The History of Black History Month in the U.S. – Making it a Year-Round Celebration in Chip Industry
Black Americans have contributed tremendously to the technology industry, from Garrett Morgan, who invented the gas masks that protected our soldiers in World War I, to James West, who co-invented microphone technology that is ubiquitous in our electronics. Michelle Williams-Vaden, deputy director of the SEMI Foundation invites the tech industry to explore why Black people comprise only 5% of U.S. tech industry workforce.
Additional US$ 1B Will be Spent for the Extended Enterprise Environment by 2022, IDC Predicts
SINGAPORE, – IDC has published the document IDC FutureScape: Worldwide Future of Work 2021 Predictions — Asia/Pacific (Excluding Japan) Implications that contextualizes Future of Work predictions for 2021. Future of Work (FoW) has been one of the hottest topics of discussion in recent times. With the COVID-19 pandemic significantly impacting every cog of the FoW machine, a holistic […]
Siemens issues new white paper on the value of analyzing data from the electronics shop-floor
The biggest challenge with collecting data is turning big data into smart data that provides insight or foresight, can be understood as the point of consumption, and is immediately actionable on the shop-floor. Big data can be useful today in production, enabling advances in these areas: Improve our understanding of the process Improve quality Utilizing […]
Semiconductor Industry Leaders Urge President Biden to Prioritize Funding for Semiconductor Manufacturing, Research
WASHINGTON—Feb. 11, 2021—The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) Board of Directors, comprised of CEOs and senior executives at leading U.S. chip companies, today sent a letter to President Biden urging him to include substantial funding for semiconductor manufacturing and research in the administration’s economic recovery and infrastructure plan. SIA represents 98 percent of the U.S. semiconductor industry by revenue. The share of global semiconductor manufacturing capacity in the U.S. has decreased from 37 percent in 1990 to […]