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MILPITAS, Calif. – December 4, 2020 – SEMI, the industry association serving the global electronics design and manufacturing supply chain, today released the following statement from president and CEO Ajit Manocha on the Fiscal Year 2021 National Defense Authorization Act.

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“SEMI supports the provisions included in the conference report on the Fiscal Year 2021 National Defense Authorization Act for programs to provide incentives for microelectronics manufacturing and research in the U.S. They are helpful steps to support microelectronics innovation and manufacturing. SEMI thanks Sens. Cornyn, Warner, Cotton and Schumer, Reps. Matsui and McCaul, and other congressional and administration leaders for their support and hard work to enact these provisions. We look forward to working with Congress and the administration to provide the funding needed to implement these programs and to enact the CHIPS Act investment tax credit which will provide the certainty needed to attract many more new, large-scale microelectronics manufacturing investments in the U.S.”

About SEMI

SEMI® connects more than 2,400 member companies and 1.3 million professionals worldwide to advance the technology and business of electronics design and manufacturing. SEMI members are responsible for the innovations in materials, design, equipment, software, devices, and services that enable smarter, faster, more powerful, and more affordable electronic products. Electronic System Design Alliance (ESD Alliance), FlexTech, the Fab Owners Alliance (FOA) and the MEMS & Sensors Industry Group (MSIG) are SEMI Strategic Association Partners, defined communities within SEMI focused on specific technologies. Visit www.semi.org to learn more, contact one of our worldwide offices, and connect with SEMI on LinkedIn and Twitter.

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MILPITAS, Calif. – December 2, 2020 – Global semiconductor equipment billings surged 30% year-over-year and rose 16% to US$19.4 billion from the prior quarter, SEMI announced today in its Worldwide Semiconductor Equipment Market Statistics (WWSEMS) Report.

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SEMI and the Semiconductor Equipment Association of Japan (SEAJ) gather the data from more 80 global equipment companies that provide monthly reports. Following are quarterly billings data in billions of U.S. dollars quarter-over-quarter and year-over-year change by region:

 

Region

Q32020

Q22020

Q32019

3Q2020/2Q2020

3Q2020/3Q2019

China

5.62

4.59

 3.44

23%

63%

Taiwan

4.75

3.51

 3.90

36%

22%

Korea

4.22

4.48

 2.20

-6%

92%

Japan

2.24

1.72

 1.67

30%

34%

North America

1.37

1.64

 2.49

-17%

-45%

Rest of the World

0.60

0.37

 0.76

64%

-21%

Europe

0.58

0.46

 0.39

25%

47%

Total

 19.38

 16.77

 14.86

16%

30%

Source: SEMI (www.semi.org) and  SEAJ (www.seaj.or.jp), December 2020

 

The SEMI Equipment Market Data Subscription (EMDS) provides comprehensive market data for the global semiconductor equipment market. A subscription includes three reports:

  • Monthly SEMI Billings Report, a perspective on equipment market trends
  • Monthly Worldwide Semiconductor Equipment Market Statistics (WWSEMS), a detailed report of semiconductor equipment billings for seven regions and 24 market segments
  • SEMI Semiconductor Equipment Forecast, an outlook for the semiconductor equipment market.

For more information or to subscribe, please contact the SEMI Industry Research and Statistics Group at [email protected]. More information is also available online.

About SEMI
SEMI® connects more than 2,400 member companies and 1.3 million professionals worldwide to advance  the technology and business of electronics design and manufacturing. SEMI members are responsible for the innovations in materials, design, equipment, software, devices, and services that enable smarter, faster, more powerful, and more affordable electronic products. Electronic System Design Alliance (ESD Alliance), FlexTech, the Fab Owners Alliance (FOA) and the MEMS & Sensors Industry Group (MSIG) are SEMI Strategic Technology Communities, defined communities within SEMI focused on specific technologies. Visit www.semi.org to learn more, contact one of our worldwide offices, and connect with SEMI on LinkedIn and Twitter.

