Congressional policymakers formally kicked off negotiations on comprehensive legislation meant to facilitate domestic production of semiconductors and improve the movement of freight at ports. Lawmakers engaged in the negotiations met May 12 to finalize the freight-centric legislation. At issue are... Read more
Improving yield, reliability, and cost by leveraging more data. MAY 10TH, 2022 – BY: ANNE MEIXNER With data exploding across all manufacturing steps, the promise of leveraging it from fab to field is beginning to pay off. Engineers are beginning to connect... Read more
Date: May 25, 2022 Time: 1:00 PM ET Live Webinar: 1 hour Webinar Description Supply Chain Planners have historically focused on using the past to predict the future. Advancements in technology and process have helped reduce planning cycle times and introduce more accurate near term... Read more
Manufacturing companies have learned the hard way that supply chains are vulnerable to disruption from a number of factors. Meaningful, actionable data collected from IoT in the supply chain powered by a private cellular network, can help firms not only... Read more
Product recalls are an unfortunate but urgent reality. Workflows and measures will ideally prevent them, but they’re too common and disruptive to assume you’ll never experience one. They are more common than most people think. There were 218 non-food consumer... Read more
By Ian King February 9, 2022, 3:30 PM PST Updated on February 9, 2022, 4:57 PM PST Western Digital Corp. and manufacturing partner Kioxia Corp. said that contamination of materials used in flash-memory chip production has hurt output at two factories in Japan. ... Read more
Shares in both companies have dropped as they forecast issues ahead amid the ongoing chip shortage and supply chain constraints. Apple and Intel both are both predicting weaker-than-expected quarters ahead, as supply chain issues and the global chip crunch continue to take... Read more
The COVID-19 pandemic brought the consequences of offshoring semiconductors into sharp relief for American consumers and businesses. When the pandemic struck—snarling global supply chains and spiking demand for consumer electronics—American businesses and consumers were left without the inputs and supplies they had... Read more
Enabling real-time data streams for data analytics, starting with Synopsys’ Silicon Lifecycle Management platform April 25, 2022 21:00 ET | Source: Advantest America, Inc. Highlights: New ACS Nexus enables real-time data streaming from distributed test floors across the semiconductor supply chain for... Read more
AI can shed light on your supply snarl-ups, but bad data might make a chaotic situation worse by: Jane Hoskyn19 Apr 2022 The industry may be emerging from the COVID-19 pandemic, with e-commerce still thriving on it, but the supply chain... Read more