chain is seeing evidence of increased sophistication in the counterfeiting of complex ICs and simple passives, both of which can impact the functioning and safety of the systems that use them. New technologies are being developed to build trust by helping to identify counterfeit devices before assembly and during failure analysis. It's too early to tell how effective t... » read more

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