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Thermal Metamaterials for Advanced Packaging Applications from Stanford University
Dense materials that exhibit high thermal conductivity are abundant in nature: think copper, think diamond, think silicon. And porous materials...
Packaging, Innovation, and Our Application-Driven World
MEPTEC lunches, now known as the MEPTEC / IMAPS / SEMI Semiconductor Speaker Series Luncheon sponsored by Chip Scale Review,...
MEPTEC Roadmap 2016: Best Time in History to be in the Packaging Business
With nary a farewell glance in the rearview mirror at the terrain successfully covered over the decades during which we...
Gartner: New Normal is Slow Growth, Plentiful FOWLP
What is the “new normal” for semiconductors? Jim Walker, Research VP, Semiconductor Manufacturing, Gartner, closed out Q3 2016 with his...
Ag Tech, Analog Devices, and the Quantified Tomato
The Quantified Self movement has made headlines and grabbed press attention in recent years, ever since people started bedecking themselves...
“How Do You Create The Future?” Through Innovations in Heterogeneous Integration and SiP
MEPTEC Luncheons returned big to The Bay Area on Wednesday, May 25, 2016, with a new venue (SEMI HQ), a...
IC Packaging: An Essential Enabler and Differentiator, Part 2
The Great Miniaturization … SEMI/MEPTEC Conference Nov 10 & 11, continued from Part 1. Wednesday morning started with a IC...
IC Packaging: An Essential Enabler and Differentiator, Part 1
The Great Miniaturization … SEMI/MEPTEC Conference Nov 10 & 11 After 50 years of following Moore’s Law and reaping major...
The Great Consolidation
The recent MEPTEC – SEMI Symposium on “The Great Miniaturization” featured two days of talks on just that subject at...
Donning my 3D Glasses at the MEPTEC Semiconductor Roadmap Symposium
I admit, I always have my 3D glasses on at conferences. But even though the title of this week’s MEPTEC...Jim Walker’s Crystal Ball
Ok, maybe I should say Gartner’s crystal ball, but whenever Jim Walker delivers a presentation based on Gartner research, he...