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74-549: SEMI is headquartered in Milpitas, California , and has offices in Bangalore ; Berlin ; Brussels ; Hsinchu ; Seoul ; Shanghai ; Singapore ; Tokyo ; and Washington, D.C. Its main activities include conferences and trade shows , development of industry standards, market research reporting, and industry advocacy. The president and chief executive officer of the organization is Ajit Manocha . SEMI Global Advocacy represents

148-574: A CD-ROM, and now standards are available online on an annual subscription basis. Today, more than 1,000 SEMI standards and safety guidelines are available to address all aspects of automated fabs. The standards are developed and maintained by over 5,000 volunteer experts representing more than 2,000 companies, working in 23 technical committees and 200 task forces. High-profile standards include wafer dimensions and materials, factory efficiency and reliability, equipment interfaces, and environmental, health and safety standards. In 2022, SEMI published first ever

222-603: A SEMI Strategic Association partner. In 2017, MSIG (MEMS & Sensors Industry Group) joined SEMI as a SEMI Strategic Association partner bringing MEMS and Sensors community to SEMI's global platforms. In 2016, FlexTech joined SEMI as a SEMI Strategic Association partner. Milpitas, California Milpitas (Spanish for ' little milpas ' or little cornfield) is a city in Santa Clara County, California , United States, in Silicon Valley . As of

296-600: A ceramic tower in Hillcrest Park, a sundial in Augustine Park, and a historical memorial in Murphy Park. The Celebrate Milpitas Festival is held annually every August, featuring vendors of crafts-type merchandise and providing local talent with a performance venue while selling visitors samplings of exotics like garlic fries or lumpia and even offerings from one or two Californian wineries. The suburb offers

370-467: A female householder with no husband present, and 18.3% are nonfamilies. 11.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 2.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.47, and the average family size was 3.72. In the city, the population was spread out, with 24.6% under the age of 18, 9.5% from 18 to 24, 38.0% from 25 to 44, 20.9% from 45 to 64, and 7.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age

444-494: A pair of Cybersecurity Standards, to help protect against future cyberattacks on factory equipment. SEMI E187 - Specification for Cybersecurity of Fab Equipment, and SEMI E188 - Specification for Malware Free Equipment Integration. The four main equipment communication standards are the SECS-I (which stands for SEMI Equipment Communication Standards) established in 1978 that deals with communication protocol and physical definitions,

518-711: A ratio below one indicates weak demand. Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International (SEMI) publishes a monthly book-to-bill report for SME manufacturers headquartered in North America. The report is based on confidential bookings and billings data for 22 different equipment categories, broken down into seven regions: "North America", "Japan", "Europe", "Taiwan", "Korea", "China", and "Rest of World". The Semiconductor Equipment Association of Japan (SEAJ) publishes monthly book-to-bill reports for SME, LCD, and related equipment manufacturers headquartered in Japan. Like

592-688: A rich variety of food options, including sit-down restaurants and fast food. The Santa Clara County Library system operates the Milpitas public library. Milpitas is home to the largest Bay Area enclosed shopping mall (in terms of land area), the Great Mall of the Bay Area . The Great Mall is a part of the Simon Property Group and is the biggest mall/outlet shopping center in northern California. There are approximately 200 stores in

666-469: A saloon that served beer and wine to thirsty travelers for a century before becoming a restaurant in 2001. Around this central core, grocery and dry goods stores, blacksmithies, service stations, and, in the 1920s, one of America's earliest "fast food" chain restaurants, "The Fat Boy", opened nearby. Another of Milpitas's most popular restaurants was the "Kozy Kitchen", established in 1940 by the Carlo family in

740-457: A segregated neighborhood of San Jose, or enduring lengthy commutes between North Richmond and Milpitas. In 1961, Ben F. Gross , a civil rights activist, became Milpitas's first black city councilman with the backing of the UAW. This election was recognized nationally and received attention from Look and Life magazines. In 1966, Ben F. Gross became California's first black mayor when he was elected by

814-528: A supermarket. The so-called "Midtown" area, the oldest part of Milpitas, has few remaining historic residences and was the only commercial district that existed before 1945. Midtown is situated in the region where Main and Abel Streets run parallel to each other bordered by Montague Expressway in the south and Weller Street at the north end. A USPS post office, Saint John the Baptist Catholic Church, Elementary & Junior High Catholic School,