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Michael Hall/SEMI
Phone: 1.408.943.7988
Email: [email protected]

 

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Advancing Semiconductor Manufacturing Excellence

ASMC is the leading international technical conference for discussing solutions that improve the collective manufacturing expertise of the semiconductor industry. Solving the challenges presented by semiconductor manufacturing is a combined effort by device makers, equipment and materials suppliers, and academics. ASMC provides an unparalleled platform for semiconductor professionals to network and learn the latest in the practical application of advanced manufacturing strategies and methodologies. Technical presentations at ASMC highlight industry innovations with specific results and select ASMC manuscripts are published in the ASMC Special Section of IEEE Transactions on Semiconductor Manufacturing.

The ASMC Committee is composed of industry professionals representing the microelectronics supply chain. All papers presented at the conference are peer-reviewed by the ASMC Technical Committee.

 

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Materials Innovation in the AI Era: Powering Semiconductors to One Trillion Dollars and Beyond

Beyond the AI boom lies a challenge—and opportunity—that is far more foundational: ensuring the materials ecosystem underpinning a $2.5 trillion industry is resilient enough to support the next era of innovation. As artificial intelligence accelerates demand for advanced hardware, energy infrastructure, and high‑performance components, the pressure on global materials supply chains has never been greater.

This year, SMC explores how industries can achieve scale readiness through smarter design, diversified sourcing, sustainable processes, and breakthrough materials science. It invites leaders to look past the excitement of AI itself and toward the essential building blocks that will determine whether this technological revolution is secure and sustainable.

Sessions

  • ​Market, Geopolitics & Outlook 
  • ​Materials for Scalable AI Systems​
  • Advanced Packaging & Materials Integration​
  • From Labs to Fabs—Accelerating Materials Deployment at Industrial Scale
  • ​Quantum & Emerging Devices

Executive Panel–Strengthening the Supply Chain​

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  • Two networking receptions
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WHO SHOULD ATTEND

SMC offers valuable content and unprecedented networking opportunities for semiconductor industry professionals who share common strategic objectives on materials innovation, management, and business success. 

CEO  ●  CTO  ●  Presidents & General Managers  ●  Executive VP & Senior Executives  ●  Engineering & Fab Managers ●  Academia  ●  Startup Founders  ●  Financial Analysts  ●  Market Researchers  ●  Consulting Firms  ●  Consortiums
 

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5:30 pm - 7:00 pm

Welcome Reception

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Welcome Remarks

TUESDAY, JULY 14, 2026

8:00 am - 8:30 am

Registration, Check-In/Continental Breakfast

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8:30 am - 8:40 am
Joe Stockunas, SEMI Americas
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President
SEMI Americas

Welcome Remarks

8:40 am - 8:50 am
Sanjiv Bhatt, Mitsubishi
SMC Co-Chair
Sanjiv Bhatt, PhD
Senior Director, Global Marketing and Business Development, Semiconductor Business
Mitsubishi Chemical Group

Opening Remarks

8:50 am - 9:20 am
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Hideaki Okamoto
Director, New Generation Business Development
Mitsubishi Chemical

Keynote—A Strategic Approach in the Era of Materials Innovation

9:20 am - 9:50 am
Prahalad Parthangal, Lam Research
Prahalad Parthangal, PhD
Technical Director, Advanced Packaging
Lam Research

Keynote—Co-Engineering the AI Era: How Materials, Process and Equipment Innovations Converge in Advanced Packaging

9:50 am - 10:20 am

Networking Break

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Session 1—Market, Geopolitical & Economic Trends, Forecast & Outlook

10:20 am - 10:25 am
Aldo Orsi, Momentive Technologies
Aldo Orsi
Global Business Director, Quartz Solids
Momentive Technologies

Opening Remarks

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10:25 am - 10:55 am
Charles Shi, Needham & Company
Charles Shi, PhD
Managing Director
Needham & Company

AI Is Finally Moving Needles for Semi Equipment. Now What?

