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NXP and Nepes Create Value with their First FO PoP SiP for IoT

Advanced packaging is a key enabling technology that not only serves as packaging support but also offers more value and cost reduction to the final products. The advanced packaging industry with its 7% CAGR between 2016 and 2022 (in revenues)¹ is undoubtedly a dynamic sector where innovations play a key...

Announcing the Winners of the 2017 3D InCites Awards!

The 2017 3D InCites Awards program has turned out to be the most exciting yet! We had as many as seven nominees in some fields (supplier of the year), and tallied just over 17,529 votes in total! We also saw a considerable increase in nominees using social media to promote...

Process Control Gains Importance in Advanced Packaging Applications

2016 will be remembered as the year fan-out wafer level packaging (FOWLP) went mainstream, thanks to TSMC’s strategic move in the advanced packaging arena and especially its integrated fan-out (InFO) win inside the iPhone 7. Already in high-volume manufacturing (HVM), FOWLP volumes significantly increased in magnitude. Will this strong momentum...

MEMS and Sensors Industry Group Becomes Part of SEMI

Peter Clarke, EE Times, and I both agree – the biggest news of this year’s SEMI MEMS Summit, which took place September 17-18, 2016 in Stuttgart, Germany, was the announcement that SEMI is forming a strategic association partnership with the MEMS and Sensors Industry Group (MSIG). “This is good news, as...

Rudolph Technologies Unveils New Inspection Suite for Front- and Back-end Semiconductor Manufacturing

Rudolph continues to drive the technological innovation of its inspection and metrology products to deliver solutions that address the demanding needs across front- and back-end processes Wilmington, Mass. (September 6, 2016)—Rudolph Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: RTEC) today launched two new inspection and metrology solutions for advanced semiconductor manufacturing: the Firefly™ System...

Shifting Packaging Landscape brings Both Challenges and Growth

2015 overall was a mixed year for the materials sector in the electronics market, with a general slowdown in PC-related segments offset by continued growth in mobile smart phones and other handheld devices despite industry growth flattening out late in 2015. In 2016, market forecasts indicate some improved growth and...

GIT 2014: “Call them Interposers, as God Intended”

Subu: “I find the whole concept of 2.5D fairly atrocious. I have banned its use.” Rao: “what are you going to call it?” Subu: “Interposers, like God intended it to be.” The exchange quoted above took place between Subramanian Iyer, PhD, Director, Systems Scaling Technology IBM, and co-chair of this year’s...

Kulicke & Soffa Stack the Dice for 2.5D and 3D IC Assembly

It’s been a long time coming, but Kulicke & Soffa has seen the writing on the wall, and it reads: “2.5D and 3D IC assembly is a hot market.” Why else would the wire-bond giant invest in developing a thermocompression chip-to-substrate (C2S) bonder for high-volume 2.5D and 3D IC die...

Kulicke & Soffa Introduces APAMA – New Thermo-Compression Bonder

Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. announced the introduction of APAMA (Advanced Packaging with Adaptive Machine Analytics), the Company’s new Chip-to-Substrate (C2S) bonder that answers today’s thermo-compression bonding challenges. The APAMA was designed with performance and accuracy in mind, delivering the best-in-class die-stacking solution for 2.5D / 3D or TSV integrated...