Technology and Trends

High thermal conductivity, low reactivity, and appropriate unit cell size make sapphire an ideal material for a wide range of such electronic substrates for manufacturing of components such as LEDs and CMOS chips. Ivan Orlov, CEO of Scientific Visual, elaborates.

Healthcare has traditionally focused on one-size fits-all medication to treat populations instead of tailoring treatments to individual. SEMI spoke with Thomas Pauwelyn, Postdoctoral Researcher at imec, about trends in medical technology innovation such as applications of organ-on-chip devices.

SEMI spoke with Ian Campbell, CEO of OnScale, about the era of Cloud Engineering Simulation, and how it can reduce the costs and risks of new technology development and speed time-to-market in spaces like semiconductors, MEMS sensors, RF front ends, biomedical and driverless cars.

SEMI spoke with Markus Hörburger, global product manager, Atotech Deutschland GmbH, about Atotech’s holistic approach to improving the reliability of advanced heterogeneous packaging through innovative chemistry solutions for fan-out wafer-level packaging (FOWLP) in 5G applications.

Medical device companies are crucial for advancements in healthcare, yet the medical industry has struggled to attract sufficient venture capital in recent years. SEMI spoke with Tom Vanhoutte, partner at imec.xpand, about investment trends in medical technology innovation.

SEMI spoke with Michael Strübin, Director of Digital Health at MedTech Europe, about how healthcare systems are moving towards a sustainable path through improvements in areas such as prevention of illness, patient empowerment, lean systems and low-carbon alternatives.

SEMI spoke with Professor Christoph Kutter, executive director, Fraunhofer EMFT, about current FHE technologies and market opportunities ahead of the Get Started with Flexible Hybrid Electronics workshop organized by Fraunhofer EMFT and supported by SEMI, 15 October, 2019, in Munich, Germany.

The evolution of industrial and non-industrial automation, smart manufacturing, and Industry 4.0 technologies have increased demand for vision systems that support robust, reliable imaging industrial applications. What factors are driving growth in the machine vision market today?

SEMI spoke with Dr. Mikko Söderlund, sales director for Beneq’s semiconductor business, about trends in Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD) applications. Söderlund shared his views ahead of his presentation at SEMI MEMS & Imaging Sensors Summit, 25-27 September, 2019, at the WTC in Grenoble, France.

Autonomous vehicle design can only thrive with the development of an industry standard for chip and device traceability across the supply chain. The importance of chip traceability to the automotive industry is reflected in its central role in driving a chip traceability standard.