11:25 am - 11:55 am
Joe Stockunas, SEMI Americas
Joe Stockunas
President
SEMI Americas

News from Washington and Beyond

11:55 pm - 1:15 pm

Lunch

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Session 2—Materials for Scalable AI Systems

1:15 pm - 1:20 pm
Lu Gan, EMD Electronics
Lu Gan, PhD
Head of Technology Strategy & Roadmap
EMD Performance Materials, a subsidiary of Merck KGaA

Opening Remarks

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1:20 pm - 1:50 pm
Katherine Hutchinson, EMD Electronics
Katherine Hutchinson, PhD
Vice President and General Manager, Metallics, Thin Film Business
EMD Electronics

Materials Discovery in the Era of Scientific Super Intelligence

1:50 pm - 2:20 pm
Mark O'Neill, Entegris
Mark O'Neill, PhD
Vice President, R&D and Engineering
Entegris

Taming AI Scaling Stresses—Digital Materials Discovery for Manufacturing-Ready Adoption

2:20 pm - 2:50 pm
Mingqi Li, Qnity Electronics
Mingqi Li, PhD
Technical Fellow
Qnity Electronics

Pioneering Lithographic Materials for the AI Era—Next Generation EUV materials and Path to Sustainable Patterning

2:50 pm - 3:20 pm

Networking Break

3:20 pm - 3:50 pm
Chris Baldwin, Boston Materials
Chris Baldwin
Vice President, Product
Boston Materials

Thermal Materials Implications of the Explosion in AI Compute Demand

Session 3—Advanced Packaging & Materials Integration

3:50 pm - 3:55 pm
Kamran Akhtar, Samsung Semiconductor
Kamran Akhtar, PhD
Senior Director, Process Development
Samsung

Opening Remarks

3:55 pm - 4:25 pm
Sony Varghese, Applied Materials
Sony Varghese, PhD
Managing Director, Technology Strategy
Applied Materials

Materials-Driven Approaches to Improve HBM and Chiplet Integration

4:25 pm - 4:55 pm
Kazuyuki Mitsukura, Resonac
Kazuyuki Mitsukura, PhD
Technical Director
Resonac America

Advanced Packaging Materials Innovation Through Co-Creative Evaluation Platform

4:55 pm - 5:25 pm
Rozalia Beica, Rapidus Design Solutions
Rozalia Beica
Field CTO, Packaging Technologies
Rapidus Design Solutions

Advanced Packaging at the Heart of the AI Age

5:30 pm - 6:30 pm

Networking Reception

WEDNESDAY, JULY 15, 2026

7:30 am - 8:00 am

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8:00 am - 8:05 am
Arun Karamcheti, Applied Materials
SMC Co-Chair
Arun Karamcheti, PhD
Managing Director, Product Marketing and Strategy
Applied Materials

Opening Remarks

8:05 am - 8:35 am
Beth Adkison, Intel
Beth Adkison
Senior Director, Global Materials Organization
Intel

Keynote—From Innovation to Scale: Ramp Readiness in the AI Era

8:35 am - 9:05 am
Chuck Mattera, Avalanche Thinking
Chuck Mattera, PhD
Founder and CEO
Avalanche Thinking

Keynote—Compound Semiconductors in the Cognitive Age

Session 4—From Lab to Fab—Accelerating the Industrialization of Next Generation Materials Deployment and Manufacturing

9:05 am - 9:10 am
Kamran Akhtar, Samsung Semiconductor
Kamran Akhtar, PhD
Senior Director, Process Development
Samsung

Opening Remarks

9:10 am - 9:40 am
Mitchell Hsing, InchFab
Mitchell Hsing, PhD
Co-Founder and CEO
InchFab

How Democratizing Fab Enables Rapid Innovation

9:40 am - 10:10 am
Adrian Alvarez, RASIRC
Adrian Alvarez
Business Development Director, Deputy CTO
RASIRC

