How Do "Advanced Materials" Scientific Organizations and Trade Associations Contribute to the Development of Cleanroom Standards?

An Overview of Organizations and Trade Associations for Electronics, Semiconductor, Optics and Automation

Non-profit, scientific organizations, and trade associations help create standards for semiconductors, electronics manufacturers, optics, automation, and computer industries. Consult with these organizations about standards and continuing education and training that you can use to develop standard operating procedures for your cleanroom operation.

SEMI

SEMI members are responsible for innovations in materials, design, equipment, software, devices, and services that enable smarter, faster, more powerful, and affordable electronic products.

Since 1970, SEMI‘s mission has been to advocate for a free and open global marketplace, lead workforce development efforts, connect members to new business opportunities in high-growth markets, nurture pre-competitive collaboration, and help accelerate innovation.

To serve its mission the SEMI International Standards Program is a key service offered by SEMI for the benefit of the worldwide electronics design and manufacturing industries. The program started over 45 years ago in North America, was expanded in 1985 to include programs in Europe and Japan, and now also has technical committees in China, Korea, and Taiwan. SEMI Standards are voluntary technical agreements for the semiconductor, flat panel display, micro-electromechanical systems, photovoltaic, and high-brightness LED industries.

SEMI Smart Initiatives facilitate innovation and foster collaboration across the global electronics design and manufacturing supply chain around fast-growing vertical market segments including mobility, manufacturing, data-AI, and MedTech.

SEMI University

SEMI University is an online training program that provides best-in-class, semiconductor-focused technical, business, and professional training for both members and non-members of SEMI.

Types of courses offered at SEMI University are:

• Basic Electronics
• EHS, PPE, and Workplace Safety
• Handling Hazardous Materials
• New Technology such as Flexible and Printed Electronics
• Quality and Reliability
• Semiconductor Electronics and Processing

Through the SEMI online store, members may purchase market reports such as current market data, FAB forecasts, equipment, materials, and packaging information. Members may purchase SEMI standards and other developer resources.

On the SEMI Strategic Innovation Platform, members may purchase the SEMI Auto 1C Master and/or SEMI Semiconductor cybersecurity documents.

Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE)

SPIE is the international society for optics and photonics. SPIE serves 258,000 global members from 184 countries. The SPIE Digital Library is the world’s largest collection of optics and photonics applied research on biomedicine, communications, sensors, defense and security, manufacturing, electronics, energy, and imaging.

SPIE eBooks include all the SPIE Press monographs, reference works, field guides, and tutorial texts to keep researchers current on the latest science and technology.

International Sign Association (ISA)

ISA is devoted to supporting, promoting, and improving the sign, graphics, and visual communications industry through government advocacy, education and training programs, technical resources, stakeholder outreach, and industry networking events.

ISA publishes the Glossary of Signage Terms from the Sign Research Foundation which includes thousands of definitions of commonly used phrases in the sign, graphics and visual communications industry.

The glossary includes sections on lighting and electrical, equipment, production and installation, and large-format digital printing. It also includes definitions related to design, digital printing, and ADA Accessibility.

ISA provides online training on topics relevant to the sign, graphics, and visual communications industry. ISA has long played a leading role in the development of National Electric Code regulations that keep pace with advances in electric sign technology. It also publishes the federal regulations that are relevant to the sign industry on its website.

STA – SCSI Trade Association

The small computer system interface is a set of American National Standards Institute (ANSI) standard electronic interfaces that allow personal computers to communicate with peripheral hardware such as disk drives, tape drives, CD-ROM drives, printers, and scanners faster and more flexibly than previous parallel data transfer interfaces.

The SCSI Trade Association, or SCSITA (sometimes STA), is an industry trade group that exists to promote the use of SCSI technology. The SCSI Trade Association is not responsible for the technical standards concerning the SCSI specifications. This responsibility resides with the T-10 Committee. T-10 is a technical committee of the International Committee on Information Technology Standards (INCITS).

INCITIS is accredited by and operates under rules that are approved by the ANSI. These rules are designed to ensure that voluntary standards are developed by the consensus of industry groups. Subject matter experts from Amphenol, Intel, Samsung, Toshiba, Bizlink, Kioxia, Seagate, Broadcom, Microchip, TE, ConnPro, Molex and Teledyne create and publish the technical standards for SCSI.

The SNIA and SCSI Trade Association have formed a new SNIA-SCSI Trade Association Forum which is a technology community within SNIA to promote the use and understanding of SCSI and Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) technologies.

SNIA is a not-for-profit global organization, made up of member companies throughout the storage industry, and is a recognized and trusted authority for storage leadership, standards, and technology expertise.

SNIA’s mission is to lead the storage industry in developing and promoting vendor-neutral architectures, standards, and educational services that facilitate the efficient management, movement, and security of information.

Technology focus areas provide resources, white papers, SNIA Infographics, podcasts, and interviews with SNIA experts.

The technology focus areas are:

• Cloud Storage Technologies
• Computational Storage
• Data Governance & Security
• DNA Data
• Networked Storage
• Persistent Memory
• Physical Storage
• Power Efficiency Measurement
• Storage Management
  
  

The STA Library contains:

• SAS Generations
• SAS Roadmaps
  • Serial Attached SCSI Technical Roadmap
  • SAS Cabling Solutions Roadmap
  • SAS Device to Mid-Plane Interconnects Roadmap
• Reference Materials
  • Terms and Terminology
  • 6Gb/s SAS Nomenclature and Logo Use Guide
  • SAS/SCSI Naming
  • Case Studies
  • White Papers
    
    

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