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The Convergence of Technology Nodes

May 09, 2023 · By Dean Freeman · 3D In Context

The photo of my May calendar was a picture of a 1956 RAMAC computer with a whopping five megabytes of storage. The note on my calendar states that it could hold the entire phone book of Manhattan. The photo made me think of recent technology announcements, the announcements yet to...

Did the SVB Failure Launch Another High-Tech Financial Crisis?

Apr 13, 2023 · By Dean Freeman · 3D In Context

As Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) and Signature Bank failures were happening, I read a Facebook post that commented, 1929 again? I then started thinking about the number of bank and industry crashes that have taken place over time, and closer to home during my career. 1929 sticks with many of...

Creating a Semiconductor Workforce for the Future

Apr 04, 2023 · By Dean Freeman · 3D In Context

There are multiple challenges facing the semiconductor industry as multiple new fabs launch across the United States. A key one is where they are going to get the semiconductor workforce needed to fully staff and operate them. One challenge is getting students excited again about designing and manufacturing semiconductors. A...

Progress in Sustainability: Will it be Enough?

Mar 23, 2023 · By Dean Freeman · 3D In Context

Progress in Sustainability has become one of SEMI’s key focus points in supporting its members. It was initiated with a series of keynotes at SEMICON West in 2019, followed by the formation of the SEMI Sustainability Initiative, to help bring focus to the Startups for Sustainability venture capital programs. And...

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A Career in Microelectronics Through the Eyes of Bill Chen

May 15, 2023 · By Francoise von Trapp · Blogs

The semiconductor and microelectronics industries are in the midst of a workforce crisis created by, among other things, the combination of explosive growth and a maturing workforce. Competition for STEM talent in other industries has made it difficult to recruit the latest generation of graduates, who are lured by seemingly...

A Newcomer’s Perspective of the 2023 North America TSMC Technology Symposium

May 02, 2023 · By Francoise von Trapp · Blogs

For the first time in 3D InCites’ history, I was invited to attend a TSMC Technology Symposium, which took place April 26 at the Santa Clara Convention Center. You might be asking, why was this my first time? Great question! I always assumed it was because Herb Reiter, our EDA...

3D InCites: A New Chapter

Apr 27, 2023 · By Francoise von Trapp · Blogs

14 years ago, I had an idea to create a content platform devoted to the advancement of semiconductor 3D Integration technologies. I called it 3D InCites because to “incite” means to “stir up interest in”. I also liked the play on 3D IC. I started attending industry events and blogging...

This. Is. Community: The 3D InCites DEI Fund Grows to $61,672.52

Apr 19, 2023 · By Francoise von Trapp · Blogs

The donations are in, the expenses tallied, and we’re excited to report that the 3D InCites DEI Fund has grown to a healthy $61,672.52 thanks to the generosity of our 2023 3D InCites Awards sponsors, our annual Mural Sponsors, and our second annual Hike for DEI, and our event partners,...

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Building a Chiplet Ecosystem

May 08, 2023 · By John Park · Blogs

The semiconductor industry’s decades-long adherence to Moore’s Law doctrine of doubling transistor counts on monolithic devices every 18 – 24 months has been amazingly successful. It’s now possible to integrate tens of billions of transistors onto a monolithic die whose area may be hundreds of square millimeters. The resulting chips...

Community Member Monthly Highlights – April 2023

Apr 27, 2023 · By Trine Pierik · From Different Dimensions

Cadence, ASE Group, and Chung Yuan Christian University (CYCU) announced collaboration on an education and training program to cultivate talent for 3D-IC Design. Cadence collaborates with universities on system packaging education and talent development through the Cadence Academic Network program, which provides students with access to Cadence advanced IC packaging...

Has Our Industry Become More Sustainable?

Apr 18, 2023 · By Julia Goldstein · Blogs

The quick answer to the question; “Is the semiconductor industry becoming more sustainable?” is “yes and no.” There is undoubtedly more talk about sustainability and environmental impact, especially from the larger companies in our industry. In 2022, SEMICON West devoted an entire day to the topic for the first time....

The Importance of Smart Data Solutions

Apr 03, 2023 · By Dieter Rathai · Blogs

Today, semiconductor manufacturers face more challenges with their data as semiconductors increase in complexity. More sophisticated testing equipment and sensors at every step of the process contribute heavily to the avalanche of data being collected. At the same time, manufacturers are under pressure to increase yields and cut costs. To...

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IFTLE 556: Is Chiplet Partitioning a New IC Design Paradigm?

May 10, 2023 · By Phil Garrou · Blogs

While most of us in advanced packaging is familiar with CEA-Leti, CEA-List ( Laboratoire d’Intégration de Systèmes et des technologies) is one of three specialized technological research institutes of CEA specializing in digital systems. Denis Dutoit, of CEA-List, presentation on “Chiplet Partitioning Can Balance Among Performance, Flexibility and Scalability” at...

IFTLE 555: A Closer Look at The Chiplet Market

May 04, 2023 · By Phil Garrou · Blogs

IFTLE has been updating our readers on the chiplet market and the technology since I served as subject matter expert (SME) for DARPA’s Dan Green who gets credit for developing the CHIPS program (Common Heterogeneous Integration and IP Reuse Strategies) in 2017. At that time the average packaging engineer couldn’t...

IFTLE 554: Are TMD Materials the Future of the Transistor?

Apr 20, 2023 · By Phil Garrou · Blogs

In a recent report, Semianalysis examines the migration from planar to finFET to nanosheet to complementary FET to 2D transistor designs. Since IFTLE has always preached that one must understand where IC transistor technology is going in order to be able to predict advanced packaging changes, this report is certainly...

IFTLE 553: Samsung Foundry Update; Amkor/ GlobalFoundries Venture

Apr 05, 2023 · By Phil Garrou · Blogs

Samsung Foundry Forum Moonsoo Kang, Head of Business Development at Samsung Foundry, at the 2022 Samsung Foundry Forum (SFF) explained that they would be using advanced heterogeneous integration as a method of streamlining and improving the process of integrating separately manufactured chip components into a single assembly level. Figure 1...

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SEMI Foundation WIS Event Focuses on Bridging the Gender Gap Through Allyship

May 03, 2023 · By Emerald Greig · Blogs

I attended my first SEMI Foundation-organized Women in Semiconductors (WIS) event on May 1st. It was held in conjunction with the Advanced Semiconductor Manufacturing Conference (ASMC) in Saratoga Springs, NY. I really didn’t know what to expect but I know I wasn’t expecting standing-room-only with 200 people attending. The other...

Is Diversity and Inclusion the Secret to Your Company’s Success?

Feb 10, 2022 · By Hemant Taneja · Blogs

Until recently, many companies considered diversity a “nice to have.” Companies supported diversity and inclusion because they wanted to be good citizens because it was the right thing to do, and – for some, cynically – because it was good PR. But now research is proving the business case for...

Smartphone Addiction is Not a Gender-Specific Problem

Jul 26, 2021 · By Francoise von Trapp · Blogs

An open letter to David Benjamin, EE Times Dear David, You really don’t get it. Why? Why, when more women are joining the microelectronics industry in technical and non-technical roles, would you resort to female stereotypes from the 1950s as a vehicle to discuss such an important topic as global...

2021 3D InCites DEI Fundraiser a Success; Thank You Sponsors

Mar 25, 2021 · By Trine Pierik · SemiSisters

We took our annual mural project online this year! Illustrator Ronna Encarnacion created this original watercolor to reflect the importance of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in creating sustainability. Proceeds from the project will be used to seed the 3D InCites DEI Fund to support technology businesses owned by women and...

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