The Hedgehog and the Fab

10:10 am - 10:40 am

Networking Break

10:40 am - 11:10 am
Asif Khan, Georgia Institute of Technology
Asif Khan, PhD
Associate Professor, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology

From Lab to Fab—Emerging Materials for the AI-Era Memory Hierarchy

11:10 am - 11:40 am
Brian Larabee, General Graphene
Brian Larabee
Chief Commercial Officer
General Graphene

Industrialization of Graphene to Enable Next-Generation Processing

11:40 am - 12:40 pm

Lunch

Session 5—Quantum and the Future of Emerging Devices

12:40 pm - 12:45 pm
Kevin Peterson
Kevin D. Peterson
Vice President, Sales and Marketing
JX Nippon Mining & Materials

Opening Remarks

12:45 pm - 1:15 pm
Pooya Tadayon, Ayar Labs
Pooya Tadayon, PhD
VP and Senior Fellow
GlobalFoundries

Enabling Quantum Computing Through Advanced Packaging

1:15 pm - 1:45 pm
Elica Kyoseva, NVIDIA
Elica (Elitsa) Kyoseva
Director, Quantum Algorithm Engineering
NVIDIA

Defining the Quantum-GPU Supercomputer

1:45 pm - 2:15 pm
Percy Gilbert, PhD, SkyWater Technology
Percy Gilbert, PhD
Senior Vice President, Engineering
SkyWater Technology

Industrializing the Next Compute Era—From Materials to Manufacturing

2:15 pm - 2:45 pm

Networking Break

Session 6—Executive Panel: Strengthening the Supply Chain for Industry Growth

2:45 pm - 2:50 pm

Opening Remarks

2:50 pm - 4:00 pm
Wenge Yang, Entegris
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Wenge Yang, PhD
Vice President, Market Strategy
Entegris
Chuck Mattera, Avalanche Thinking
Chuck Mattera, PhD
Founder and CEO
Avalanche Thinking
Brian Larabee, General Graphene
Brian Larabee
Chief Commercial Officer
General Graphene
Pooya Tadayon, Ayar Labs
Pooya Tadayon, PhD
VP and Senior Fellow
GlobalFoundries
Beth Adkison, Intel
Beth Adkison
Senior Director, Global Materials Organization
Intel
Prahalad Parthangal, Lam Research
Prahalad Parthangal, PhD
Technical Director, Advanced Packaging
Lam Research
4:00 pm - 4:10 pm
Sanjiv Bhatt, Mitsubishi
SMC Co-Chair
Sanjiv Bhatt, PhD
Senior Director, Global Marketing and Business Development, Semiconductor Business
Mitsubishi Chemical Group

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Elastomer seals are critical components in semiconductor manufacturing equipment, where they are routinely exposed to demanding conditions including aggressive process chemistries, plasma environments, vacuum, elevated temperatures, and repeated mechanical cycling. Understanding how elastomer properties, seal design, application conditions, and installation practices interact is essential for achieving reliable sealing performance. 

This webinar will explore common seal failure modes and the mechanisms that can contribute to premature failure, including chemical and plasma degradation, compression set, thermal effects, mechanical damage, and installation-related issues. Examples will be used to demonstrate how visual observations, application information, and engineering analysis can help identify potential root causes and guide corrective actions. 

The course concludes by presenting information on current or emerging technologies and the attendant challenges, that include hybrid bonding, co-packaged optics, and advanced substrate materials. The course also touches upon challenges with thermal dissipation for high-power AI products, and the bottlenecks now shaping next-generation semiconductor package roadmaps. 

Learning Objectives

  • An understanding of the fundamental properties of elastomers and how those properties influence seal performance. 

  • Types of elastomers used in semiconductor manufacturing and factors that affect the material selection process.

  • How operating conditions such as temperature, plasma, process chemistry, vacuum, and mechanical loading can affect seal life. 

  • Common seal failure modes and how to identify them. 

