Dear readers—We hope this editorial finds you and your family safe as we and the world battle—or, hopefully at the time of this publication, recover from—perhaps the greatest world-wide health crisis in the last century, COVID-19. Fortunately, the contributions of our semiconductor manufacturing industry over the last 40 years have put us in a much more comfortable position than those who faced past pandemics. It is likely that many of you have been working from home using your high-speed Internet connection and one of multiple computers that you and most families own. The worldwide Internet and computing infrastructure that our industry has enabled allows many engineers and others to VPN into work, communicate and share documents via e-mail, and attend video meetings. On the personal side, you can keep up with family and friends, with the latest news, and information and instructions from the government. Semiconductors allow your children to attend (or perhaps teach) school remotely. Certainly school aged children will be missing contact with their friends, but, fortunately, they can still video chat, message, or at least call friends with their mobile phones. The whole family can enjoy their favorite shows and movies via streaming services, and of course try new video games.

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2019 SEMI先进半导体制造大会客座编辑专区

亲爱的读者——我们希望这篇社论能让你和你的家人在我们和世界的战斗中安全——或者，希望在本书出版时，从——也许是上个世纪最大的全球健康危机 COVID-19 中恢复过来。幸运的是，我们半导体制造业在过去 40 年中的贡献使我们比那些面对过去大流行的人更加轻松。你们中的许多人很可能一直在使用高速 Internet 连接和您和大多数家庭拥有的多台计算机中的一台在家工作。我们行业启用的全球互联网和计算基础设施允许许多工程师和其他人通过 VPN 进入工作、通过电子邮件交流和共享文档，以及参加视频会议。在个人方面，你可以跟上家人和朋友，最新消息，以及来自政府的信息和指示。半导体允许您的孩子远程上学（或教）。学龄儿童肯定会失去与朋友的联系，但幸运的是，他们仍然可以通过手机进行视频聊天、消息或至少给朋友打电话。全家人可以通过流媒体服务欣赏他们最喜欢的节目和电影，当然也可以尝试新的视频游戏。