SEMI® Global Update - February 2013 IN THIS ISSUE   What is Europe's Industry Strategic Direction? Debate Coming Up Soon at ISS Europe China Semiconductor Packaging Market Outlook 2012/2013 New Edition: International Technology Roadmap for PV 3D TSVs Come of Age Member Insight: Developments in Advanced Packaging Lithography Taiwan: Aggressive Investments in Equipment for 2013-2014 Award Winners: - SEMI Award - SEMI Sales & Marketing Award SEMI and U.S. PVMC Sign MOU -- PV Standards and Roadmap Focus LED Technology and Market Challenges Addressed in Taiwan High-Skilled Immigration Reform: Renewed Debate Event Calendar EUROPE February 24-26 ISS Europe March 10-12 7th PV Fab Managers Forum 2013 March 12-13 Europe PV Standards Meetings at PV Fab Managers Forum March 19 SEMI Europe Networking Breakfast - Printed Electronics ASIA March 19-21 SEMICON China 2013 March 19-21 FPD China 2013 March 19-21 SOLARCON China 2013 NORTH AMERICA March 20 SEMI Northeast Forum March 31-April 4 North America Standards Spring Meetings May 13-16 ASMC 2013 Courses - Fund of Prod Mktg - Acct Support Boot Camp - Fundamentals of Yield - Thin-Film PV Reliability - Financial Boot Camp:   -Finance/Acctg Concepts   -Business Modeling   -Pricing and Costing   -Profitability Modeling FROM THE SEMI EUROPE PRESIDENT What is Europe's Industry Strategic Direction? Debate Coming Up Soon at ISS Europe Top semiconductor executives from leading device, equipment and materials manufacturer as well as representatives from the European Union will debate the strategic direction of Europe's semiconductor landscape at the Industry Strategy Symposium Europe which takes place from February 24-26 near Milano. ISS 2013 will focus on three key European challenges: Will Europe's semiconductor industry find a common strategy to keep pace with other regions with regard to "More Moore" and "More than Moore" manufacturing? What are the critical technologies, new materials and productivity gains needed to keep the industry viable? What are the market drivers in 2013 (and beyond) and what will the semiconductor landscape look like? (more) Heinz Kundert www.semi.org/europe www.pvgroup.org Advertisement Semiconductor Today's latest digital issue is now available to view free of charge at: www.semiconductor-today.com/latestissue.htm. To subscribe click here. China Semiconductor Packaging Market Outlook 2012/2013 By Yuri Cai, Industry Research & Statistics, SEMI China Packaging and assembly are key segments of the growing semiconductor supply chain in China with over 200 companies competing in the space. New Edition of the Int'l Technology Roadmap for PV at PV Fab Managers Forum New edition of the ITRPV: available at the PV Fab Managers Forum on March 10-12. 3D TSVs Come of Age By Francoise von Trapp, 3D InCites The European 3D TSV Summit was packed with quality presentations demonstrating recent progress by the semiconductor manufacturing community. Related Article: 3D TSV: Focus on Cost of Ownership Developments in Advanced Packaging Lithography: Q&A with Rudolph Technologies Rudolph's marketing vice president, Ardy Johnson, answers SEMI questions about recent developments in advanced packaging lithography and explains the company's strategy in entering the market. Taiwan: Aggressive Investments in Equipment for 2013-2014 Worldwide sales of new semiconductor manufacturing equipment reached $38.2 billion in 2012 according to the year-end SEMI Semiconductor Equipment Consensus Forecast. Honored with 2012 SEMI Awards SEMI Award: Intel team for the High-k Solution SEMI Sales and Marketing Excellence Award: JC Kim SEMI and U.S. PVMC Sign MOU SEMI and the U.S. PV Manufacturing Consortium (PVMC) signed an MOU to enhance cooperation in the areas of standards and roadmap activities. LED Technology and Market Challenges Addressed in Taiwan With increasing awareness of global climate change and the importance of energy conservation, more and more countries have launched LED lighting projects and subsidy policies. High-Skilled Immigration Reform Debate President Obama pushes for comprehensive immigration reform, as well as a Senate bipartisan framework for legislation. 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. Please send your ideas, comments and suggestions to: Beat Mueller Content Manager, SEMI Europe 14, Rue de la Science, 1040 Brussels, Belgium Tel: 32.2.609.5334; Fax: 32.2.416.6448; Email: semieurope@semi.org Website: www.semi.org/europe Subscribe ¦ Unsubscribe Copyright © 2013 SEMI. All rights reserved.