  • The importance of proper seal design, gland design, and installation practices. 

  • Understand how failure analysis can be used to troubleshoot sealing problems and identify opportunities for improvement. 

  • How ASNA can support customers through application evaluation, material and design recommendation, failure analysis, customer engineering, and on-site installation support. 

     

     

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This course is ideal for engineers and technical professionals, including equipment, process, mechanical, applications, reliability, maintenance, and field service engineers. 

 

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This two-hour webinar provides a practical introduction to elastomer sealing technology, beginning with the fundamentals of seal elastomers and the properties that influence their performance. 

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Given the immense cost of AI products & platforms, an important and differentiating factor for a successful packaging technology supplier is offering stellar quality and reliability to preserve the value of the expensive silicon chiplets. This course introduces various aspects of demonstrating Quality and Reliability in semiconductor packaging. One way to guarantee stellar quality and reliability of products with new technologies is to overdesign them, but that can be very expensive. Alternatively, under-designing packages from a reliability perspective may be cheaper; however, it will likely trigger premature failures in the field, leading to higher ownership costs and frustration for customers. Optimizing this balance to deliver new technology and meet customer expectations requires drawing from experience (history), judicious use of simulations, augmenting with empirical data and, more importantly, engineering rigor to make the right technology decisions. 

This course will prepare the audience to tackle technical problems (related to failure mechanisms and product qualification) by providing a blueprint that aids in proving that the technology capabilities can meet the market demands. The participants will experience the concepts through hands-on exercises throughout the course. 

Learning Objectives

  • A brief overview of semiconductor packaging. 

  • Understand the fundamentals of quality and reliability principles. 

  • Understand the concept of the bathtub curve and its use for Q&R optimization. 

  • Introduce the philosophy, and practical elements, of product qualification. 

  • Understand use conditions based on different markets like Automotive, Data Centers, Mobile, Space, etc.

  • Understand different quality tests and reliability stress tests done for product qualification. 

  • Get insight into typical failure mechanisms and failure analysis techniques. 

  • Demonstrate how to perform life distribution analysis to characterize statistical behavior of failures.

  • Introduction to acceleration models for predicting useful life of the package. 

  • Hands-on exercises

     

Who Should Attend

This course is ideal for anyone seeking a better understanding of how quality and reliability evaluation s performed for semiconductor packaging. 

 

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Qurius LLC
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This four-hour course presents a methodology to deliver an optimum approach, and quantify, figures of merit that define quality and reliability for complex, heterogeneous integrated products. 

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Rapid advances in electronics, sensors, computation, wireless systems, artificial intelligence, and neurotechnology are creating a new generation of medical solutions that interact directly with the body’s electrical and physiological control systems. Collectively described as bioelectronic medicine, these technologies offer the potential to complement—and in some applications overcome important limitations of—traditional pharmaceutical approaches by providing interventions that can be spatially targeted, dynamically adjusted, continuously monitored, and personalized to an individual patient’s physiology.

This Master Class will provide a broad introduction to the rapidly evolving field of bioelectronic medicine from the perspective of electrical and computer engineering. It will examine how technologies familiar to engineers—including low-noise sensing, embedded computing, signal processing, machine learning, wireless communications, miniaturized stimulation electronics, wearable devices, and closed-loop control—are being translated into new diagnostic and therapeutic platforms. Examples will range from cardiac pacemakers and cochlear implants to deep-brain stimulation, vagus nerve stimulation, spinal cord stimulation, transcranial stimulation, peripheral nerve interfaces, and digital biomarkers. Particular attention will be given to the transition from open-loop stimulation toward sensor-guided, closed-loop bioelectronic medicine, in which physiological measurements provide real-time feedback for optimizing stimulation parameters and tracking therapeutic responses. 
The Master Class will also explore why engineers are increasingly central to the future of medicine. Biological systems present unusual engineering challenges: signals are weak and noisy, anatomy and physiology vary substantially between individuals, neural systems are nonlinear and adaptive, and successful devices must operate safely at the interface between electronics and living tissue. These challenges are generating opportunities for innovation across semiconductor technology, MEMS and wearable sensors, electrode design, power management, computational modeling, AI, cybersecurity, human-machine interfaces, and systems engineering.

