SEMI® Global Update - March 2013 IN THIS ISSUE Letter from the President: SEMICON West: Accelerating R&D Fab Equipment Spending Remains Flat in 2013; Up 24% in 2014 2013 State of the Union Address; Highlights Many SEMI Priorities Industry Leaders Contemplate Region's Future at ISS Europe 2013 Developing and Strengthening 3D-IC Manufacture in Europe Printed Electronics Sector Takes Hard Look at the Flexible Future Silicon Reclaim Wafer Market Expected to Reach $471 Million by 2014 LED Sector Looks for Alternative Solutions to Spur Adoption SEMI Calls for Constructive Action on Solar Dispute Event Calendar WEBINAR March 26 Outlook on the Semiconductor Manufacturing Industry NORTH AMERICA March 20 SEMI Northeast Forum March 31-April 4 NA Standards Spring Mtgs May 13-16 ASMC 2013 May 1 SEMI Pacific Northwest Breakfast Forum Courses - Acct Support Boot Camp - Fundamentals of Yield - Thin-Film PV Reliability - Financial Boot Camp:   -Finance/Acctg Concepts   -Business Modeling   -Pricing and Costing   -Profitability Modeling - Key Semi Acct Selling - Principles of Selling ASIA March 19-21 SEMICON China 2013 March 19-21 FPD China 2013 March 19-21 SOLARCON China 2013 May 7-9 SEMICON Singapore 2013 EUROPE March 10-12 PV Fab Managers Forum March 12-13 PV Standards Mtgs at PV Fab Managers Forum March 19 SEMI Networking Breakfast: Printed Electronics SEMICON West 2013 Call for Papers Due: March 11 FROM THE PRESIDENT OF SEMI AMERICAS SEMICON West: Accelerating R&D Earlier this month, SEMI announced the addition of the Silicon Innovation Forum (SIF) to SEMICON West to help accelerate the innovation pipeline for advanced semiconductor technology. This exciting program was developed in collaboration with leading strategic investment groups in our industry, including Applied Ventures, Dow Chemical Company, Intel Capital, Micron Ventures, TEL Venture Capital, and Samsung Ventures. SIF is designed to bridge funding gaps for new and early-stage companies by providing a platform to showcase new ideas to potential partners and investors. (more) The SIF is just one of the many activities and forums devoted to R&D and the innovation pipeline at SEMICON West. The need for breakthrough ideas has never been greater, but R&D budgets, venture capital and private funding sources for advanced semiconductor technology development have significantly declined over the past decade. To help accelerate R&D in the industry -- and to encourage innovation from new sources -- SEMI is planning a number of new programs to serve the R&D community and the industry’s innovation cycle. (more) Karen Savala www.semi.org Advertisement Fab Equipment Spending Remains Flat in 2013; Up 24% in 2014 By Christian Gregor Dieseldorff, SEMI Industry Research & Statistics Fab equipment spending for Front End facilities is expected to hover around flat in 2013 and with an increase of 24% in 2014. President Obama Delivers 2013 State of the Union Address; Highlights Many SEMI Priorities By Jamie Girard, SEMI Americas Public Policy On February 12, President Obama delivered the annual State of the Union address which highlighted many of the critical issues that concern SEMI members. Semiconductor Industry Leaders Contemplate Region's Future at ISS Europe 2013 Semiconductor industry growth drivers and European market strategies were discussed at SEMI ISS Europe 2013 in February. Executives from NXP, Infineon, STMicroelectronics and industry analysts offered perspectives. Advertisement Semiconductor Packaging News Delivers Daily Industry Insight Daily e-mail newsletter & website deliver critical industry news, technical papers, press releases and events calendar. Become a free subscriber today. Developing and Strengthening 3D-IC Manufacture in Europe By Julien Happich, EE Times Europe The European 3D TSV Summit took place in Grenoble in late February. Over 320 attendees from 20 countries convened to discuss the latest. Printed Electronics Sector Takes Hard Look at the Flexible Future By Paula Doe, SEMI Printed/flexible electronics will see more significant commercial applications in the next few years-- a report from FlexTech Alliance's annual conference in Phoenix. Silicon Reclaim Wafer Market Expected to Reach $471 Million by 2014 By Lara Chamness, SEMI Industry Research & Statistics The worldwide reclaim wafer market is forecast to reach $471 million by 2014. The reclaim market is growing but reclaim suppliers face a number of critical issues. LED Sector Looks for Alternative Solutions to Spur Adoption of General Lighting By Paula Doe, SEMI With the HB-LED sector counting on affordable general lighting to drive its future growth, device makers look at the potential for alternative substrates, innovative packaging and statistical process control. "Global Trade War and Peace": SEMI Calls for Constructive Action on Solar Trade Dispute SEMI released a PV white paper, "Global Trade War and Peace: Unified Approaches to a Global Solar Energy Solution," containing key recommendations. Thank you for reading this newsletter. We hope that you find SEMI Global Update informative and relevant. Let us know if we can improve the content and quality of SEMI Global Update. 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