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Keynote Conversations from the 2022 IMAPS International Symposium

Oct 13, 2022 | 3D InCites Podcast

in this episode, Françoise von Trapp interviews three of the keynote speakers who presented during the 2022 IMAPS International Symposium. Featured guests include Lionel Kimmerling, Dr. Anu Agarwal (MIT Microphotonics Center); Glenn Daves (NXP), and Dave Bolognia (Analog Devices). We’re back on the road – recording a series of episodes at the IMAPS International Symposium. […]

CHIPS Act Seen Facilitating Micron’s $100 Billion Plan – EE Times

Oct 06, 2022 | EE Times

Micron’s designs on a megafab in New York, which could include four 600,000-square-foot cleanrooms, are partly the result of recent U.S. legislation, an analyst says. The post CHIPS Act Seen Facilitating Micron’s $100 Billion Plan appeared first on EE Times.

A Conversation with Christine Whitman About Breaking Through The Semiconductor Glass Ceiling

Oct 06, 2022 | 3D InCites Podcast

It’s no secret that semiconductors are very much a male-dominated industry. In fact, according to Zippia, only 10.7% of engineers working in the semiconductor industry are women. And according to Deloitte and Touche’s Women in the Workplace, women are still vastly underrepresented at all levels of management. In this episode, Françoise von Trapp talks with […]

DFT Moves up to 2.5D and 3D IC – SemiWiki

Oct 06, 2022 | SemiWiki.com

The annual ITC event was held the last week of September, and I kept reading all of the news highlights from the EDA vendors, as the time spent on the tester can be a major cost and the value to catching defective chips from reaching production is so critical. Chiplets, 2.5D and 3D IC design […]

3D IC – Managing the System-level Netlist – SemiWiki

Sep 29, 2022 | SemiWiki.com

I just did a Google search for “3D IC”, and was stunned to see it return a whopping 476,000 results. This topic is trending, because more companies are using advanced IC packaging to meet their requirements, and yet the engineers doing the 3D IC design have new challenges to overcome. One of those challenges is […]

A Conversation with Riko Radojcic About Writing a Semiconductor High Tech Thriller

Sep 29, 2022 | 3D InCites Podcast

In this episode, Françoise speaks with Riko Radojcic, veteran semiconductor engineer-turned-novelist, about his 30-year career in the semiconductor industry, what inspired him to turn to fiction writing, and what he hopes to teach his readers about the exciting world of semiconductor device technology. Ever since the chip shortage impacted your local car dealership, everyone in […]

The End Of Closed EDA – SemiEngineering

Sep 22, 2022 | SemiEngineering

At a time when many pieces of an EDA flow are being fused together, pressure is mounting to make it a lot more open and amenable to external extension and enhancement. The post The End Of Closed EDA appeared first on Semiconductor Engineering.

A Conversation With SEMI’S Market Intelligence Team About the World Fab Forecast

Sep 22, 2022 | 3D InCites Podcast

This SEMI Market intelligence Report podcast features Sanjay Malhotra, Vice President of SEMI’s Corporate Marketing and the Market Intelligence Team (MIT), and Christian Dieseldorff, Senior Principal Analyst. The conversation focuses on the World Fab Forecast, its history, how data is gathered, and how semiconductor manufacturers and suppliers use it to guide their business decisions. Sanjay […]

Three Ways to Meet Manufacturing Rules in Advanced Package Designs – SemiWiki

Sep 15, 2022 | SemiWiki.com

Often designers are amazed at the diversity of requirements fabricators and manufacturers have for metal filled areas in advanced package designs. Package fabricators and manufacturers do not like solid metal planes or large metal areas. Their strict metal fill requirements address two main issues. The dielectric and metal… Read More The post Three Ways to […]

A Conversation about The Advantages of Collaboration between the Mexico and the US for Semiconductor Manufacturing

Sep 08, 2022 | 3D InCites Podcast

In this episode, Françoise speaks with Dr. Juan Terrazas, the Director of the College of Engineering at CETYS University about the benefits of cross-border manufacturing relationships between the US and Mexico to help alleviate the strains of the semiconductor crisis. In the aftermath of President Biden’s signing of the CHIPS and Science Act, we’ve been […]

A Conversation with Beth Keser and James Haley about What’s Happening at the IMAPS International Symposium

Sep 06, 2022 | 3D InCites Podcast

The IMAPS International Symposium takes place October 4-7, 2022 at the Hynes Auditorium in Boston MA.  This year’s Symposium theme is Packaging Technologies Enabling the New Normal, and will feature 20 sessions in five technical tracks, plus an Interactive Poster Session. The technical program will span three days of sessions with an emphasis on packaging […]