The Master Class will conclude with a look toward the next generation of bioelectronic medicine: intelligent therapeutic systems and digital twins capable not simply of measuring disease or delivering predetermined stimulation, but of continuously sensing physiological state, interpreting changes in biological function, and adapting interventions to promote recovery and maintain health. For electrical and computer engineers, this emerging field represents an opportunity to apply core engineering disciplines to some of the most consequential challenges in human health.
 

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John Ralston, PhD, CEO and Co-founder, Neursantys Inc. 
John Ralston is a pioneer in the development of non-invasive bioelectronic devices and adaptive neuroplastic treatments for neurosensory, neuromotor, and neurocognitive impairments that have limited pharmacological treatment options. 

At Neursantys, John is collaborating with healthcare researchers, providers, and payers to restore motor and cognitive functions that have been impaired by both normal aging and accelerated aging caused by head trauma, disease, and spaceflight. 

With a career spanning public and private R&D organizations and entrepreneurial ventures in Canada, Europe, and the U.S., John has authored/co-authored over 250 professional publications, presented over 150 talks and seminars, and has 16 issued patents. John earned B.Sc. degrees in Physics and Electrical Engineering from M.I.T., a PhD in Electrical Engineering from Cornell University, and the MSc in Management of Technology from the MIT Sloan School of Management.
 

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Learn how innovations in sensors, AI, embedded systems, neural interfaces, and closed-loop therapies are enabling personalized, real-time treatments that interact directly with the body’s physiological systems and are shaping the future of healthcare.

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Course Description 

This three-day virtual workshop (4 hours a day) provides a complete overview of the semiconductor manufacturing process. The class focuses on key process steps needed to form a functioning device. Some important science and engineering ideas needed to understand device manufacturing will be discussed. The workshop is designed for non-technical personnel needing an understanding of the fab process steps.  Some technical background from attendees will improve the workshop learning. 

The first day will overview the fab process steps with a brief summary of how a transistor functions. We will discuss how multiple transistors are connected to form a logic or memory device. We will also cover how a transistor works with respect to the physical layout of Bipolar and MOSFET transistors. 

The second day will cover key fab process steps. Ion implantation, photolithography including DUV and EUV processes, plasma processes including deposition and etch, rapid thermal processing, and wet etch processing. Specific emphasis will be given to the different wet etch processes. 

The third day of the workshop will focus on the new transistor designs, including FinFET and CFET designs. We will also cover reasons for changing the transistor design and newer materials, including tantalum, hafnium, silicon germanium, and low-k dielectrics.  We will also review roadmaps of leading companies, including TSMC, Intel, and Samsung. 

After completing the workshop, the student will be able to describe all the fabrication and assembly process steps and have an understanding of how the process steps work together to form the completed integrated circuit, in addition to an understanding of future structures.

 

Who Should Attend

This course is intended for both manufacturing and R&D know-how in IC packaging professionals, including but not limited to:

  • Process Technicians
  • Material Engineers
  • Process Engineers
  • Equipment Manufactures
  • Technical Marketing Engineers

Topics Included

  • Silicon wafer manufacturing
  • Basic operating principles of transistors and semiconductor devices
  • Planar, FinFET, and GAA transistor formation and design differences
  • Fab processes needed to form a semiconductor, including the following:
    • Lithography, with a focus on DUV and EUV methods
    • Etching, including wet and plasma processes
    • Deposition, thermal, plasma, electroplating deposition
    • CMP and modern CMP processes
       

Important Information

Note that only the person who registered will receive a certificate of completion. This virtual training will not be recorded. Attendees must be present to access the course knowledge. 

