Deputy Secretary Don Graves of the U.S. Department of Commerce joined SEMI President Ajit Manocha on the keynote stage Tuesday morning to share the current status of the CHIPS Act, as well as address the current struggles of the chip supply chain.
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Massive Reinvigoration of Semiconductor Industry Underway
Joe Sawicki, Executive Vice President, Siemens EDA provided a very optimistic view of the semiconductor industry’s future on Monday, speaking at the Design Automation Conference (DAC), which is co-located at Moscone with this year’s SEMICON West.
Chip Shortages Continue, but What About EDA Tools? Here Are Three Reasons for Optimism
Charles Shi from Needham and Company sees EDA growth accelerating as Moore’s Law slows down.
Collaboration Needed on Environmental Sustainability
The market drivers behind the semiconductor industry’s explosive growth are well known: AI, 5G, cloud computing, super computing, the IoT, gaming, automotive, medical and smart manufacturing, and of course, the work from home trend driven by the global pandemic.
What’s in the December Issue?
Each issue of Semiconductor Digest has articles found only in the magazine! Read the December issue online here or stop by booth 244 at SEMICON West, December 7 – 9, to pick up a printed copy.
SEMICON West 2021 Hybrid Opens Tomorrow In Person with Livestreamed Keynotes, Virtual Program, Automated Matchmaking, Video Chats
SEMICON West, North America’s premier microelectronics exhibition and conference, opens tomorrow with more than 150 industry visionaries and leaders from the semiconductor ecosystem, academia and government gathering for on-site keynotes, fireside chats, and executive panels on the latest microelectronics developments, trends and innovations.
ULVAC Expands Process Capability of Production Proven Optima Dry Strip Systems
ULVAC Technologies, Inc. a manufacturer of semiconductor equipment as the US subsidiary of ULVAC, Inc. announces the release of expanded processing capability for the Optima line of dry strip tools.
Foundry Revenue Rises by 12% QoQ for 3Q21 Thanks to Peak Season, New Production Capacity, and Rising Prices, Says TrendForce
Although the demand for end products related to the stay-at-home economy slowed down as many countries saw rising vaccination rates and were partially lifting social distancing restrictions, the decline in foundry orders from this source was more than offset by the traditional peak season for smartphones, according to TrendForce’s latest investigations.
Leon Panetta, Former Defense Secretary and CIA Director, Joins Center for Tech Diplomacy at Purdue Advisory Board
The Center for Tech Diplomacy at Purdue welcomes Leon Panetta, former U.S. Secretary of Defense and Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, to its distinguished bipartisan Global Advisory Board
CEA-Leti Research Team Proposes New Approach for Next-Generation Memories with RRAM Energy-Storage Breakthrough
In a breakthrough that is expected to significantly advance in-memory energy-storage in resistive-RAM (RRAM) devices, CEA-Leti has proposed a “newfangled approach” that allows these devices to operate as energy-storage elements as well as memory, depending on the applied bias.
