Process Control and Inspection for High-Value Advanced Packages: It’s Complicated
Oct 15, 2020 · By Francoise von Trapp · Test and Inspection
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DAC 2020 Addresses Chiplet Design and Integration
In the early days of ASIC technology, only logic library elements and basic I/Os with up to 10s of transistors were available for customizing gate arrays and/or logic functions in standard cell chips. And then, “megacells” (a.k.a. Functional Blocks, Semiconductor IP Blocks), comprised of 100s, even 1000s, and more transistors...
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In my alliance management roles at electronic design automation (EDA) companies, I arranged many presentations to convey the benefits of EDA tools to IDMs, fabless IC vendors, and wafer foundries. Some of our EDA marketing people passionately presented their products’ strengths and demonstrated in-depth EDA knowledge. However, speaking fast, with...
Devices View all
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