Can't find the training link on the day of? After you register, you will receive the link to the live training via the email address you provided. In addition, you will receive email reminders about 24 hours in advance and an hour before with the same link. Please keep these emails on hand to access the training on time. If you do not see any confirmation emails, please check your junk/spam folders before contacting SEMI U for support.

 

Dr. Tom Dory
ITM Consulting, Inc

United States

- SEMI U

Unlock the essentials of the semiconductor manufacturing process.  We will cover science and engineering concepts needed to understand device manufacturing. 

Pricing         
  • Members:  $549
  • Non-Members:   $599

* For group orders with 10+ attendees, and for Students/Veterans discounted pricing, please contact [email protected].

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United States Belgium France Germany Ireland Italy SubFAB 101 3/17 Training

Course Description

By the end of this course, participants will understand the scope of SubFAB and its critical role within the semiconductor manufacturing ecosystem, tracing its evolution and recognizing new trends. They will be able to identify and describe the core SubFAB systems and interpret typical facility layouts and equipment installation specifics. Learners will assess the environmental, and sustainability impacts of modern SubFABs. They will map a standard SubFAB organizational chart, typical roles, and responsibilities, and simulate incident-response workflows to reinforce operational readiness. Participants will be exposed to preventive maintenance and safety best practices to ensure reliability and compliance with regulations.

Who Should Attend

This course is designed for engineers and technicians in semiconductor manufacturing, equipment suppliers/OEM on-site service personnel, IE and MEP designers. 

Course Outline

  • Introduction & Course Logistics
    • Welcome, introductions, and platform quick start
    • Learning objectives and course flow
  • Module 1: SubFAB Fundamentals
    • Definition & scope of SubFAB
    • Historical evolution (from early fabs to today)
    • Core equipment & support systems overview
    • Typical facility layouts and installation configurations
  • Module 2: Environmental & Sustainability Considerations
    • Key environmental impacts (emissions, water/chemical use)
    • Gas abatement and PFAS management fundamentals
    • Metrics & case studies in sustainable SubFAB operation
  • Module 3: Organizational & Operational Structures
    • SubFAB org charts and stakeholder roles
    • Operational workflows (from tool install to maintenance)
    • Incident-response and escalation paths (role-play)
  • Module 4: Safety, Maintenance, & Reliability
    • Preventine- maintenance best practices
    • Safety protocols and hazard identification
    • Reliability metrics and continuous improvement loops
  • Module 5: Emerging Trends & Innovations
    • Automation, digital twins, and Industry 4.0 in SubFAB
    • Advanced materials handling and process integration
    • Open discussion: Where SubFAB will go next
  • Wrap-Up & Next Steps
    • Final Q&A and feedback collection
    • Certification requirements and further resources
    • Suggested post-course readings and SEMI standard references 

 

Instructor

Ilya Zabelinksy

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Important Information

Note that only the person who registered will receive a certificate of completion. This virtual training will not be recorded. Attendees must be present to access the course knowledge. 

Can't find the training link day of? After you register, you will receive the link to the live training via the email address you provided. In addition, you will receive email reminders about 24 hours in advance and an hour before with the same link. Please keep these emails on hand to access the training on time. If you do not see any confirmation emails, please check your junk/spam folders before contacting SEMI U for support.

United States

SEMI U Standards

SubFAB 101: Foundations of Semiconductor Support Facilities is a 4-hour course that covers SubFAB basics and its critical role within the semiconductor manufacturing ecosystem, including its evolution and new trends. 

  • San Francisco: 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM
  • Jerusalem:       6:00 PM - 10:00 PM 
  • England:          4:00 PM - 8:00 PM 
  • Munich:            5:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Pricing
  • Members: $349
  • Non-Members: $399

* For group orders with 10+ attendees, and for Students/Veterans, discounted pricing, please contact [email protected]. 

