MILPITAS, CA – SEMI, the industry association serving the global electronics manufacturing and design supply chain, today announced that members of its Supply Chain Management (SCM) Initiative have formed an Industry Advisory Council (IAC), a group of industry leaders that will guide the initiative in its mission to advance an agile and resilient global electronics supply chain. The Council will develop solutions to help SEMI members better withstand supply chain disruptions and make proactive decisions to protect their businesses and supplier networks.
Strategic partners DHL, McKinsey & Company, and Resilinc will work to accelerate and scale the initiative. The Council will establish 2023 priorities and deliverables and convene at least quarterly to ensure the SCM Initiative is on track to fulfill its vision.
Founding members of the SCM Industry Advisory Council:
Sanchali Bhattacharjee, Strategy and Program Office, Google
Hans Ehm, Senior Principal Supply Chain Management, Infineon
Mark Liu, Director of Technology Capability, Intel
Hans-Joachim Neumann, Head of Integrated Supply Chain Electronics, Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany
S.S. Fu, Director Corporate Planning Organization, TSMC
The IAC will expand to up to 20 member companies across a diverse range of segments and geographies this year. The Council will then form regional councils and working groups to produce tangible solutions.
“Geopolitical, natural and other global electronics supply chain disruptions in recent years have made clear the time is now to better prepare for future crises,” said Bettina Weiss, Chief of Staff and Corporate Strategy at SEMI. “Industry Advisory Council founding members will immediately begin to define priorities, objectives and strategies for the SEMI Supply Chain Management Initiative that lead to actions aimed at strengthening continuity across the entire value chain and supporting semiconductor industry growth.”
“SEMI applauds these industry leaders and their commitment to ensuring that the supply chain is better prepared to seize the tremendous opportunities ahead and minimize the impact of disruptions,” Weiss said.
IAC founding members are committed to working toward the following pillars and objectives:
Engagement: Establish global and regional Industry Advisory Councils to guide priorities and bolster end-to-end electronics supply chain continuity
Collaboration: Create platforms for information exchange, education and thought leadership
Data collection: Conduct quarterly SCM pulse surveys with McKinsey & Company to remain current on industry trends and benchmark best practices
Industry alignment: Establish conventions for SCM visibility and transparency through the SEMI International Standards Program
Inclusion: Develop a SCM roadmap to 2025 and beyond for all key supply chain segments to help ensure better preparedness for future disruptions
What founding members and strategic partners have to say
Infineon – Hans Ehm, Senior Principal Supply Chain Management ”Semiconductor supply chains and supply chains containing semiconductors are global. As part of Industry Advisory Council of the SEMI Supply Chain Management Initiative, we have the ability to collectively reduce the bullwhip effect in our supply chains and mitigate future chip shortages in a sustainable way.”
Intel – Mark Liu, Director of Technology Capability “A transparent semiconductor supply chain is a vital first step towards improved resiliency to ensure our industry’s future growth. The SEMI Supply Chain Management Initiative serves as a critical platform to achieve this objective collectively and collaboratively.”
Resilinc – Bindiya Vakil, CEO and Co-founder “As a strategic partner to the SEMI Supply Chain Management Initiative, Resilinc looks forward to providing a decade’s worth of supply chain mapping and risk monitoring data to help advance the Council’s mission of creating a more agile and resilient electronics supply chain.”
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TEMPE, AZ – Benchmark Electronics, a global provider of engineering, design, and manufacturing services, has released its annual Sustainability Report outlining its progress on environmental, social and governance (ESG) initiatives, including specific achievements across the company's global presence.
SANTA ROSA, CA – Keysight Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: KEYS), a leading technology company that delivers advanced design and validation solutions to help accelerate innovation to connect and secure the world, has announced it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Analog Devices, Inc. (ADI), a global semiconductor leader that bridges the physical and digital worlds to enable breakthroughs at the Intelligent Edge, to advance 6G technology design and development.
New 6G network capabilities will be based on existing and emerging technologies to enable new use cases and applications. Keysight and ADI will bring together high-performance solutions and expertise across a wide range of technology domains to realize the industry’s evolving 6G vision. Under the MoU, the companies will collaborate to develop innovative solutions in technology areas critical to multiple facets of wireless network performance including energy efficiency as well as resilient and secure wireless connectivity.
