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September 24, 2007 3:49 PM

What are good magazines for getting news on the semiconductor industry?

I work at a semiconductor process equipment company, and I'd like to try to get some broader perspective on the industry and keep up with current news. To that end, I'm looking for some good magazines that deal with semiconductor manufacturing. Any suggestions? Alternatively, what are other good sources of news/information on the industry?

posted by bargex to technology (6 comments total)

There's always Semiconductor manufacturing.

EE Times and Small Times both regularly have semiconductor-related articles. They're not exclusively semiconductor publications, but I've seen both in the lobbies of wafer makers or fabs.

SIA and SEMI are the two relevant trade associations. I think SEMI is specifically targeted for organizations serving the manufacturers.
posted by croutonsupafreak at 4:03 PM on September 24, 2007 [1 favorite]

EETimes, Semiconductor International, Solid State Technology magazines are all possible starting points, and are available online.

Your profile doesn't say where you are, but if you're in the Bay Area or Phoenix and you're interested in the back end of the Semiconductor industry, you may also want to get on the MEPTEC mailing list, and stop by their monthly meetings - they talk about a variety of different industry related topics and can provide a good opportunity to network too.
posted by netsirk at 4:09 PM on September 24, 2007

If your firm is publicly traded, ask your bankers to CC: you on the distribution lists of their research departments.
posted by Kwantsar at 4:50 PM on September 24, 2007

My semicon reading list for work (where I create a weekly newsletter on the Taiwan semiconductor sector) includes Google News and Yahoo News RSS feeds searching for semiconductor terms and companies I'm interested in, EE Times (my favorite, by far), Solid State Technology, FabTech and Digitimes.

The top three semiconductor industry associations are SEMI (equipment manufacturers), SIA (general semiconductor companies), and FSA (fabless companies). Their websites have some good stuff too, including papers and event reports, etc.
posted by gemmy at 9:15 PM on September 24, 2007

Great! thanks for the suggestions.
posted by bargex at 10:14 PM on September 24, 2007

What Kwantsar said -- and you can probably get on lists even if you aren't publicly traded. Analysts always want to curry contacts in industry.
posted by MattD at 3:31 AM on September 25, 2007