Announcing the Winners of the 2025 3D InCites Awards Feb 04, 2025 · By Francoise von Trapp · Blogs, Francoise in 3D
A Tribute to Paul Werbaneth: Friend and Colleague Mar 26, 2025 · By Francoise von Trapp · Blogs, Francoise in 3D
Will the CHIPS ACT Be “DOGE’d?” And Other Musing from IMAPS Device Packaging 2025 Mar 10, 2025 · By Francoise von Trapp · Blogs, Francoise in 3D
Announcing the Winners of the 2025 3D InCites Awards Feb 04, 2025 · By Francoise von Trapp · Blogs, Francoise in 3D
A Tribute to Paul Werbaneth: Friend and Colleague Mar 26, 2025 · By Francoise von Trapp · Blogs, Francoise in 3D
Closing Out 2020 at the MEPTEC Holiday HangoutDec 23, 2020 · By Francoise von Trapp · Blogs After nine months of Zooming into all the virtual events, I can’t wait for things to go live again. In...
3D Packaging Breakthroughs, The GSA Awards, and How the Election Impacts the Microelectronics IndustryDec 07, 2020 · By Francoise von Trapp · Blogs See that title? That was only part of how I spent last Thursday (December 3). My morning started with the...
How the US Election Results Will Impact the Microelectronics IndustryDec 07, 2020 · By Francoise von Trapp · Blogs With the US election FINALLY behind us, SEMI dedicated a recent installment of its free CEO Webinar Series to analyzing...
What I’m Thankful for This ThanksgivingNov 25, 2020 · By Francoise von Trapp · Blogs 2020 has been a year for the books. Honestly, between the divisiveness in the USA caused by this year’s election...
The Semiconductor Industry’s Role in The Social DilemmaNov 11, 2020 · By Francoise von Trapp · Blogs Nothing vast enters the life of mortals without a curse – Sophocles, and the intro to Netflix, The Social Dilemma....
Virtual IWLPC Focuses on Panel Level PackagingOct 26, 2020 · By Francoise von Trapp · Blogs The 2020 International Wafer Level Packaging Conference (Virtual IWLPC) brought up the caboose of several weeks of virtual conferences that...
The Softer Side of the IMAPS SymposiumOct 21, 2020 · By Francoise von Trapp · Blogs Because IMAPS is a society, there is a strong community aspect to its events. It was good to see that...
A Tribute to Herb Reiter, Upon his RetirementOct 20, 2020 · By Francoise von Trapp · Blogs Last week, Herb Reiter shared the sad news with me that it was time for him to listen to his...
IMAPS International Symposium Offers a Glimpse of the Emerging Chiplet EcosystemOct 12, 2020 · By Francoise von Trapp · Blogs I have finally been in this industry long enough to understand the cycle of discussion, scrutiny, call to arms, and...
Snippets from Global SiP Summit at SEMICON TaiwanOct 01, 2020 · By Francoise von Trapp · Blogs I was halfway through my post about my day at Virtual SEMICON Taiwan, when I realized that to do the...
Taiwan’s Semiconductor Business is Flourishing, and More from SEMICON TaiwanSep 30, 2020 · By Francoise von Trapp · Blogs It’s funny. While COVID 19 has restricted our lives in many ways, in others it’s made things more possible. Take...
Are You Ready for an Onslaught of Virtual Events?Sep 11, 2020 · By Francoise von Trapp · Blogs From basic webinars and Zoom happy hours (like our SemiSister Social Hour above), to full-blown technical conferences, trade shows, and...
How is COVID 19 Impacting the Semiconductor Industry’s Diversity and Inclusion Efforts?Aug 20, 2020 · By Francoise von Trapp · Blogs A headline on CNN Business caught my eye last night: Working mothers are quitting to take care of their kids,...
Cruising the Virtual SEMICON West Expo HallJul 22, 2020 · By Francoise von Trapp · Blogs This morning at Virtual SEMICON West, I tried to attend a bunch of sessions and take notes so I could...
COVID 19 and Black Lives Matter Change the Conversation for SEMICON West KeynotesJul 21, 2020 · By Francoise von Trapp · Blogs I had a dream last night that the SEMI team was a little upset with me because we were getting...
Social Distancing Spotlight: How KLA Keeps Looking AheadJun 29, 2020 · By Francoise von Trapp · Blogs Over the past few years, we’ve seen KLA evolving from its origins as a process control company focused on front-end...
3D InCites’ Mural Project Raised $4000 For IMAPS FoundationJun 24, 2020 · By Francoise von Trapp · Blogs If you’ve attended the IMAPS Device Packaging Conference over the past three years, you probably noticed a hand-drawn mural coming...
3D System Integration – It Takes a VillageJun 18, 2020 · By Francoise von Trapp · Blogs Actually, 3D System integration takes more than a village. It takes a global effort. As Virtual ECTC 2020 continues this...
Social Distancing Spotlight: ERS Celebrates 50 Years of Thermal SolutionsJun 10, 2020 · By Francoise von Trapp · Blogs 50 years of providing specialized thermal solutions to the semiconductor industry is a significant accomplishment. It means your company is...
ECTC 2020 Keynote: Moore’s Law 2.0 Brought to You by HITJun 09, 2020 · By Francoise von Trapp · Blogs If TSMC’s Doug Yu wrote a rap song, the title would be “HIT IT!” He’s been on a roll lately,...