The two companies will build on existing collaborations in 5G, open radio access network (RAN), and phased array technology to accelerate technological breakthroughs required to deliver solutions and services with the potential to transform lives while offering huge opportunities for business, industry, and consumers. Future use cases will leverage new waveforms and spectrum technologies, a new 6G air-interface, higher order antenna systems, and sensing. Advancements in virtualization, cloud computing, and artificial intelligence (AI) will drive the continued digital transformation, which underpins the 6G vision.
Keysight and ADI will demonstrate open radio access network (RAN) and massive multiple-input multiple-output (mMIMO) antenna design prototypes and measurement platforms at the GSMA Mobile World Congress 2023 held in Barcelona, Spain. Joint demonstrations address several challenging industry goals, including optimizing the design of O-RAN radio units (RU) to reduce overall network energy consumption and enhance the performance of O-RUs to support higher data rate throughput levels.
Joe Barry, Vice President of Marketing, Systems & Technology for the Communication and Cloud Business Unit at ADI, said: "Collaborating with technology leaders on important issues such as the environmental sustainability of next-generation networks allows companies to make an even larger impact working together. ADI is delighted to extend its relationship with Keysight as we focus on solving these and other challenges while creating wireless solutions for future 6G networks."
Giampaolo Tardioli, Vice President, 6G and Next Generation Technology at Keysight, said: "Keysight is pleased to expand the company’s collaboration with ADI to encompass 6G technologies by providing industry-leading design, measurement, and validation expertise and solutions. The collaboration offers Keysight the opportunity to advance a comprehensive portfolio of capabilities and technology platforms, enabling ADI to achieve strategic initiatives essential to long-term commercial success associated with 6G investments."
SAN DIEGO – Altium is excited to announce the opening of its new regional office in Seoul, Korea. Altium recognizes considerable potential in Korea and would like to serve customers better, shorten the feedback loop, and address the specific needs of the Korean market. Korean customers will experience improved service, competitive pricing, and product enhancements. This is an important step forward for Altium as it continues to grow and expand its direct reach into new markets.
“Altium has been operating in Korea for over five years, forming strong customer relationships in multiple segments, such as Consumer Electronics, Industrial Automation, and Automotive Engineering, as well as with various Korean Government Agencies. Establishing a dedicated team covering all aspects of customer engagement from Pre-Sales to Sales & Marketing and Customer Support will allow Altium to better address local market needs in Korea.” - Pelle Chiari, Director, Altium Korea Software Ltd.
The Korean market, ranking third in the global market for electronics production, is viewed as a key driver to Altium's growth over the next five years. This expansion is expected to help Altium grow its Korean market presence by providing faster and more efficient support to existing customers and more personal outreach to new customers supporting continuous innovation by companies in Korea. The local office opening is part of the company’s overall goal of delivering outstanding customer service and competitive pricing within the country.
WASHINGTON – The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) released the following statement from SIA President and CEO John Neuffer regarding U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo’s remarks today on implementation of the CHIPS and Science Act.
“Secretary Raimondo has been a tireless advocate for the CHIPS and Science Act, the historic new law that will reinvigorate chip production and innovation in America. Since the CHIPS Act was introduced, companies in the semiconductor ecosystem have announced new projects across America totaling hundreds of billions of dollars in private investments and supporting hundreds of thousands of new jobs. These new projects—combined with the new law’s critical investments in semiconductor research—will help strengthen America’s economy, national security, critical supply chains, and leadership in the semiconductor-driven technologies of today and tomorrow.
“As the Secretary highlighted today, we must now ensure the CHIPS Act is implemented efficiently, effectively, and expeditiously. We share her ambitious vision that CHIPS implementation provides an historic opportunity to ‘unite behind a shared objective … and think boldly and think big.’ We look forward to working with Secretary Raimondo and other leaders in the Administration to advance the CHIPS Act’s goals of strengthening our economy and national security and making our supply chains more resilient.”
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