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888-399: A three-month rolling average of the book-to-bill ratio for semiconductor equipment manufacturers with headquarters in North America. It is released approximately three weeks after the close of each month. Data for the reports is collected directly from suppliers through a confidential data collection program via an independent financial services company. There are data collection programs in

962-614: A traditional life based on everyday hunting and gathering. Some of the Ohlone lived in various villages within what is now Milpitas, including sites underneath what are now the Calvary Assembly of God Church and Higuera Adobe Park. Archaeological evidence gathered from Ohlone graves at the Elmwood Correctional Facility in 1993 revealed a rich trade with other tribes from Sacramento to Monterey. During

1036-510: Is 19 feet (5.8 m). At Piedmont Road , Evans Road, and North Park Victoria Drive, the elevation is generally about 100 feet (30 m), while the western area is almost at sea level . The highest point in Milpitas is a 1,289-foot (393 m) peak in the southeastern foothills. To the east of Milpitas is a range of high foothills and mountains, part of the Diablo Range which runs along the east side of San Francisco Bay. Monument Peak

1110-560: Is a prominent summit in the eastern Milpitas hills, and is the location of antenna broadcasting television stations KICU and KQEH to the San Francisco Bay Area . There are also many creeks in Milpitas, most of which are part of the Berryessa Creek watershed . Calera Creek , Arroyo de los Coches , Penitencia Creek and Piedmont Creek are some of the creeks that flow from the Milpitas hills and empty into

1184-670: Is also home to one of Santa Clara County's two correctional facilities, the Elmwood Correctional Facility, which houses over 3,000 inmates. According to the city's 2020 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, the top employers in the city are: Milpitas residents enjoy various visual and performing arts. The Milpitas Alliance for the Arts, founded in 1997, is an organization which promotes and funds murals , plays , sculptures , and many other forms of art. The "Art in Your Park" project has put many sculptures in local Milpitas parks, including

1258-594: Is dated February 14, 1856. It is Juana Galindo Alviso, widow of Jose Maria Alviso, to Michael and Ellen Hughes for 800 acres (3.2 km ) of land, today the Main Street area south of Carlo Street, although the deed gives the name of the Rancho as Rancho San Miguel , rather than as Milpitas . Milpitas lies in the northeastern corner of the Santa Clara Valley , which is south of San Francisco . Milpitas

1332-607: Is derived from the Nahuatl words milli , meaning "agricultural field," and pan , meaning "on." The name Milpitas , perhaps used by Jose Maria Alviso to name his land grant, Rancho de las Milpitas , may have meant that there had been small Native American gardens nearby because of the rich alluvial soils of the area. The first deed of property sale in Milpitas is found in the Santa Clara County Records General Index 1850–1856 (K-143) and

1406-547: Is generally considered to be a San Jose suburb in the South Bay , a term used to denote the southern part of the San Francisco Bay Area . According to the United States Census Bureau , the city has a total area of 13.6 sq mi (35.3 km ). 13.6 sq mi (35.2 km ) of it is land and 0.050 sq mi (0.13 km ) of it (0.36%) is water. The median elevation of Milpitas

1480-568: The 2020 census , the city population was 80,273. The city's origins lie in Rancho Milpitas , granted to Californio ranchero José María Alviso in 1835. Milpitas incorporated in 1954 and has become home to numerous high tech companies, as part of Silicon Valley. Milpitas was first inhabited by Tamien people , a subgroup of the Ohlone people who had resided in the San Francisco Bay Area for thousands of years. The Ohlone Indians lived

1554-533: The BB ratio or BO/BI ratio , is the ratio of orders received to the amount billed for a specific period, usually one month or one quarter. It is widely used in the technology sector and especially in the semiconductor industry, where the semiconductor manufacturing equipment (SME) book-to-bill ratio is considered an important leading indicator of demand trends. A book-to-bill ratio above one means that more orders were received than filled, indicating strong demand, while

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1628-669: The Milpitas Public Library (which incorporates the old Milpitas Grammar School building), the Smith/DeVries mansion, the Senior Center, and Elmwood Correctional Facility are all in the Midtown section of Milpitas. The Milpitas Civic Center, which includes City Hall, is not located in Midtown, but stands at the intersection of Milpitas and Calaveras Boulevards . The Civic Center is separated from Midtown by

