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Posted by: Dustin Todd, Director of Government Affairs on Tuesday, May 21, 2013 at 3:00:00 pm
Members of the Senate Judiciary Committee today reached a bipartisan deal on amendments to legislation (S.744) that would reform America’s high-skilled immigration ...
Posted by: David Isaacs, VP Government Affairs on Tuesday, May 14, 2013 at 12:00:00 am
The semiconductor industry is research intensive—members invest, on average, 18% of revenues to research and development. Nearly half of the top 15 American patent ...
Posted by: Brian Toohey on Friday, May 10, 2013 at 12:00:00 am
A nanometer is one-billionth of a meter, essentially a measurement of matter on the molecular and atomic scale. To put this size in context, a human hair is between 80,000 ...
Posted by: David Isaacs, Vice President, Government Affairs on Tuesday, April 23, 2013 at 3:00:00 pm
This Thursday, the U.S. House of Representatives is scheduled to vote on bipartisan legislation that would help secure the supply of helium, a gas that is critical for ...
Posted by: Ian Steff, Vice President, Global Policy and Technology Partnerships on Monday, April 22, 2013 at 5:00:00 pm
Today, semiconductor executives representing the six regional delegations of the World Semiconductor Council (WSC) sent a letter to Prime Minister Singh of India urging his ...
Posted by: Brian Toohey, SIA President & CEO on Wednesday, April 10, 2013 at 1:00:00 pm
The President’s fiscal year 2014 budget, released today, includes a number of proposals that would help enable the U.S. semiconductor industry and other tech sectors to ...
Posted by: Dustin Todd, Director, Government Affairs on Thursday, April 4, 2013 at 12:00:00 am
This week, the U.S. government began accepting applications from employers for H-1B visas for highly educated workers who want to fill open jobs in the U.S. Unfortunately, ...
Posted by: Devi Keller, Deputy Director, Global Policy on Thursday, March 28, 2013 at 9:00:00 am
SIA joined a high-tech industry delegation to Geneva last week to press for the expansion of the Information Technology Agreement (ITA). Our group, comprised of seven ...
Posted by: David Isaacs, VP Government Policy on Wednesday, March 27, 2013 at 12:00:00 am
On March 20, the House Natural Resources Committee voted to approve the “Responsible Helium Administration and Stewardship Act” (HR 527), a bipartisan bill that ...
Posted by: Brian Toohey, SIA President & CEO on Friday, March 15, 2013 at 12:00:00 am
SIA this week joined a coalition of more than 100 technology leaders from across the country in sending a letter to President Obama and congressional leaders urging prompt ...
Posted by: Ian Steff, VP, Global Policy & Technology Partnerships on Thursday, February 28, 2013 at 12:00:00 am
Earlier this month, the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) completed an investigation into the proposed expansion of the Information Technology Agreement (ITA), which ...
Posted by: Ian Steff, VP, Global Policy & Technology Partnerships on Friday, February 15, 2013 at 12:00:00 am
The 20th annual Discover Engineering Family Day (DEFD) will be held tomorrow, Feb. 16, at the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C. DEFD is a fun way to introduce ...
Posted by: Brian Toohey, SIA President & CEO on Tuesday, February 12, 2013 at 12:00:00 am
During tonight’s State of the Union Address, President Obama outlined a plan to create jobs and accelerate America’s economic recovery. As a bellwether of the ...
Posted by: David Isaacs, VP Government Policy on Thursday, February 7, 2013 at 10:00:00 am
On Jan. 2, President Obama signed into law the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for 2013, legislation that, among other things, permits the Administration to return ...
Posted by: Falan Yinug, Director of Industry Statistics & Economic Policy on Thursday, January 24, 2013 at 12:00:00 am
Several U.S. semiconductor companies ranked among the leading U.S. patent recipients in 2012, according to a recent report. The report, which was compiled and released by IFI ...
Posted by: Brian Toohey, SIA President & CEO on Tuesday, January 22, 2013 at 9:00:00 am
With the new year upon us and the 113th Congress now underway, SIA is focused on advancing the U.S. semiconductor industry’s key policy objectives for 2013. Our ...
Posted by: David Isaacs, VP Government Policy on Wednesday, January 2, 2013 at 12:00:00 am
It’s no secret that modern technology – enabled by semiconductors – has improved our lives dramatically by revolutionizing our communication, ...
Posted by: Brian Toohey, SIA President & CEO on Thursday, December 20, 2012 at 12:00:00 am
Over the last couple months, SIA has reported some key information about U.S. semiconductor employment. In November, we announced that the U.S. semiconductor industry ...
Posted by: Brian Toohey, SIA President & CEO on Friday, November 9, 2012 at 12:00:00 am
In an exciting development for our industry, last week SIA announced that U.S. semiconductor employment has reached nearly 250,000 and the industry added jobs three times ...
Posted by: Brian Toohey, SIA President & CEO on Monday, October 8, 2012 at 1:00:00 pm
SIA recently joined with other members of the Task Force on American Innovation to send a letter to President Obama and congressional leaders expressing concern about the ...
Posted by: Ian Steff, Vice President, Global Policy and Technology Partnerships on Tuesday, September 4, 2012 at 12:00:00 am
The U.S. semiconductor industry has long emphasized that sustaining America’s global leadership in the commercialization of innovation is critical to our economic and ...
Posted by: Larry W. Sumney, President & Chief Executive Officer, Semiconductor Research Corporation on Friday, August 17, 2012 at 12:00:00 am
(The following article originally appeared in Solid State Technology, Volume 55, Issue 6, July 2012)
The Federal government continues to send encouraging messages that the ...
Posted by: Brian Toohey, SIA President & CEO on Monday, July 30, 2012 at 12:00:00 am
We traditionally think of our cars as being built from steel and powered by gas, but cars are increasingly becoming electronic products on wheels powered by semiconductors. ...
Posted by: Brian Toohey, SIA President and CEO on Thursday, July 5, 2012 at 12:00:00 am
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) announced this week that it will open new regional offices in Dallas, Denver and Silicon Valley, in addition to the previously ...
Posted by: Brian Toohey, SIA President on Thursday, May 24, 2012 at 12:00:00 am
A new nonpartisan campaign called TechElect, launched by the Information Technology Industry Council (ITI), is bringing together America’s technology and innovation leaders ...
Posted by: Brian Toohey, SIA President on Wednesday, May 16, 2012 at 12:00:00 am
This week, Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) introduced the Securing the Talent America Requires for the 21st Century (STAR) Act, legislation intended to retain top foreign students ...
Posted by: Brian Toohey, SIA President on Monday, April 16, 2012 at 12:00:00 am
Last week, the Commerce Department’s Economics and Statistics Administration and the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) published a comprehensive study ...
Posted by: Brian Toohey, SIA President on Monday, March 19, 2012 at 12:00:00 am
Last week representatives from the Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP), National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), the National Science Foundation ...
Posted by: David Isaacs, VP Government Policy on Friday, March 9, 2012 at 12:00:00 am
In 1998 the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recognized the World Semiconductor Council (WSC) as part of its first Climate Protection Award, in recognition of the ...
Posted by: Brian Toohey, SIA President on Friday, February 17, 2012 at 12:00:00 am
The semiconductor industry is a driving force behind the explosive adoption of smartphones, laptops and tablets, which is why we are pleased that Congress has granted ...
