半导体设备制造业面临新挑战 半导体制造设备主要用于生产芯片，这些设备通常价值高达数百万美元。在半导体工业的大本营——硅谷，许多大半导体设备企业的管理人员已经接近退休年龄，但一些企业甚至没有选定后备的接班人。高级管理人员要么从企业内部提拔，要么从别的同类企业 Semiconductor Equipment Manufacturing Faces New Challenges Semiconductor manufacturing equipment is mainly used to produce chips, which are typically worth millions of dollars. In Silicon Valley, the headquarters of the semiconductor industry, the management of many large semiconductor equipment companies has approached the retirement age, but some companies have not even selected reserve successors. Senior managers are either promoted from within the company or from other similar companies