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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.