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ISS 2020: How to Win in Our Data-driven World – Part 2
In Part 1 of my ISS 2020 blog, I described Monday’s opening keynote by LAM’s CTO, Richard Gottscho. He explained...
Moore’s Law Rises from the Dead Again Driven by 3D Transistor Technology
At Semicon West in July there was a great deal of discussion that Moore’s Law was dead and would likely...
Meet Me at ECTC 2016 in Las Vegas
With the industry-wide shift in focus from furthering Moore’s Law to the realization that 3D integration and advanced packaging technologies...
Transforming Today’s Semiconductor Industry Challenges into Tomorrow’s Opportunities
My wife, born and raised in Hong Kong, tells me that the Chinese language uses the same word for challenge...
From the Ashes of Moore’s Law: More than Moore Has Arrived
Now that the industry has finally called it a day for Moore’s law, will More than Moore be our guiding...
Improving R&D Efficiency to get “Moore” out of Chips
The semiconductor industry invests more in R&D than any other industry except pharmaceuticals. At the same time, It is dealing...
The IoT at SEMICON West 2015: We Just Can’t Get Enough
As a topic of much discussion and debate, the Internet of Things (IoT) stole the show once again, this time...
A Trip Down Silicon Valley’s Memory Lane with Bill Hugle
Inspired by all the recent attention for the 50th anniversary of Moore’s Law and SEMI’s cool new Infographic series, which...
Fifty Years of Moore’s Law Made Possible by Semiconductor Equipment and Materials Suppliers Worldwide
SAN JOSE, CA — April 14, 2015 — April 2015 marks the 50th anniversary of one of the business world’s...
Flying Many Flags: Heterogeneous Integration at CS International 2015
The fifth annual CS International Conference, 2015 edition, was held in Frankfurt, Germany, March 11-12, 2015. Very conveniently located in...
What Node Names Really Mean; The TB/DB Saga continues; HMC update
Did you know that when foundries talk about 14nm and 16nm node chips, these devices are in reality no denser...
Moore’s Law is Dead (or Dying) Again?
All good things must come to an end, and apparently Moore’s Law is one of them. But I have to...
HMC Progress, More on Moore’s Law, and the GlobalFoundries’ Buzz
Not long after posting 3D IC Reality Check on Tuesday, I discovered that I missed one. If you haven’t read the post...
For Discussion: Is Wright’s Law a better Economic Index for 3D ICs than Moore’s Law?
I just came across a slightly mind-blowing snippet in Forbes Magazine about a study conducted by MIT and Santa Fe Institute comparing the effectiveness of different...Was Moore’s Law really meant to be a law or more of a guideline?
Before I joined the semiconductor industry, I was completely unaware of this guy Gordon Moore, whose observations and predictions set...Was Moore’s Law really meant to be a law or more of a guideline?
Before I joined the semiconductor industry, I was completely unaware of this guy Gordon Moore, whose observations and predictions set...