1702-642: The Newby Island landfill , from the anaerobic digestion facility at Zero Waste Energy Development Company, and from the San Jose sewage treatment plant's percolation ponds. Most malodorous during the autumn, it is especially pungent west of Interstate 880 because of its close location to the San Francisco Bay and the direction of the prevailing winds out of the north-northwest. The City of Milpitas would like to remedy this air quality problem to

1776-575: The San Francisco Bay . ( See Berryessa Creek ) Milpitas is divided into three sections by Interstates 680 and 880 . To the west of I-880 is a largely industrial and commercial area. Between I-880 and its eastern counterpart freeway, I-680, is an industrial zone in the south and residential neighborhoods in the north. Other residential neighborhoods and undeveloped mountains lie east of I-680. In reality, Milpitas has no concentrated downtown "center," but instead has several small retail centers generally located near residential developments and anchored by

1850-545: The de Anza Expedition . José María Alviso is considered to be the founder of Milpitas. Due to Jose Maria Alviso's descendants' difficulty securing his claims to the Rancho Milpitas property, portions of his land were either swindled from the Alviso family or were sold to American settlers to pay for legal fees. Both landowners had built prominent adobe homes on their properties. Today, both adobes still exist and are

1924-601: The "Midtown" district. Yet another influx of immigration came in the 1870s and 1880s as Portuguese sharecroppers from the Azores came to farm the Milpitas hillsides. Many of the Azoreans had such locally well-known surnames as Coelho, Covo, Mattos, Nunes, Spangler, Serpa, and Silva. There is a local legend that in 1857, when the U.S. Postal Service wanted to locate a Post Office in Frederick Creighton's store near

1998-578: The "Milpitas Minutemen" were quickly organized to oppose annexation and keep Milpitas independent. An overwhelming majority of Milpitas registered voters voted "No" to annexation in the 1961 election as a result of a vigorous anti-annexation campaign. Following the election, the anti-annexation committee, who had compared themselves to the Revolutionary War Minutemen who fought the British on Lexington Green—a role filled in this case by

2072-501: The 1960s and 1970s, extensive residential and retail development took place. Hayfields in Milpitas rapidly disappeared as industries and residential housing developments spread. Soon, the once rural town of Milpitas found itself a San Jose suburb. The population jumped from about 800 in 1950 to 62,698 in 2000. Several local farmers and businessmen who had chipped in from $ 2 to $ 50 to file for incorporation, had become millionaires within ten years. Most of them then moved away. According to

2146-529: The Calaveras overpass. The boundaries that divide major Milpitas neighborhoods and districts include Calaveras Boulevard running from east to west and the Union Pacific railroad, which runs from north to south. The newest retail centers are west of Interstate 880. Berryessa Creek flows through Milpitas. Milpitas occasionally experiences odorous air traveling downwind from bay salt marshes , from

2220-661: The City Square. In the past, Milpitas had a very different culture from that of its modern suburban state. As late as the 1950s, Milpitas was an unincorporated rural town with the Midtown district on Main Street as its main center of business and social activities. Many old businesses include Main Street Gas (operated by the Azorean Spangler brothers), Smith's Corner Saloon, and Kozy Kitchen. The Cracolice Building

2294-546: The Members Only section of the website. SEMI provides market research reports for the semiconductor equipment, materials, and LED industries. Its billing data is considered an important leading indicator of demand trends and is closely watched within the industry and by semiconductor market analysts and investor. It also releases the World Fab Forecast. The semiconductor equipment billings report provides

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2368-715: The SECS-II established in 1982 that deals with message format, the GEM established in 1992 that refines the SECS-II, and the HSMS that supersedes SECS-I established in 1994. The organization also provides safety and ergonomics guidelines, the first of which was the SEMI S2 developed in 1993, followed by the SEMI S8 in 1995. SEMI was founded in 1970 as an association of semiconductor production equipment vendors. At that time, most companies in

