Meeting Sustainability Goals Hits Political and Technical Headwinds
Feb 26, 2025 · By Dean Freeman · 3D In Context, Blogs
Latest Posts - Page 9
TSMC Announces SoC Design in the Cloud at the OIP 2018 Ecosystem Forum
As I prepared to attend TSMC’s OIP 2018 Forum on October 3, 2018 two emails from TSMC caught my attention....
SEMI’s Strategic Materials Conference Calls for Supply Chain Cooperation
The message remains consistent: following Moore’s Law is no longer economical for most IC designs. A major part of the...
SEMICON West Confirms: AI is the New Killer-app for Semiconductors
SEMICON West (San Francisco, July 10 to 12) confirmed that our industry’s rapid growth will continue. Machine learning (ML) and...
DAC 2018: New Opportunities for EDA and the Entire Semiconductor Supply Chain
This year’s Design Automation Conference (DAC 2018) was held at Moscone West, San Francisco, CA. On three levels, about 175...
2018 TSMC Technology Symposium: Listen – Analyze – Act
May 1st is a holiday in many countries, but not in the U.S. and not for TSMC. A very professional...
Strategic Partnership with ESD Alliance Extends SEMI’s Reach to Semiconductor Design
On Monday, April 16, 2018, SEMI, the industry association representing the global electronics manufacturing supply chain, and the Electronic System...
FLEX2018 Shows how 3D Printed Electronics Will Impact Our Lives
If you drive a late model car, you may be impressed by the many sensors that capture engine conditions, tire...
The 14th ASIP Addresses a Spectrum of Advanced Packaging Opportunities, Part 2
Part 1 of my 3D ASIP blog covered the five keynotes presented at 3D ASIP 2017. Part 2 focuses on... The 14th 3D ASIP Conference Addresses a Spectrum of 0pportunities, Part 1
Several years before I started promoting 3D IC benefits in 2008, a small team of industry visionaries founded the 3D...
IEDM 2017 Looks Way Beyond Moore’s Law
The International Electronic Device Manufacturing Conference (IEDM) has always focused on device scaling, successfully guiding our industry for several decades along...
Sir Walter Raleigh towered above the 50th IMAPS Symposium
Almost 500 years ago Walter Raleigh was born in England, rose rapidly in the favor of Queen Elizabeth I and...
EDPS 2017: NOT the usual Electronic DESIGN Process Symposium
When planning the 24th EDPS, the organizing committee, chaired by Shishpal Rawat, former Intel executive, took a number of bold...
TSMC’s OIP 2017 Symposium Shows The Awesome Power of an Ecosystem
Last week, September 13 to be exact, TSMC held its Open Innovation Forum (OIP 2017) Symposium at the Santa Clara...
IMAPS 2017 SiP Conference Takes on Sonoma
California’s Wine Country attracts visitors from all over the world. They can enjoy the scenic countryside, historic places, golf courses,...
Take-Aways from Test Vision 20/20 Workshop and SEMICON West Advanced Packaging Sessions
I am convinced that increasing device complexity, higher quality requirements (e.g. automotive and medical), as well as the need for...
Mission Impossible? Not for SEMI!
San Francisco’s Moscone Center (above), the traditional home of SEMICON West trade shows, is undergoing major reconstruction work. Looking at...
DAC 54: From Grey to Colorful and Solutions-minded Messaging
The 54th Design Automation Conference (DAC 54) at the Austin Convention Center was very different, compared to the last several...
Will IoT be the Next Killer App for Semiconductors?
At the end of April, I attended the Internet of Things (IoT) Developers Conference at the Santa Clara Convention Center....
Part 2: IMAPS DPC 2017 Covers Range of High-tech Topics, including EDA
The keynotes outlined in Part 1 of IMAPS DPC 2017 Covers Range of High-tech Topics, including EDA were obviously very...
