Today in 3D: HMCC Drafts Specs; Materials Suppliers take on TB/DB; OSATS add Capacity
I’ve come across a few interesting announcements in the 3D space today that separately are just random bits of news, but when bundled together, demonstrate acceleration to 3D commercialization. When you think about it, we’re more than halfway to Q1 2013, which has been earmarked by Micron as when 2...
Design and Test Solutions are Trending in 3D ICs
These days, as I troll the pages of the Internet in search of juicy tidbits of 3D IC news and information, I’ve realized that with the exception of that pesky issue with thin wafer handling, focus has moved away from novel manufacturing processes, and turned its magnifying glass onto the...
Invensas Unveils Groundbreaking Package-on-Package Solution for Next-Generation Smartphone and Tablet Computing
Invensas Corporation, provider of semiconductor technology solutions and wholly owned subsidiary of Tessera Technologies, Inc. unveiled its bond via array (BVA) technology. BVA is an ultra-high I/O packaging alternative to wide-I/O through silicon via (TSV) that delivers the performance required by mobile OEMs while preserving the proven infrastructure and business...
3D Company Updates
There are a couple of notable updates circulating this week involving companies in the 3D space. The first I saw was news from Sony that it has introduced its next-generation CMOS Image sensor they claim is “ the industry's smallest, CMOS image sensor and camera system”. The image sensor is...
DATE’10 3D Integration Workshop addresses applications, technology, architecture, design, automation, and test’
3D Workshop organizers Erik Jan Marinissen (IMEC), Yann Guillou (ST-Ericsson) Geert Van der Plas (IMEC) report back from a very successful second year at DATE, 2010 in Dresden, Germany.
Design community speaks out on 3D
I think maybe the design community is tired of being referred to as “a limitation” just because the tools aren’t ready yet. I think they are also tired of being the scape goat.
