Francoise von Trapp (aka the Queen of 3D) has been following and reporting on the progress of 3D integration technologies since 2009. Francoise in 3D provides a high-level perspective of 3D industry events, offers executive viewpoints, and focuses on process and manufacturing aspects of 3D integration.
Announcing the Winners of the 2025 3D InCites Awards
As advanced interconnect and advanced packaging processes take the helm to drive advancements in next generation semiconductor devices, innovation and collaboration across the microelectronics supply chain becomes more important than ever. So, when the 3D InCites Member Advisory Board reviewed this year’s finalists for the 2025 3D InCites Technology Enablement...
Interconnectology Saves the World!
In 2007, when I was managing editor at the now defunct Advanced Packaging Magazine, we went out on a limb in our January Industry Forecast to declare, as our cover story: Advanced Packaging Saves the World! In 2008, we tempered that declaration to Advanced Packaging Drives the Industry! By 2009,...
The 3D InCites Podcast Backtrack – 2024 in Review
Buzzsprout, the platform where the 3D InCites podcast lives, does a cool thing at the end of the year. It provides the podcast backtrack – a recap of your stats, including the top performing episodes. So we thought we’d share it with you, our listeners and sponsors, to give you...
Catching Up on The Latest in Advanced Packaging at SEMICON Europa 2024
Now that imec’s Luc Van den hove declared advanced packaging is key to the advancement of semiconductors, everyone in the industry needs to catch up to those who have been following the course of these technologies while they were in development. The Advanced Packaging Conference (APC) at SEMICON Europa 2024...
Making Connections at SEMICON Europa 2024
Let’s be honest. When we get home from a trade show like SEMICON Europa 2024, it’s not all the presentations that we remember. It’s the connections we’ve made – new and old – with industry colleagues around the globe that stand out. You can go to any SEMICON Event around...
Picking up the Pace of Panel-level Advanced Packaging at Onto Innovation
How A Collaborative Partnership Is Accelerating PLP Innovation Panel-level advanced packaging technologies have been in development for more than a decade. They began as a way to reduce costs and improve yields for fan-out wafer-level applications. Smartphone applications – particularly fingerprint sensors – promised the volumes that would make the...
Leaning Into Interconnectology – Musings from IMAPS Symposium 2024
Call me crazy, but after spending three days at the 2024 International Microelectronics and Packaging Society (IMAPS) Symposium in Boston learning about the latest industry trends and technology advancements, I think it’s time for the entire advanced packaging world to fully adopt the concepts of “Interconnectology” and “Interconnectologist”. The inspiration...
ASU’s SWAP Hub and National Collaborations Shape U.S. Microelectronics Leadership
In August of 2023, I attended the inaugural meeting of the Southwest Advanced Prototyping (SWAP) Hub, spearheaded by the Ira Fulton School of Engineering at Arizona State University (ASU). At the time, the organization had just submitted its proposal to the Microelectronics Commons, a national initiative funded through the CHIPS...
Witnessing Foundry 2.0 in Action
One of the ways I learn about advanced packaging technology and what it entails is by visiting our community member companies. There’s nothing like talking to the experts face-to-face and walking through a cleanroom or advanced packaging applications lab to drive home a concept. For the past year, I’ve been...
SEMICON West 2024: Riding the Generative AI Winds of Change
Deepak Chopra said, “All great changes are preceded by chaos.” Here’s my Aha! moment from SEMICON West 2024: After great chaos precipitated by the pandemic, geopolitical tensions, the climate crisis, and the talent shortage, one singular driver is driving unprecedented change: Generative AI. Generative AI was referenced in almost every...
