workforce diversity

What can you learn about Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Retention from an old, white dude? As it turns out, quite a lot.  I must admit, as an older, white male I was reluctant to author a blog on diversity, equity, inclusion and retention. Some might feel that I am the least likely person...

SEMI spoke with Daniel Drellich, vice president of Human Resources at Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany about the race for talent and diversity, equity, and inclusion (DE&I) strategies in the semiconductor industry, as well as about how Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany is tackling this very...

At the SEMI Foundation, we’re taking steps to support a big, audacious goal – achieving gender parity in the microelectronics industry. Dating to its roots at Bell Labs, Fairchild Semiconductor, and Intel in the late 1950s and 1960s, the semiconductor industry was pioneered by men at a time when...

In the span of a mere second, the human brain processes 11 million bits of information. That’s a lot of brain-racking. Or is it? The fact is a microscopic fraction of that volume – 40 bits – courses through our brain consciously. The vast majority of the information is processed under the radar of...

Nikki Zaahir joined SEMI last year as senior program administrator on the SEMI Works team after spending the last 15 years designing, coordinating and directing programs that help people develop job skills and find full-time employment. Her career includes roles at the Department of Defense, the...

Semiconductor equipment spending is mounting a strong recovery on the strength of explosive chip demand for work-at-home and study-at-home electronics fueled by the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite the growth, the 2017-2018 memory boon that triggered a critical subsystems shortage is still fresh on the...