Assessing and addressing the ecological impact of the IC value chain

This podcast was originally published in 3D Incites.

In this episode Françoise Von Trapp of 3D InCites speaks with Cédric Rolin, program manager at imec, about its Sustainable Semiconductor Technologies & Systems (SSTS) research program. Launched by imec in 2021, the SSTS rallies stakeholders from across the semiconductor industry to help reduce the ecological impact of the IC value chain. To date, SSTS has 15 member partners including Google, Amazon, Apple, Meta, and Microsoft; GlobalFoundries, TSMC, Samsung, and Rapidus; and equipment suppliers including Applied Materials, ASML, Edwards, Kurita, SCREEN, and Tokyo Electron.

In this podcast, you’ll learn the back story of the program, how it's structured, what role these companies play, how they developed a new data tool called imec.netzero, how the program will help companies achieve Net Zero Emissions, and more.

Imec will be discussing this important topic further at its ITF Semicon USA, in a fireside chat with imec’s Emily Gallagher and SEMI’s Mousumi Bhat.