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Companies in the global microelectronics design and manufacturing supply chain are enabling digital transformation and its countless societal and economic benefits. Yet, microelectronics players are generally playing catch-up with B2C companies when it comes to digitizing operations and marketing.

Podcasting is growing in usage in the semiconductor industry as a way to deliver content, and SEMI is always looking for new opportunities to connect to its members. That’s why for SEMICON West 2021 Hybrid, we’ve partnered with 3D InCites to create the official SEMICON West Podcast Series.

SEMICON Europa, SEMICON West, SEMICON Japan, & SEMICON Taiwan welcome back exhibitors and visitors to show floors starting in mid-November as four of SEMI’s seven flagship events gather visionaries and industry leaders to explore the latest semiconductor trends and innovations by the end of 2021.

As the microelectronics industry looks to fill job vacancies, and as we approach Veterans Day, it’s important to turn our attention to the many contributions of veterans and why hiring them is both the right thing to do and a sound business strategy.

Considering the history of computing and the low expectations for women that were once widespread in academia and the workplace, little wonder that women continue to face significant hurdles in the microelectronics industry. Today, women make up less than 25% of the computing workforce.

At July's SEMI Standards Information & Control North America Technical Committee Chapter Meeting, several ballots passed procedural review and await publication. Among them are the Equipment Data Acquisition (EDA) Standards, which use the Freeze concept to identify a specific set of SEMI Standards.

Veterans often have essential skills and experiences that make them ideal candidates for careers in the chip industry, but it sometimes can be difficult for them to understand how the skills they developed while in the service translate to those that are sought after in the civilian workforce.

The semiconductor industry – recognizing its own fabs can do much more to reduce their carbon footprint – is in a position to help turn the tide on rising temperatures worldwide and more chip companies are launching sustainability initiatives to contribute to the cause.

In response to the PFAS Low Volume Exemption (LVE) Stewardship Program recently established by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA), the SEMI PFAS Working Group (WG) is focused on identifying strategies that minimize supply chain risks and impacts to downstream users.

Terry Tsao, Global Chief Marketing Officer at SEMI and President of SEMI Taiwan, recently discussed technology trends with Young Liu, Chairman of Hon Hai Technology Group (Foxconn), as a prelude to SEMICON Taiwan’s five online forums.