COVID-19

SEMI Korea provides the latest updates on the economy, COVID-19, semiconductor industry Investments, government and university Initiatives, workforce development, SEMI events and SEMI Members Day.

ISS Europe 2022 featured a new program and event format with industry insights and strategic topics condensed into one day of programming on 3 critical challenges facing the microelectronics industry: the energy crisis and sustainability, supply chain disruptions, and the talent pipeline shortage.

A 2018 longitudinal study of SEMI's High Tech U participants showed the program’s deep influence: 82% of SEMI HTU graduates followed a path to higher education, 78% completed STEM degrees, and 70% reported that the program influenced their choice of field or career.

The microelectronics industry works to make the most of the current boom and to manage crises and opportunities around the chip and talent shortage, data explosion, compliance requirements, digital innovation, environmental sustainability, remote work, and other pressing issues.

Ajit Manocha, president and CEO of SEMI, offers his perspectives on chip and talent shortages, the global fab expansion, and the critical importance of sustainable semiconductor manufacturing.

The Executive Forum at SEMICON Europa in Munich on November 16 was a welcome opportunity to demonstrate the strategic importance of our vital industry. Executives across the entire electronics and applications value chain rightly pointed out the contribution that the semiconductor supply chain...

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.

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.

SEMI Taiwan and the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) Charity Foundation continue to work with the domestic chip industry to raise funds for donations of contactless rapid COVID-19 testing stations to hospitals.

The United States leads the world in COVID-19 vaccine availability and is on pace to amass the supply necessary to inoculate its full population by July, a leading business consulting firm said at a recent SEMI webinar.