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2018: Records Shattered Across the Board
Semiconductor Market Trends
For the semiconductor industry, 2018 was nothing if not incredible. Chip revenue shot up to $469 billion, trouncing the record-setting $412 billion reached in 2017 to...
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SEMI Position on National Industrial Strategy 2030 – Strategic Guidelines for a German and European Industrial Policy
Last month, Germany published its National Industrial Strategy 2030, which sets strategic guidelines for a German and European industrial policy. The Strategy has drawn mixed feedback across Europe...
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SEMI Shares Views with European Commission on Proposed Revision of EU Machinery Directive
The European Union Machinery Directive aims to both ensure a high level of safety for machinery users and facilitate the free movement of machinery in the EU market. In recent years, the European...
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Business Futures Shaping the Global Semiconductor Industry
MedTech, autonomous driving and other disruptive technologies will be in focus at the SEMI Industry Strategy Symposium (ISS Europe), 31 March - 2 April 2019 in Milan, Italy, as top European...
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Don’t Look at These Charts!
Electronic equipment growth definitely slowed in late 2018 (Chart 1). Based on the consolidated revenues of 213 large, global OEMs electronic equipment sales grew only 2.1 percent in 4Q’18 vs. 4Q’17,...
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French Start-Up Moves to the Edge with Battery-Operated Devices
The SEMI Europe Industry Strategy Symposium (ISS Europe) returns in Milan, Italy, this year from 31st March to 2nd April, 2019 to explore new opportunities and challenges in the digital economy....
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SEMI Shares Joint Industry Statement on RoHS Directive with European Commission
SEMI is part of a joint advocacy action voicing the views of the electronics manufacturing and digital industries on RoHS to the European Commission. In late 2018, SEMI shared a statement reflecting...
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Fan-Out System-in-Board Technology: Enabling RF and Processor Module and System-Level Integration
SEMI met with Martin Schrems, director of Strategy and Business Development at AT&S AG, to discuss Fan-Out technology trends ahead of SEMI 3D & Systems Summit in Dresden, Germany.
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Agile Manufacturing of Glass Carriers for Advanced Packaging
SEMI met with Jay Zhang, business development director at Corning Incorporated, to discuss recent innovations at Corning that allow fine granularity CTE engineering as well as high Young’s modulus....
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Zero Energy Connection (0eC) - A New Way to Transfer Data
SEMI met with Erez Halahmi, vice president at 0eC SA, to discuss a new way to transfer information not only between chips but also between servers to reduce power consumption while boosting...
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It’s Chilly!
4Q’18 World Electronic Supply Chain – Slowing Electronic Equipment Growth
Custer Consulting Group has its first estimate of global electronic equipment growth in 4Q’18 vs. 4Q’17. Chart 1 compares...
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European Commission Approves Joint Microelectronics Project to Spur Innovation
Last month the European Commission (EC) approved €1.75 billion in public support from France, Germany, Italy and the United Kingdom (UK) to fund the joint European microelectronics project, which...