2442-538: The SEMI reports, the SEAJ reports are based on three-month moving averages. Detailed reports are available to SEAJ members and manufacturers who participate in the SEAJ data collection program. As of 2005, Japanese and North American SME manufacturers each accounted for more than 40% of the world market. IPC , the trade association of the electronics interconnect and packaging industry, distributes monthly market reports for

2516-569: The Spanish expeditions of the late 18th century, several missions were founded in the San Francisco Bay Area. During the mission period, Milpitas served as a crossroads between Mission San José de Guadalupe in present-day Fremont and Mission Santa Clara de Asis in present-day Santa Clara . The land of modern-day Milpitas was divided between the 6,353-acre (25.71 km ) Rancho Rincon de Los Esteros (Spanish for "corner of

2590-459: The Spanish word Penitencia might be confused with the English word "penitentiary." Instead of choosing Penitencia, he suggested another popular name for the area, Milpitas, after the name of Alviso's property, Rancho Milpitas . Thus was born "Milpitas Township." For over a century, Milpitas served as a popular rest stop for travelers on the old Oakland−San Jose Highway. At the north side of

2664-459: The book The Color of Law by Richard Rothstein (2017), when the Ford plant moved from Richmond to Milpitas in 1953, the town incorporated in order to pass laws that would exclude African American workers from residing there. "Union leaders met with Ford Executives and negotiated an agreement permitting all 1400 Richmond plant workers, including the approximately 250 African Americans, to transfer to

2738-712: The city acquiring the Alviso Adobe in 1995, it was the oldest continuously occupied adobe house in California dating from the Mexican period and today is still gradually being restored and undergoing seismic upgrades by the City of Milpitas. In the 1850s, large numbers of Americans of English , German , and Irish descent arrived to farm the fertile lands of Milpitas. The Burnett, Rose, Dempsey, Jacklin, Trimble, Ayer, Parks, Wool, Weller, Minnis, and Evans families are among

2812-413: The city was $ 27,823. About 3.3% of families and 5.0% of the population were below the poverty line , including 5.5% of those under age 18 and 6.4% of those age 65 or over. Milpitas has a relatively large percent of residents employed in the computer and electronic products industry. 34.1% of men and 26.9% of women are employed in this industry. While over 75% of people who live in Milpitas work out of

2886-405: The city was 51.81% Asian , 30.87% White , 3.66% African American , 0.62% Native American , 0.63% Pacific Islander , 7.48% from other races , and 4.94% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 16.61% of the population. There were 17,132 households, out of which 43.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 65.1% were married couples living together, 10.9% had

2960-433: The city's residents and "the only black mayor of a predominantly white town in California". Mayor Gross was reelected in 1968 and continued fighting against Milpitas's annexation by San Jose. The Ford San Jose Assembly Plant closed in 1984, later being converted into a shopping mall, known as the Great Mall of the Bay Area , which opened in 1994. In the early 21st century, the Milpitas light rail transit system station

3034-838: The city; the daytime population of Milpitas actually increases by nearly 20% as there are more people living in other cities who work in Milpitas than people living in Milpitas who work in other cities. This results in heavy traffic commutes along key arterial roads twice each day. Milpitas is home to the headquarters of Adaptec , Aerohive Networks , FireEye , Intersil , SonicWall , IXYS Corporation , Viavi Solutions and Lumentum Holdings (formerly JDSU ), KLA-Tencor , Linear Technology , LTX-Credence , SCA , Sigma Designs , and Flex . Many other companies have corporate offices in Milpitas including Hewlett Packard Enterprise , Western Digital , Cisco Systems , Renesas , Infineon Technologies , Varian Medical Systems , Teledyne , Quantum , LifeScan and International Microsystems Inc . Milpitas

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3108-511: The construction was completed. Though the result was that local residents could now drive over the train tracks without waiting for a slow freight to pass, it resulted in the loss of the historical residential area. Here houses owned by city leaders had to be purchased by the city at full market value and either moved or demolished. Starting in 1955, with the construction of the Ford Motor Assembly Plant, and accelerating in

3182-545: The early settlers of Milpitas. (Today many schools, streets, and parks have been named in honor of these families.) These early settlers farmed the land that was once the ranchos. Some set up businesses on what was then called Mission Road (now called Main Street) between Calaveras Road (now called Carlo Street) and the Alviso-Milpitas Road (now called Serra Way). By the late 20th century this area became known as

