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The partnership Rick Carlson forged with Illinois Tech is an inspiring story of ways individuals can get involved in helping the semiconductor industry’s professional development programs at the college level.

The greatest opportunities to get more women into the construction industry are with craft professions, where the percentage of participation is much lower than professional staff. Women make up 47% of the total workforce but only 4% of the craft workforce.

How many chips are in a modern car? According to industry estimates, the average modern car sports between 1,400 and 1,500 semiconductor chips. Some cars boast as many as 3,000 chips. Staggering!

Hosong Hwang, Head of the Environment Team at Samsung Electronics, provides an overview of Samsung’s new environmental strategy and delves into the sustainability journey of a globally renowned electronics company.

The SEMI PFAS Initiative will accelerate industry efforts to reduce PFAS dependency, mitigate PFAS-related semiconductor supply chain disruption, and encourage environmentally responsible risk management in cases where there are no alternatives to PFAS.

The SEMI Cybersecurity consortium, launched at SEMICON West in July, has established key priorities in its mission to develop and promote a standards-based, industry-wide approach to improve cybersecurity and accelerate implementation of actionable solutions.

SEMI spoke with imec Lars-Ake Ragnarsson, Program Director Sustainable Technologies and Systems (SSTS), about the semiconductor industry challenges to reduce environmental impact and how industry leaders can collaborate to get to the net zero.

Electronics industry experts and researchers will offer insights into ALD trends and adoption at Beneq ALD TechDay at SEMICON Europa 2023, Nov. 14-17 in Munich, Germany.

Did you know that a semiconductor manufacturing cleanroom is 10,000 times cleaner than a hospital operating room? Why? One speck of dust could ruin a microprocessor during production. 

Atomera is a semiconductor materials and technology licensing company and the newest member of the ESD Alliance. I spoke with Atomera CEO Scott Bibaud to learn more about its atomic-level technology that enhances transistors to improve performance in electronic products.