A significant amount of the focus on sustainability in the semiconductor space is on Scope 2 and Scope 3 emission. We’re either working to reduce the energy required to run the factories that produce semiconductors and semiconductor manufacturing equipment, or the greenhouse gases (GHG) produced once the semiconductors or equipment...
If you spent any time listening to the radio in Silicon Valley, prior to 1998, you probably heard a commercial about farms in Berkeley. There were multiple dairies in the San Francisco Bay Area until the land became so valuable that the farms were sold to make way for the...
Sustainability and collaboration are two keywords that are being used in the semiconductor industry. On the chip and equipment development side, collaboration means perhaps more open and active co-opetition. But on the sustainability side of the semiconductor world, active collaboration started at a grassroots level. As the semiconductor and semiconductor...
The world’s understanding of the semiconductor industry has gone from — What is a semiconductor? — to front-page news, as the chip shortages that happened because of the pandemic made the semiconductor industry finally newsworthy in the eyes of the non-technical press. At the height of the shortage, The Wall...
Did you see the title and check your calendar? Did the year just speed up? You thought the 2024 3D InCites Awards didn’t get underway until January! That was last year. We’ve made some changes to improve the impact of the 2o24 3D InCites Awards, and that means kicking things...
Fourteen years in existence, 3D InCites has been through some changes, from being a basic blogging platform focused only on emerging 3D integration technologies, to the full-blown heterogeneous integration community it is today. We don’t only talk about technology – we play a role in making it happen. Our podcast...
Is the Wild West becoming America’s center of microelectronics innovation? Based on the current wave of activity across the semiconductor supply chain, it’s starting to look that way. I’m not just talking about TSMC’s gigafab, or Intel’s expansion, although these industry giants have a lot to do with what’s happening...
IMAPS‘ inaugural CHIPCon 2023 – the reinvention of its Advanced SiP Conference – took place July 24-27 in San Jose. Right out of the gate, it reminded me of the early days of RTI’s 3D ASIP Conference that I attended for nine straight Decembers in Burlingame, CA. The single-track format...
The 56th International Symposium on Microelectronics organized by the International Microelectronics Assembly and Packaging Society (IMAPS) is just around the corner. This year’s symposium will feature five technical tracks, professional development courses and an interactive poster session. The technical program spans three days of sessions with emphasis on SiP/Design/Manufacturing Optimization; Wafer Level/Panel...
This interview with Trymax Semiconductor’s Peter Dijkstra, Chief Commercial Officer (CCO), and Karsten Arts, Process Engineer first appeared in Atomic Limits as part of a series of posts about companies within the atomic scale processing industry. The goal of the series was to provide information about the kind of products...
News you may not have seen this month from our community members. Along with some upcoming participation to keep an eye on. Onto Innovation announced over $100 Million in orders for systems supporting advanced packaging for AI. Its Dragonfly® G3 sub-micron inspection and metrology system supports production of AI chiplet packages....
Navigating Disruptions and Enhancing Semiconductor Supply Chain Resilience The COVID-19 pandemic exposed the complexity and fragility of our global supply network, highlighting the importance of resilient semiconductor supply chains and the need for strategic inventory management systems. Effective inventory management is critical to maintain a competitive edge in today’s fast-paced...
IMAPS CHIPCon conference was held at the end of July 2023. CHIPcon was created to focus on chiplets and Heterogeneous Integration. The 2023 CHIPcon was held in San Jose and was led by General Chair Steven Kummerl from Texas Instruments. Samsung AVP Let’s first take a look at the Samsung...
In Part 4 of my coverage of the IMAPS Onshoring Workshop, we look at how government agency roles impact onshoring microelectronics. Office of Industrial-Based Policy Adele Ratcliff, Director of the Innovation Capability and Modernization Office discussed Manufacturing Capability Expansion and Investment Prioritization (MCEIP). The mission of the Office of Industrial-Based...
Continuing our look at the IMAPS Onshoring conference with a look at U.S. OSAT activities. (We should note that while this conference was listed for US & Canadian Citizens only, we are showing materials that were explicitly listed as “Unclassified; approved for public release; distribution unlimited” only.) IBM Bromont Rox...
DARPA Chooses 11 teams to kick off NGMM DARPA has selected 11 organizations to begin work on the Next-Generation Microelectronics Manufacturing (NGMM) program. The Phase 0 effort will establish foundational research to inform the next steps toward creating a domestic center for fabricating 3D heterogeneously integrated (3DHI) microsystems. Selected teams...
The CHIPS and Science Act aims to bring semiconductor research & development and manufacturing back to U.S. soil. Not only will this make the U.S. less reliant on the international supply chain, but it is estimated that this investment in onshore semiconductor and research facilities will create over half a...
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...
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...
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...