The 3D InCites Podcast Backtrack – 2024 in Review Dec 18, 2024 · By Francoise von Trapp · Blogs, Francoise in 3D
Catching Up on The Latest in Advanced Packaging at SEMICON Europa 2024 Dec 03, 2024 · By Francoise von Trapp · Blogs, Francoise in 3D
Making Connections at SEMICON Europa 2024 Nov 18, 2024 · By Francoise von Trapp · Blogs, Francoise in 3D
3D Test Community Addresses Requirements for 3D Volume Production TestingSep 13, 2013 · By Francoise von Trapp · 3D Event Coverage Don’t let the skeptics fool you, contrary to popular belief, the 3D test community has been hard at work on...
3D IC Commercialization: Glimmers of Progress and Push for Collaboration and Choices to MakeSep 06, 2013 · By Francoise von Trapp · Blogs Recent signs that we’re getting closer to commercialization of 3D ICs? For one, analog and sensor IC company, ams AG,...
Moore’s Law is Dead (or Dying) Again?Aug 28, 2013 · By Francoise von Trapp · Blogs All good things must come to an end, and apparently Moore’s Law is one of them. But I have to...
Understanding The Complexity of CleansAug 12, 2013 · By Francoise von Trapp · Blogs There is nothing like a little hands-on experience to help someone understand a particular technology better and more fully. Last...
Playing the 3D IC Glad GameAug 06, 2013 · By Francoise von Trapp · Blogs I admit it. I have always been a card-carrying member of the Pollyanna Club. What’s wrong with approaching challenges with...
How will the 450mm Transition Affect Advanced Packaging and 3D ICs?Jul 23, 2013 · By Francoise von Trapp · 3D Event Coverage That was my kick-off question for Manish Ranjan, Vice President, Product Marketing, Advanced Packaging/Nanotechnology Segment at Ultratech, during our annual...
Interview with Fraunhofer IZM-ASSID’s Juergen Wolf: The Collaboration GrowsJul 22, 2013 · By Francoise von Trapp · 3D Event Coverage A few months ago, Juergen Wolf, director of the 3D program at Fraunhofer IZM-ASSID, shared with me a beautifully photographed...
Interview with imec’s Ludo Deferm: Packaging Design Kits and Debond SolutionsJul 17, 2013 · By Francoise von Trapp · 3D Event Coverage For me, SEMICON West involves a careful balance of attending sessions, keynotes and panels, combined with one-on-one interviews with thought...
Silicon Photonics: the Next Killer App for 3D ICs? and more from the R&D CommunityJul 16, 2013 · By Francoise von Trapp · 3D Event Coverage First it was going to be memory stacks, then it was Wide I/O DRAM on Memory, and now, as commercialization...
It Takes an Ecosystem to Launch 2.5D and 3D IntegrationJul 16, 2013 · By Francoise von Trapp · 3D Event Coverage As 2.5D and 3D IC technologies round the ten-year development mark and volume manufacturing keeps getting pushed just beyond our...
And a Good Time was had by All – 3D InCites Awards Breakfast, 2013Jul 15, 2013 · By Francoise von Trapp · 3D Event Coverage Despite the chilly San Francisco morning temperatures, a sizable crowd of 2.5D and 3D enthusiasts gathered at the Impress Lounge...
Sum of Minds – imec Makes the Unexpected HappenJul 09, 2013 · By Francoise von Trapp · 3D Event Coverage In her opening remarks at the 2013 imec International Technology Forum (ITF), held Monday, July 8, 2013, Karen Savala, SEMI,...
3D InCites Awards Public Opinion Poll Results Are In!Jul 05, 2013 · By Francoise von Trapp · Blogs The public opinion poll closed for the first annual 3D InCites Awards on Wednesday July 3, with over 1350 votes...
3D InCites Guide to SEMICON West 3D EventsJun 26, 2013 · By Francoise von Trapp · 3D Event Coverage Each year, I publish a Guide to SEMICON West 3D Events in an attempt to integrate both SEMI-sponsored events with...
3D InCites Awards Shaping Up to be a Stellar EventJun 18, 2013 · By Francoise von Trapp · Blogs It’s been an exciting month since we first announced that 3D InCites and TechSearch International established the 3D InCites Awards...
A Word about Cleans for 3D ICsJun 06, 2013 · By Francoise von Trapp · 3D Event Coverage While interviewing SSEC on its TSV clean and TSV reveal processes, and Dow Corning on its temporary bond/debond process, the...
3D IC Business Model: A Customer DecisionMay 30, 2013 · By Francoise von Trapp · Blogs After more than a year of touting the turnkey model, even TSMC is jumping on board the collaboration bandwagon for...
SEMICON Singapore 3D IC Wrap-Up: Bring down the cost and bring out the TSV alternativesMay 22, 2013 · By Francoise von Trapp · 3D Event Coverage For the 8th year in a row, I did NOT attend SEMICON Singapore. But apparently this is the year I...
Catching up with EV Group’s Dave KirschMay 16, 2013 · By Francoise von Trapp · Blogs Almost a year ago, Dave Kirsch took over the reins from Steve Dwyer as VP and General Manager of EV...
A Lull in 3D Activity or Stealth Mode?May 09, 2013 · By Francoise von Trapp · 3D In-Depth An industry colleague commented to me recently that the press seems to have lost interest in 3DIC. As probably the...