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How Optical Inspection Protects Advanced PCBs

Dec 01, 2025 | 3D InCites Podcast

A crowded server board with ten thousand parts doesn’t forgive sloppy inspection—and neither do pricey GPUs and chiplets. From the floor of Productronica in Munich, we dig into how automated optical inspection keeps advanced packages honest once they hit the PCB line, where solder quality, coplanarity, and sheer component variety can make or break yield. […]

What Happens When Support, Grit, And Communication Shape Women’s STEM Journeys

Nov 23, 2025 | 3D InCites Podcast

Want a candid look at how women build durable careers in one of the world’s toughest industries? We sit down with three semiconductor leaders – Nitza Basoco, Anne Meixner and Julia Freer – who share how early encouragement, gritty problem solving, and clear communication turned curiosity into impact. From summer jobs at national labs and […]

How Wide Bandgap Materials Are Rewiring Energy Efficiency

Nov 19, 2025 | 3D InCites Podcast

Send us a text Power electronics are quietly rewriting the rules of energy use—from the range of your EV to the efficiency of a hyperscale data center. Françoise sits down with Henkel’s Ram Trichur to unpack what’s driving the $67.5B surge in power semiconductors and why the move to wide bandgap materials like silicon carbide […]

From Hybrid Bonding To AI Power: Live At SEMICON West

Nov 07, 2025 | 3D InCites Podcast

Send us a text The floor in Phoenix was packed, and so were the ideas. We sat down with innovators across the stack—equipment makers, metrology experts, logistics strategists, and software leaders—to map the real state of advanced packaging and what it takes to build, measure, move, and power tomorrow’s chips. EV Group kicked things off […]

Building The U.S. Microelectronics Workforce; A Collective Plan for Sustainable Semiconductors

Nov 03, 2025 | 3D InCites Podcast

Send us a text A nationwide talent engine for chips is taking shape—and it’s built to scale. Recorded live at SEMICON West in Phoenix, we sit down with SEMI Foundation leaders to unpack the National Network for Microelectronics Education, a hub-and-node model designed to align schools, employers, and workforce systems. Backed by CHIPS Act funding […]

3D InCites Member Spotlight: Why the Front End Needs the Back End To Win in AI

Oct 27, 2025 | 3D InCites Podcast

Send us a text We recorded live at IMAPS with Siemens, ACM Research, Shellback Semiconductor, DECA, Nordson Electronic Solutions, and VIEW Micro Metrology to explore how AI demand, chiplets, and panels are reshaping advanced packaging. We dig into 3D BLOX, thermal and test roadblocks, green chemistries, metrology at scale, and why the back end now […]

AI Bubble Or Boom? – SemiEngineering

Oct 22, 2025 | SemiEngineering

GenAI value is creating a huge TAM and revenues are ramping at historically fast rates. The post AI Bubble Or Boom? appeared first on Semiconductor Engineering.

First Impressions, Lasting Paths at IMAPS Symposium 2025

Oct 22, 2025 | 3D InCites Podcast

Send us a text We record live at IMAPS to follow a first-time attendee’s leap into advanced packaging and a trio of high school students discovering semiconductors, robotics, and career paths that bridge disciplines. Along the way, we unpack speed-to-market, standards, hybrid vs TCB, and why AI skills matter. • why a self-funded first conference […]

Intel’s Retreat Shifts Europe Semiconductor Reality – EE Times

Oct 15, 2025 | EE Times

Intel’s decision to walk away from facility buildouts in Germany and Poland reshapes Europe’s semiconductor ambitions, forcing policymakers to rethink priorities. The post Intel’s Retreat Shifts Europe Semiconductor Reality appeared first on EE Times.

IMAPS Symposium 2025: Chiplets vs. Dielets and the Truth about Co-Packaged Optics

Oct 14, 2025 | 3D InCites Podcast

Send us a text We sit down with Dr. Subu Iyer of UCLA to unpack chiplets vs dielets, why a universal ecosystem is missing, and how sub‑10 µm bump pitch could make protocols optional. Then we host a panel featuring John Knickerbocker, IBM; Mike Kelly, Amkor; and Tolga Tekin, Fraunhofer IZM on co‑packaged optics, bandwidth, […]

The Unseen Force Behind Semiconductor Device Reliability

Oct 04, 2025 | 3D InCites Podcast

Send us a text A semiconductor wafer travels around the globe five times on average before becoming the chip in your smartphone. Each journey represents a potential risk to device reliability that few consumers—or even industry professionals—ever consider. Behind every high-performing semiconductor device lies a carefully orchestrated logistics operation ensuring these sensitive components arrive intact […]

How To Cool 3D-ICs – Semiconductor Engineering

Oct 01, 2025 | SemiEngineering

Tool chains need improvement as chipmakers begin stacking AI chips, increasing the thermal density and unpredictability over time. The post How To Cool 3D-ICs appeared first on Semiconductor Engineering.