SEMI Foundation Launches SEMIquest: An Immersive STEM Experience to Inspire Arizona’s Future Tech Talent
Pop-Up Exhibition at the Arizona Science Center to be Featured at SEMICON West PHOENIX, Arizona – The SEMI Foundation, the nonprofit arm of SEMI, today announced the launch of SEMIquest, an immersive, hands-on STEM experience designed to ignite curiosity and connect Arizona’s students to the vast career opportunities in the semiconductor industry. Featured as a special exhibition at […]
Technical Program Announced – In Bangalore & New Delhi this September
SMTA is bringing two full-day technical events to India this September – don’t miss these opportunities to connect and explore the future of electronics manufacturing! New Delhi Technical Event Date: Friday, September 12, 2025 Time: 8:30 AM – 4:00 PM IST Location: Sheraton New Delhi, Saket District Centre Details & Registration: https://smta.org/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=1973218&group=225192 Bangalore Technical Event […]
Texas Instruments Reportedly Launches Largest-Ever China Price Hike: 60K Products Up 10%–30%
According to ijiwei, Texas Instruments (TI) has introduced its largest-ever price hike for Chinese customers, raising prices by 10% to 30% on more than 60,000 products. While TI’s notice states that the new pricing will take effect on August 15, some Chinese customers report that the changes have already been implemented as of August 4, the […]
Global Data Centre Gridlock: What’s Causing Delays
The global data centre industry is facing a mounting delivery gap. In 2024, demand for capacity rose by 30%, but the pace of new construction is no longer keeping up. Across mature markets, power constraints and permitting delays are slowing project delivery. Even as committed projects hit record highs, many remain stalled in planning. This blog post from DC Byte explains.
EMC Taiwan Receives IPC-4101 Qualified Products Listing Certification
IPC’s Validation Services Program has awarded an IPC-4101 Qualified Products Listing (QPL) to Elite Materials Co. (EMC), an electronics base material manufacturing company headquartered in Taoyuan City, Taiwan. EMC produces copper-clad laminates, prepregs, and packaging substrates to the global electronics industry. EMC successfully qualified their product EM-371(Z) to specification sheet 126 of IPC-4101E WAM1, Specification for Base Materials […]