8:00 am - 12:00 pm Off Add to Calendar 2027-03-17 08:00:00 2027-03-17 12:00:00 SubFAB 101: Foundations of Semiconductor Support Facilities (Americas/EU) 3/17 SubFAB 101: Foundations of Semiconductor Support Facilities is a 4-hour course that covers SubFAB basics and its critical role within the semiconductor manufacturing ecosystem, including its evolution and new trends. San Francisco: 8:00 AM - 12:00 PMJerusalem:       6:00 PM - 10:00 PM England:          4:00 PM - 8:00 PM Munich:            5:00 PM - 9:00 PMPricingMembers: $349Non-Members: $399* For group orders with 10+ attendees, and for Students/Veterans, discounted pricing, please contact [email protected].  United States SEMI.org [email protected] America/Los_Angeles public America/Los_Angeles
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United States Belgium France Germany Ireland Italy Semiconductor Packaging Fundamentals 3/9/27 Training

Course Description

In this course, we dive into the fundamental roles of packaging in enabling a complex product; namely, signal distribution, power delivery, thermal management, mechanical protection of the fragile silicon die(s), and the risks associated with the manufacturing flow. We trace the evolution of packaging technology from wire-bonded leadframe packages through flip-chip and ball grid arrays to today's advanced heterogeneous integration platforms, including 2.5D interposers, 3D die stacking, fan-out wafer level packaging, and chiplet-based architectures. 

Given the complicated, and expensive, nature of these semiconductor packages, quality and reliability are a central theme for such complex products. We will discuss quality metrology used to maintain outgoing product quality and accelerated testing methods used to predict field performance using physics of failure methodology. 

The course concludes by presenting information on current or emerging technologies and the attendant challenges, that include hybrid bonding, co-packaged optics, and advanced substrate materials. The course also touches upon challenges with thermal dissipation for high-power AI products, and the bottlenecks now shaping next-generation semiconductor package roadmaps. 

Learning Objectives

  • Define core packaging functions (signal, power, thermal, and mechanical).

  • Trace the evolution from leadframes to 2.5D/3D and chiplet architectures.

  • Explain the "More than Moore" shift from transistor to package innovation.

  • Identify key failure mechanisms like electromigration and thermal fatigue.

  • Apply quality metrology and screening methods to ensure outgoing product standards.

  • Use accelerated testing and physics-of-failure models to predict long-term package reliability. 

  • Evaluate emerging trends in hybrid bonding and co-package optics. 

  • Hands-on exercises

     

Who Should Attend

This course is ideal for anyone seeking a better understanding of semiconductor packaging fundamentals, challenges, and latest technologies. 

 

Instructors

Shalabh Tandon
Qurius LLC
Instructor Bio

 

Shubhada Sahasrabudhe
Qurius LLC
Instructor Bio


Important Information

Note that only the person who registered will receive a certificate of completion. This virtual training will not be recorded. Attendees must be present to access course knowledge. 

Can't find the training link day of? After you register, you will receive the link to the live training via the email address you provided. In addition, you will receive email reminders about 24 hours in an advance and an hour before with the same link. Please keep these emails on hand to access the trainings on time. If you do not see any confirmation emails, please check your junk/spam folders before contacting SEMI U for support.

United States

SEMI U

This four-hour workshop provides a comprehensive technical foundation in semiconductor packaging, bridging the gaps between front-end wafer fabrication and final system integration. 

Pricing
  • Members: $149
  • Non-Members: $199

* For group orders with 10+ attendees, and for Students/Veterans discounted pricing, please contact [email protected]

8:00 am - 12:00 pm Off Add to Calendar 2027-03-09 08:00:00 2027-03-09 12:00:00 Semiconductor Packaging Fundamentals and Advances (Americas/EU) 3/9 This four-hour workshop provides a comprehensive technical foundation in semiconductor packaging, bridging the gaps between front-end wafer fabrication and final system integration. PricingMembers: $149Non-Members: $199* For group orders with 10+ attendees, and for Students/Veterans discounted pricing, please contact [email protected] United States SEMI.org [email protected] America/Los_Angeles public America/Los_Angeles
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