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Understanding the Nuances of Chiplet Design

Chiplets are the new “It” heterogeneous integration technology. In fact, the big news in Taiwan this week is that Apple is entertaining the idea of using TSMC’s 3D interconnect fabric – which is based on the company’s approach to chiplet integration. According to Taiwan News, other companies considering the technology...

IFTLE 489: AMAT Addresses Hybrid Bonding; DECA M-Series Continues to Develop

 Let’s take a final look at some of the presentations from the 2021 IMAPS Device Packaging workshop. Applied Materials Applied Materials (AMAT) discussed “Through Silicon Vias (TSVs) and Hybrid Bonding Solutions for Heterogeneous Integration…”. AMAT notes that hybrid bonding is not a new technology but rather has been commercialized for...

Siemens and ASE Introduce Enablement Technologies for Next-generation High Density Advanced Package Designs

Siemens Digital Industries Software today announced that its collaboration with Advanced Semiconductor Engineering, Inc. (ASE) has generated two new enablement solutions engineered to help mutual customers create and evaluate multiple complex integrated circuit (IC) package assemblies and interconnect scenarios in an easy-to-use, data-robust graphical environment prior to and during physical...

Good News about Glass Substrates

Over the years on 3D inCites, we’ve discussed the debate about the advantages and disadvantages of using glass substrates for advanced packaging applications. Thanks to ongoing research and development, a clear path has emerged for the use of glass in two key areas: as carrier substrates for high-density fan-out (FO)...

IFTLE 413: Beware of Technology Hype for the Automotive Market

As packaging practitioners/experts themselves, regular readers know that IFTLE is always on the lookout for the latest applications and the latest chips going into those applications because all those chips will have to be packaged. However, IFTLE has previously warned the reader to beware of technology hype, which appears to...

5G: Off the Fence Rail and into the Ring at IMAPS DPC 2018

The cynic inside often thinks “All hat, no cattle” about the newest new, new thing (right, Michael Lewis?). But if you were to consult the Gartner Hype Cycle listings from 2008 as I just did you would find, perhaps to your surprise, that Cloud Computing, 3-D Printing, Solid-State Drives, and...

Interposers, 3D TSVs, and Alternatives: One Size Does Not Fit All

Whenever Francoise organizes an event, she always manages to compose a mixture of entertainment, real work and valuable education. This panel was no different. Francoise moderated the IWLPC 2015 Panel Discussion: Interposers, 3D TSVs, and Alternatives: What are the Options and Where do They Fit? featuring Aric Shorey, Corning, Inc.; Thibeault Buisson, Yole...

Rudolph JetStep Lithography System Gains Traction for Advanced Packaging Applications

Flanders, New Jersey (March 10, 2015)—Rudolph Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: RTEC) announced today that a major outsourced assembly and test (OSAT) manufacturer has selected the JetStep® Advanced Packaging Lithography System for evaluation. The tool, which ships this week, will be used to develop copper (Cu) pillar bumping and through silicon via...