3256-417: The electronics industry. SEMI Smart Initiatives include: More than 20 SEMI Technology Communities, 150 Committees, and 15 Partner organizations provide access to global networks for collaboration, professional growth, business opportunities, educational events, workshops, and industrywide intelligence. In June 2021, SEMI established its first Semiconductor Committee focusing on Cybersecurity, seeking to raise

3330-409: The extent it can and encourages its residents to file odor complaints. Local creeks and the nearby San Francisco Bay suffer somewhat from water pollution originating from street water runoff and industrial wastes. The creeks in Milpitas, especially Calera , Scott, and Berryessa Creeks , used to be prime fishing spots for native steelhead until pollutants from urban development and industry killed

3404-909: The first SEMICON East show was held in New York City , with 120 exhibitors participating. This was followed by SEMICON Europa in Zürich , Switzerland (1975) and SEMICON Japan in Tokyo (1977), which attracted more than 200 exhibitors and 4,500 visitors. Through this and other activities, the organization grew from a domestic organization to one with an international focus. Part of this focus was to work with governments to reduce trade barriers and develop “a sympathetic regulatory climate” for its member organizations—companies that sold equipment and materials to firms that produce microprocessors. Today SEMI organizes and produces nearly 100 technology showcases, trade shows, conferences and special events per year in all of

3478-417: The fish starting in the 1950s. While small populations of steelhead and even salmon still may be seen in area streams these cannot legally be fished and consumption of legal catches is limited by mercury contamination . The I-880 corridor has experienced relatively elevated levels of air pollution from freeway traffic. For example, eight-hour standards for carbon monoxide have been near to maximum levels for

3552-570: The following areas. In-depth reports are broken down by region, supply chain segment, and equipment type. SEMI Smart Initiatives build activities around promising electronics markets emerging from mass digitalization in the Fourth Industrial Era. The initiatives synchronize advances around semiconductors, electronics and imaging systems, the Internet of Things, MEMS, sensors, devices, displays, and other digital technologies used in

3626-499: The former "Central Market" building. Kozy Kitchen was demolished soon after Jimmy Carlo sold the restaurant in 1999. Even in the early 1950s, Milpitas served a farming community of 800 people who walked a mere one or two blocks to work. On January 26, 1954, faced with getting swallowed up by a rapidly expanding San Jose, Milpitas residents incorporated as a city that included the recently built Ford Auto Assembly plant. When San Jose attempted to annex Milpitas barely seven years later,

3700-432: The gentle rains gradually dwindle. In summer, the grasslands on the hillsides dehydrate rapidly and form bright, golden sheets on the mountains set off by stands of oak. Summer is dry and warm but not hot like in other parts the Bay Area. Temperatures infrequently reach over 100 °F (38 °C), with most days in the low 80s to the mid 80s. From June to September, Milpitas experiences little rain, and as autumn approaches,

3774-455: The interests of the semiconductor industry's design, manufacturing and supply chain businesses worldwide. SEMI promotes its positions on public issues via press releases, position papers, presentations, social media, web content, and media interviews. SEMI Global Advocacy focuses on five priorities: taxes, trade, technology, talent, and environment, health and safety (EHS). SEMI Workforce Development attracts, and develops talent that can fulfill

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3848-486: The intersection of Mission Road and Alviso-Milpitas Road to serve the newly created Township, there was some support for naming it Penitencia, after the small Roman Catholic confessional building that had served local Indians and ranchers and had once stood several miles south of the village near Penitencia Creek which ran just west of the Mission Road. A local farmer and first Assistant Postmaster, Joseph Weller, felt

3922-476: The intersection of that road with the Milpitas-Alviso Road, for many years stood "French's Hotel" that had been originally built by Alex Anderson prior to 1859, when Alfred French bought it from Austin M. Thompson. South of the site of French's Hotel, was a saloon dating from at least 1856 when Agustus Rathbone purchased the land and "improvements" from Richard Greenham. The first murder in Milpitas

3996-476: The last two decades. Set within a warm Mediterranean climate zone in Santa Clara County , Milpitas enjoys warm, sunny weather with few extreme temperatures. Rainfall is confined mostly to the winter months. During winter, temperatures are relatively cold, at an average of 41 to 59 °F (5 to 15 °C). Showers and cloudy days come and go during this season, dropping most of the city's annual 15 inches (380 mm) of precipitation, and as spring approaches,

