The 35th annual SEMI Advanced Semiconductor Manufacturing Conference (ASMC 2024) opens today to focus on critical topics ranging from yield management and metrology to new developments in artificial intelligence, smart manufacturing and sustainability.
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SAPEON Enhances AI Accelerator with proteanTecs Reliability and Performance Monitoring
proteanTecs announced today that SAPEON, a global AI semiconductor company, has integrated proteanTecs lifecycle monitoring solutions in the company’s next-generation AI chip.
EFC Receives American Chemistry Council’s Sustainability Leadership Award
On May 9th, at its annual Responsible Care & Sustainability Conference, the American Chemistry Council (ACC) honored EFC Gases & Advanced Materials with a 2024 Sustainability Leadership Award, which recognizes exemplary products, technologies, and initiatives that advance sustainability.
SEMI Recognizes U.S. Senator Majority Leader Charles Schumer With Government Leadership Award
SEMI Americas President Joe Stockunas and TEL Vice President Ben Rathsack presented Senator Schumer with the award this week at the U.S. Capitol Building.
Department of Energy Announces $160 Million for Research to Form Microelectronics Science Research Centers
This funding will support the formation of Microelectronics Science Research Centers (MSRCs) focused on energy efficiency and extreme environments.

PolyU Researchers Create 2D All-Organic Perovskites and Demonstrate Potential Use in 2D Electronics
Perovskites are among the most researched topics in materials science.

KUKA Unveils Its Latest Robotic Solution for Enhanced Chip Production at SEMICON West 2024
Semiconductor fabricators are currently seeing a prime window to initiate capital investment projects that increase operational efficiency and blunt the effects of a skilled workforce shortage.
America Projected to Triple Semiconductor Manufacturing Capacity by 2032
U.S. forecast to increase its domestic chip manufacturing by 203% in the decade following enactment of the CHIPS and Science Act—and expand its share of the world’s total fab capacity for the first time in decades.
Growing Colorado’s Semiconductor Industry: New Grant Program Looks to Expand Industry into New Regions of Colorado
Today, Governor Polis and the Global Business Development Division of the Colorado Office of Economic Development & International Trade (OEDIT) announced the Colorado CHIPS Community Support grant program to grow Colorado’s semiconductor industry.

First-Quarter Global Semiconductor Sales Increase 15.2% Year-to-Year; March Sales Tick Down 0.6% Month-to-Month
The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) today announced worldwide sales of semiconductors totaled $137.7 billion during the first quarter of 2024, an increase of 15.2% compared to the first quarter of 2023 but 5.7% less than the fourth quarter of 2023.