Nov 18, 2022 State of Maine PFAS Reporting Law – Process to Request 6-Month Deadline Extension By James Amano The Maine Department of Environmental Protection is authorized to extend the notification deadline by six months if it determines manufacturers need more time to comply. Companies can request to be added to the Maine Department of Commerce's letter requesting the extension. Read More
Nov 16, 2022 Video: Al Gore Keynotes Semiconductor Climate Consortium Session at COP27 By Heidi Hoffman The Honorable Al Gore delivered inspiring opening remarks at the Nov. 10 session, congratulating the SCC for forming, setting its ambition, and committing to collaboration, transparency and ambition. Read More
Nov 15, 2022 Griffin Securities’ Jay Vleeschhouwer Offers Wall Street View of EDA Industry By Bob Smith Jay Vleeschhouwer, managing director of Griffin Securities, has followed the EDA industry as a leading financial analyst for 25 years and is a popular speaker at the annual Design Automation Conference. Vleeschhouwer discusses his DAC presentation The State of EDA: A View from Wall Street. Read More
Nov 14, 2022 How Veterans Complete and Elevate the Diverse, High-Impact EMD Electronics Workforce By Caroline Dingeldey EMD Electronics is committed to meeting veterans where they are, and we support their transition from military life to civilian and professional life, providing a sense of community and leveraging their existing skills while helping them build new ones. Read More
Nov 7, 2022 Comet Yxlon: The Future of Advanced Packaging is X-Ray By Cassandra Melvin SEMI spoke with Christian Driller, Vice President of Research and Development at Comet Yxlon, about opportunities to accelerate time-to-market and increase yield for advanced packaging manufacturers through x-ray inspection. Read More
Nov 6, 2022 imec ITF Beyond 5G: Exploring Next-Gen Mobile Connectivity By Serena Brischetto Electronics industry experts will offer insights into key aspects of the radio frequency (RF) challenge – from materials and devices to ICs and modules – at ITF Beyond 5G at SEMICON Europa 2022, Nov. 15-18 in Munich, Germany. Read More
Sep 26, 2022 Adding More Data Isn't the Only Way to Improve AI By Pushkar Apte and Costas Spanos For business leaders implementing AI projects, these hurdles can lead to frustration with poor results, excessive costs and delays, and even actual harm and lawsuits in extreme cases. Addressing these challenges is critical for realizing the full potential of AI. Read More
Aug 29, 2022 S2C Paves Way to Digital Innovation with Cutting-Edge Chip Design Verification Solutions By Bob Smith Founded in 2004, S2C’s worldwide customer base uses its desktop and enterprise field programmable gate array (FPGA) prototyping tools to verify system on chip (SoC) and application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) designs will work as intended. Read More
Aug 22, 2022 High-Voltage Power Technologies Drive Next-Generation Semiconductor Processes By Ray Morgan The global chip shortages together with the growing trends of electrification and digitalization have heightened awareness of the world’s reliance on semiconductors. Global management consultancy McKinsey & Company predicts a decade of growth leading to a $1 trillion semiconductor industry by 2030. Read More
Aug 9, 2022 ESD Alliance Combats Piracy By Bob Smith ESD Alliance’s License Management and Anti-Piracy (LMA) Committee has worked with member companies Cadence, Siemens EDA and Synopsys to develop a protocol for use with software license management systems to provide strong protection against piracy by defining how servers can be uniquely identified. Read More