4070-460: The major manufacturing regions of the world. They include trade shows in China, Japan, Germany, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, North America, and Europe, as well as executive conferences, technical programs, and standards meetings. The organization also has technical education programs, and a weekly email newsletter. Presentations delivered at its symposia are available to members of the organization on

4144-640: The mall, with a total of 1,357,000 square feet (126,100 m ) of retail area. Milpitas is also home to the first and largest power center in Santa Clara County, McCarthy Ranch Marketplace, which was built in 1994. A large outdoor shopping center called Milpitas Square is west of Interstate 880. Another shopping center in Milpitas is The Seasons Marketplace. Other Milpitas shopping centers and plazas include Ulferts Center, Milpitas Town Center, Jacklin Square, Parktown Plaza, Beresford Square, and

4218-532: The neighboring city of San Jose—adopted the image of Daniel Chester French's Minuteman statue, that stands near the site of the Old North Bridge in Concord, MA, as part of the official city seal. In the 1960s, the city approved the construction of the Calaveras overpass. Formerly at a junction with the Union Pacific railroad, Calaveras Boulevard had a bridge passing over six sets of railroad tracks after

4292-403: The new facility. Once Ford's plans became known, Milpitas residents incorporated the town and passed an emergency ordinance permitting the newly installed city council to ban apartment construction and allow only single family homes. ... The Federal Housing Administration approved subdivision plans that met their specifications in Milpitas and guaranteed mortgages to qualified buyers ... One of

4366-652: The oldest structures in Milpitas. The seriously eroded walls of the Jose Higuera Adobe, now in Higuera Adobe Park, are encapsulated in a brick shell built c. 1970 by Marian Weller, a descendant of pioneer Joseph Weller. The Alviso Adobe can be seen mostly in its original form, with one kitchen addition made by the Cuciz family after they purchased the adobe from the Gleason family in 1922. Prior to

4440-436: The overall supply chain security, and building supply resilience through cybersecurity. In 2019, Electronic Systems Design Alliance (ESDA) joined SEMI as a SEMI Strategic Association partner In 2018, Electronic System Design Alliance joined SEMI as a Strategic Association partner. In 2019, Nano Bio Materials Consortium (NBMC) joined SEMI as a SEMI Strategic Association partner In 2018, Fab Owners Association joined SEMI as

4514-651: The population) lived in households, 104 (0.2%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 2,594 (3.9%) were institutionalized. There were 19,184 households, out of which 8,616 (44.9%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 12,231 (63.8%) were opposite-sex married couples living together, 2,279 (11.9%) had a female householder with no husband present, 1,105 (5.8%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 760 (4.0%) unmarried opposite-sex partnerships , and 100 (0.5%) same-sex married couples or partnerships . 2,470 households (12.9%) were made up of individuals, and 742 (3.9%) had someone living alone who

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4588-425: The population) lived in owner-occupied dwelling units and 21,591 people (32.3%) lived in rental housing units. As of the census of 2000, there were 62,698 people, 17,132 households, and 13,996 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,785.2 people/km (4,624 people/sq mi). There were 17,364 housing units at an average density of 494.4 units/km (1,280 units/sq mi). The racial makeup of

4662-504: The requirements of the electronics industry. SEMI programs include: The SEMI Standards program was established in 1973 using proceeds from the west coast SEMICON show. Its first initiative, following meetings with silicon suppliers, was a successful effort to set common wafer diameters to be used in silicon manufacturing. This standardization helped the industry avoid a wafer shortage from 1973 to 1974, that had previously been anticipated. The standards would become internationally utilized over

4736-797: The semiconductor industry exhibited at the Wescon Show on the west coast and the IEEE show on the east coast. Wishing to organize a show dedicated to semiconductor production equipment, 55 companies met in Palo Alto and agreed to found a new association, originally called Semiconductor Equipment and Materials Institute. The first SEMICON show was held in 1971 at the San Mateo Fairground in California, which featured “semiconductor processing equipment, materials, and service firms.” It featured 80 exhibitors and attracted 2,800 visitors. In 1973,

