SEMI, the industry association serving the global electronics design and manufacturing supply chain, has applauded the European Commission for inviting industry feedback as it formulates the European Economic Security Strategy to strengthen Europe’s economic security in the face of ongoing geopolitical tensions and strategic dependencies that characterise the European semiconductor industry.

The European Chips Act and other critical semiconductor industry topics will come into sharp focus at SEMI Industry Strategy Symposium Europe (ISS Europe) 2024, opening in Vienna, Austria for the latest insights into sustainability, workforce development, and semiconductor supply chain resilience.

The global semiconductor manufacturing industry recovery is taking hold with electronics and IC sales increasing in the final quarter of 2023 and more growth projected for 2024, SEMI announced in its fourth quarter 2023 publication of the Semiconductor Manufacturing Monitor (SMM) report, prepared in partnership with TechInsights.

The SEMI Industry Strategy Symposium Europe (ISS Europe) 2024, March 6-8 in Vienna, Austria, will host distinguished speakers to spotlight innovations addressing the semiconductor industry’s sustainability goals, strategies for building supply chain resilience in Europe and approaches to cultivating the future workforce.

ASMC 2024 to spotlight advanced semiconductor manufacturing innovations and excellence in May.

Worldwide silicon wafer shipments in 2023 decreased 14.3% to 12,602 million square inches while wafer revenue contracted 10.9% to $12.3 billion over the same period, the SEMI Silicon Manufacturers Group (SMG) reported in its year-end analysis of the silicon wafer industry.

SEMI has announced the availability of a free quick start guide to facilitate the onshoring of advanced packaging facilities in the US and support the region’s buildout of a semiconductor manufacturing supply chain.

With the rise of generative AI driving demand for advanced chips and memory semiconductors to process and store massive amounts of data, the stage is set for SEMICON Korea 2024, opening 31st January 2024 at COEX in Seoul to highlight innovations shaping the future.

SEMI has applauded the European Commission’s announcement of the European Economic Security Strategy as a positive and fundamental step forward in assuring Europe’s economic security.

Leading analysts, economists, policymakers, and technologists will gather at the SEMI Industry Strategy Symposium Europe (ISS Europe) 2024, 6th – 8th March in Vienna, Austria, for insights into the latest trends and innovations shaping the global semiconductor industry.

Semiconductor industry growth opportunities in the year ahead will take centre stage at Industry Strategy Symposium (ISS) 2024 as the year’s first executive check-in opens with leading analysts, researchers, economists, and technologists offering insights on forces impacting the industry.

Global semiconductor capacity is expected to increase 6.4% in 2024 to top the 30 million *wafers per month (wpm) mark for the first time after rising 5.5% to 29.6wpm in 2023, SEMI announced today in its latest quarterly World Fab Forecast report.

SEMI Europe and the SEMI European Advisory Council for Diversity and Inclusion announce Edwards as the recipient of the 2023 SEMI Industry Leader in Diversity and Inclusion Award.

SEMI, the industry association serving the global electronics design and manufacturing supply chain, has announced the election of two new members to the SEMI International Board: Kai Beckmann, Member of the Executive Board and CEO of the Electronics business sector of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany; and Benjamin Loh, Chair of the Management Board and President and CEO of ASM.

SEMICON Japan opens 13th Dec. at Tokyo Big Sight with more than 900 exhibitors from 19 regions showcasing their latest products and technologies.

SEMI recently announced, at SEMICON Japan 2023, that global sales of total semiconductor manufacturing equipment by original equipment manufacturers are forecast to reach $100 billion in 2023, reflecting a contraction of 6.1% from the record $107.4 billion achieved in 2022.

Global semiconductor equipment billings contracted 11% year-over-year to $25.6 billion in the third quarter of 2023, while quarter-over-quarter billings slipped 1% during the same period, SEMI announced today in its ‘Worldwide Semiconductor Equipment Market Statistics (WWSEMS)’ report.

Aiming to reduce global semiconductor ecosystem carbon emissions, SEMI and the Semiconductor Climate Consortium (SCC) have created the Energy Collaborative (EC) to understand and clear roadblocks to the installation of low-carbon energy sources in the Asia-Pacific region.

Prospects for the global semiconductor manufacturing industry indicate a rebound in the fourth quarter of 2023, laying the groundwork for sustained growth into 2024.

SEMI has announced that Industry Strategy Symposium (ISS) 2024 will be held 7th to 10th January at the Ritz-Carlton in Half Moon Bay, Calif. with the theme Ready, Set and Ramp?