This year SEMATECH (www.sematech.org), the international consortium of leading semiconductor device, equipment, and materials manufacturers, observes its 25th anniversary. SEMATECH’s members and partners, who represent about half of the world’s semiconductor production, work to reduce the time from innovation to manufacturing through a global network of alliances with equipment and material suppliers, device makers, universities, 
research institutes, consortia, start-up companies, and government partners.
In the 25 years since it was founded, SEMATECH has evolved from a bold, five-year experiment in US industry/government cooperation to an international collaboration of the broader semiconductor community.
SEMATECH (SEmiconductor MAnufacturing TECHnology) was formed in 1987 in Austin, TX, when 14 US-based semiconductor manufacturers and the US government came together to solve common manufacturing problems by leveraging resources and sharing risks. In 1995, the International 300 mm Initiative (I300I) was formed as a subsidiary of SEMATECH, and by 2000 SEMATECH was operating as a unified global consortium, with members from Asia, Europe, and the US dedicated to cooperative work on semiconductor manufacturing technology.
SEMATECH’s manufacturing subsidiary, International SEMATECH Manufacturing Initiative (ISMI) (http://ismi.sematech.org/), is the only organization in the world exclusively focused on increasing manufacturing effectiveness by providing both tactical and strategic solutions to manufacturing infrastructure, standards, and productivity improvement challenges.
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