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Will the Internet of Things Change the Way We Look at 2.5D and 3D ICs?

Years ago I saw Dr. Wayne Dyer on Public Television. He talked about “The Power of Intention”. The engineering-driven half of my mind didn’t pay much attention to such a mushy topic…. until Dr. Dyer confused me with what sounded like a play on words. He said “When you change...

Process Improvements Target 3D IC Cost of Ownership

Customers have asked and suppliers are listening. One sign of progress from last year to this year at SEMICON Singapore’s 3D IC Forum was the number of supplier presentations focused on process improvements that have been developed to lower the 3D IC cost of ownership (CoO). In addition to the...

3D IC Adoption: What’s it going to Take?

If, as we heard at last week’s 3D IC Forum at SEMICON Singapore, that technology challenges and cost are no longer keeping 3D ICs from volume manufacturing, and indeed the key players are ready to go, then what’s it going to take to get this 3D IC adoption party started?...

3D Wafer Level Packaging: Outlook for 2014

In 2013, SPTS equipment sales into the advanced packaging market grew by 75%.  Some of this was due to a resurgence in 3D wafer level packaging (3D WLP); the first-generation 3D that started with CMOS image sensors in the middle of the last decade. This year’s growth was predominantly due...

wet etch

Process-Controlled, Contamination-Free Wet Etch from SSEC

I’ve been following the progress of wet etch processes for TSV reveal steps, with particular focus on SSEC’s efforts in this area, since I first heard SSEC CTO Laura Mauer present on the topic at the European TSV Summit. At IWLPC 2013, I caught up with SSEC’s VP of Marketing,...

3d NAND

Comparing Samsung’s 3D NAND with Traditional 3D ICs

At last week’s Memcon 2013, which took place Tuesday, August 6, 2013, at the Santa Clara Convention Center, Keynoter Bob Brennen, Senior VP at Samsung, talked about the need for New DRAM and Flash Memory architectures. Richard Goering summarized Brennan’s keynote very well in his blog post. Because Brennan’s responsibility...