SEMICON West 2024: Riding the Generative AI Winds of Change Jul 15, 2024 · By Francoise von Trapp · Blogs, Francoise in 3D
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The Nexus of Innovation for U.S. Semiconductor Manufacturing May 07, 2024 · By Francoise von Trapp · Blogs, Francoise in 3D
Advancing Sensing Solutions to 3D and BeyondMar 19, 2015 · By Francoise von Trapp · Blogs A second side trip on the way to DATE 2015 brought me back to Nimes, France to check up on...
Monolithic 3D IC Heats Up at DATE 2015Mar 16, 2015 · By Francoise von Trapp · Blogs Despite the fact that monolithic 3D IC is still very much in development stages, its promise to gain a full...
Executive Interview: Bill Bottoms Talks about Revamping the ITRS RoadmapMar 12, 2015 · By Francoise von Trapp · Blogs As the industry acknowledges that Moore’s Law has hit its twilight years, to be replaced by a system-level approach to...
Measuring The Invisible: An Update on X-ray MetrologyMar 10, 2015 · By Francoise von Trapp · Blogs One year ago, I visited Nordson DAGE at its R&D center in Colchester, to learn about the company’s latest foray...
Xilinx Ultrascale+: 3D on SteroidsFeb 26, 2015 · By Francoise von Trapp · Blogs Ever since 3D transistors (aka FinFETS or Intel’s Tri Gate) 3D NAND, and monolithic 3D IC processes joined the family...
The Discussions Continue at the European 3D TSV SummitJan 29, 2015 · By Francoise von Trapp · 3D Event Coverage At last week’s third edition of the European 3D TSV Summit, over 250 attendees from 22 countries gathered at Minatec...
Predicting the 3D Integration Market is Tricky BusinessJan 27, 2015 · By Francoise von Trapp · 3D Event Coverage Ask any market researcher or business development executive at a major semiconductor manufacturing company; predicting exactly when the 3D integration...
What Does Success for 3D Integration Look Like?Jan 23, 2015 · By Francoise von Trapp · 3D Event Coverage For the third consecutive January, I spent 3 days in Grenoble attending the European 3D TSV Summit. Each summit has...
3D ASIP 2014 Sparks Mixed Reactions from the MediaDec 19, 2014 · By Francoise von Trapp · Blogs Isn’t it interesting how different people attending the same event can come away with different perspectives? I attended last week’s...
Live Long and Prosper in an IoT World enabled by 3D ICsDec 16, 2014 · By Francoise von Trapp · Blogs Wait – was that a Klingon I just saw walking through the lobby? Are those two people wearing Star Trek...
3D ASIP Pre-Conference Symposium brings together Design and Process for 3D ICsDec 15, 2014 · By Francoise von Trapp · Blogs Despite efforts to leverage the one hour time difference from Phoenix to San Francisco to my advantage, I arrived on...
What does 3D Integration mean for your Company in 2015?Dec 05, 2014 · By Francoise von Trapp · Blogs As December rolls in and 2014 comes to a close, I find myself reflecting on the past 11 months, and the predictions...
Putting Their Money on Glass InterposersDec 03, 2014 · By Francoise von Trapp · 3D Event Coverage While the jury is still out on whether glass interposers will play a large or niche role in the interposer...
Congratulations Alexis Corona! Recipient of the 1st 3D InCites Awards ScholarshipNov 20, 2014 · By Francoise von Trapp · Blogs I’m pretty sure the time I got to spend last week at the SEMI High Tech U Graduation ceremonies was the most...
Will a Sensor-based Revolution Enable a World of Abundance?Nov 18, 2014 · By Francoise von Trapp · Blogs When I was a little kid, my (much older) brothers had to have PF Flyers, because according to the commercial...
Topics of Discussion at GIT 2014Nov 10, 2014 · By Francoise von Trapp · 3D Event Coverage In my previous post I talked a bit about the ongoing debate that went on during last week’s Global Interposer...
GIT 2014: “Call them Interposers, as God Intended”Nov 10, 2014 · By Francoise von Trapp · 3D Event Coverage Subu: “I find the whole concept of 2.5D fairly atrocious. I have banned its use.” Rao: “what are you going...
GLOBALFOUNDRIES has its 3D Ducks in a RowNov 05, 2014 · By Francoise von Trapp · Blogs The news about 3D readiness just keeps getting better. Last week I tuned into a GLOBALFOUNDRIES webcast, featuring speaker Rama...
Putting 3D Integration to the TestOct 29, 2014 · By Francoise von Trapp · 3D Event Coverage 3D stacking is “already old hand”; or so declared Brion Keller, Cadence, in his keynote talk at last week’s 5th...