4810-448: The specifications for mortgages insured in Milpitas (as in the rest of the country at that time) was an openly stated prohibition on sales to African Americans. Because Milpitas had no apartments, and houses in the area were off-limits to black workers-though their incomes and economic circumstances were like those of whites on the assembly line-African Americans had to choose between giving up the good industrial jobs, moving to apartments in

4884-779: The weather gradually cools down. Many temperate-climate trees drop their leaves during fall in the South Bay but the winter temperature is warm enough for evergreens like palm trees to thrive. The 2010 United States Census reported that Milpitas had a population of 66,790. The population density was 4,896.5 inhabitants per square mile (1,890.5/km ). The racial makeup of Milpitas was 13,725 (20.5%) White , 1,969 (2.9%) African American , 309 (0.5%) Native American , 41,536 (62.2%) Asian , 346 (0.5%) Pacific Islander , 5,811 (8.7%) from other races , and 3,094 (4.6%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 11,240 persons (16.8%). The Census reported that 64,092 people (96.0% of

4958-485: The wetlands") granted to Ignacio Alviso ; the 4,457.8-acre (18.040 km ) Rancho Milpitas (Spanish for "little corn fields") granted to José María Alviso ; and the 4,394.35-acre (17.7833 km ) Rancho Los Tularcitos (Spanish for "little tule marshes") granted to José Higuera. Jose Maria Alviso was the son of Francisco Xavier Alviso and Maria Bojorquez, both of whom arrived in San Francisco as children with

5032-574: The years, through partnerships with the ASTM, the DIN, and other national standards organizations. Before these standards, there were more than two thousand different specifications for silicon and by 1975 80% of all silicon wafers met with the SEMI standard. It was first published annually as the Book of SEMI Standards. With three new standards published annually in the mid-2000s, the book was eventually replaced with

5106-409: Was 33 years. For every 100 females, there are 110.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 111.4 males. The median income for a household in the city was $ 84,429, and the median income for a family was $ 84,827 (these figures had risen to $ 85,186 and $ 91,232 respectively as of a 2007 estimate ). Males had a median income of $ 51,316 versus $ 36,681 for females. The per capita income for

5180-406: Was 36.1 years. For every 100 females, there were 104.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 104.6 males. There were 19,806 dwelling units at an average density of 1,452.0 per square mile (560.6/km ), of which 12,825 (66.9%) were owner-occupied, and 6,359 (33.1%) were occupied by renters. The homeowner vacancy rate was 1.2%; the rental vacancy rate was 3.1%. 42,501 people (63.6% of

5254-420: Was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.34. There were 15,615 families (81.4% of all households); the average family size was 3.61. The population was spread out, with 15,303 people (22.9%) under the age of 18, 5,887 people (8.8%) aged 18 to 24, 21,827 people (32.7%) aged 25 to 44, 17,434 people (26.1%) aged 45 to 64, and 6,339 people (9.5%) who were 65 years of age or older. The median age

5328-464: Was added, making it the northeastern most light rail destination in the region. On January 26, 2004, the city celebrated the 50th anniversary of its incorporation and issued the book Milpitas: Five Dynamic Decades to commemorate 50 years of Milpitas's history as a busy, exciting crossroads community. The name Milpitas is the plural diminutive of milpa , Mexican Spanish for "cornfield." The name means "Place of little cornfields." The word milpa

5402-422: Was committed in the early 1860s in "Rathbone's Saloon" (alas, the murderer escaped). Later the saloon was replaced by a hotel that is shown on the 1893 Sanborn Fire Insurance Map as "Goodwin's Hotel" (perhaps the same Henry K. Goodwin who, in 1890, loaned money to prominent local rancher Marshall Pomeroy). Presumably, this hotel burned down and "Smith's Corner," which still stands, was built in 1895, by John Smith, as

5476-508: Was one of the oldest commercial buildings in Milpitas and was the site of many political conventions and meetings. "As Milpitas Goes, So Goes the State" used to be a popular slogan around the town. Most of the land now within modern-day Milpitas's boundaries was used for strawberry , asparagus , apricot , and potato cultivation until the postwar boom during the 1950s and 1960s. Book-to-bill ratio The book-to-bill ratio , also known as

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