SOLD: ELMOS OPERATIONAL 200MM FAB, DORTMUND, GERMANY ATREG is pleased to announce that it has successfully advised Elmos Semiconductor SE on the disposition of its operational automotive-certified 200mm manufacturing facility located in Dortmund, Germany. Elmos has entered into a definitive sale and purchase agreement with Silex Microsystems AB, a pure-play MEMS foundry headquartered in Järfälla,
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EXECUTIVE Q&A: AJIT MANOCHA, PRESIDENT & CEO, SEMI ATREG recently sat down with Ajit Manocha, President and CEO of SEMI headquartered in Milpitas, CA, to discuss the United States Innovation and Competition Act (USICA) and its impact on the U.S. semiconductor industry. Do you believe that the funding currently included in the USICA will be
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REFLECTIONS ON 20 YEARS OF GLOBAL FAB TRANSACTIONS By Stephen Rothrock, Founder, President & CEO, ATREG, Inc. Over the past 50 years, the semiconductor industry has faced its fair share of difficult challenges. The COVID-19 pandemic the world is currently experiencing has caused the worst downturn since the financial crisis of 2008, devastating global economies.
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GUEST COLUMN: COVID-19 DRIVES RISE FOR SEMICONDUCTORS From gloom to boom for some industry segments By Christian Dieseldorff, Senior Principal Analyst for Semiconductors, Industry Research & Statistics Group, SEMI The semiconductor industry should feel lucky not to be the restaurant or travel business. How is it possible that the COVID-19 pandemic turns from gloom to
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SEMICONDUCTOR INDUSTRY OUTLOOK: UNSURE IN THE NEAR TERM AND PRECARIOUS IN RECOVERY By Malcolm Penn, Chairman & CEO, Future Horizons After strong growth in 2017 and early 2018, global economic activity slowed notably in the second half of last year, reflecting a confluence of factors affecting major economies. As is always the case, when the global
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