The Strategic Materials Conference—SMC 2024

The Strategic Materials Conference—SMC 2024
by Admin on 07-23-2024 at 7:52 pm

MATERIALS REVOLUTION:  Shaping the Future of Electronics & Beyond, and the Impact of AI

The Strategic Materials Conference—SMC attracts an influential audience from every segment of the semiconductor manufacturing industry.
Get insights on current developments in advanced materials. SMC is a valuable, productive… Read More


SEMI SMC: Atoms Still Don’t Scale

SEMI SMC: Atoms Still Don’t Scale
by Paul McLellan on 09-24-2015 at 7:00 am

Last Tuesday was the SEMI’s annual Strategic Materials Conference (SMC). The opening keynotes were given by Gary Patton, the CTO of GlobalFoundries, and Mark Thirsk, Managing Partner of Linx Consulting. This year it was held in the Computer History Museum (which always makes the commute interesting since you have to fight… Read More


Strategic Materials

Strategic Materials
by Paul McLellan on 08-28-2015 at 7:00 am

Here on SemiWiki we spend a certain amount of time discussing semiconductor equipment, especially the big sea-change items like EUV and 450mm, where everyone wants to know when (and if) they will happen. But there is another aspect to next generation processes other than equipment and that is materials. When the received wisdom… Read More


Strategic Materials Conference

Strategic Materials Conference
by Paul McLellan on 09-24-2014 at 8:00 pm

SEMI’s Strategic Materials Conference is coming up fast, on September 30th and October 1st next week at the Biltmore in Santa Clara. This year’s theme, Materials Matter—Enabling the Future of IC Fabrication and Packaging, will take a broad look at what is driving the demand for new materials, and how material suppliers … Read More