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Talking about Technology Megatrends at SEMICON West 2019
Last year’s entrance banner, compared with this year’s (above.) What a difference a year makes. First the aesthetic: after two years of maneuvering around a construction zone at SEMICON West, the...
View ArticleWhat Role does the US-China Trade War Play in the Semiconductor Downturn?
The US-China trade war is top of mind for those who work in the semiconductor industry. How much of the current downturn is it responsible for? What impact will it have on the industry? It’s no...
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Your Electronics Industry Publications, Blogs, and Online Communities Need...
Everyone in the semiconductor industry seems so shocked by the steady stream of electronics industry publications closures and cutbacks over the past year. From where I sit as both the Founder and...
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Supporting the 3D Megatrend in Semiconductor Manufacturing
We’ve waited a long time for this, and now it’s here. There is a 3D megatrend happening in semiconductor manufacturing, as scaling alone does not meet the sophisticated computing needs of Industry 4.0...
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How 5G is Enabling a Connected World
It’s official. The world is becoming more data-driven by the second and everything – I mean EVERYTHING – hinges on the success of 5G. 5G will make smart factories more efficient; bring medical care to...
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Weathering the Storm and Positioning the Semiconductor Industry for Growth
2019 has been a sobering year for the semiconductor industry. It started out with such high hopes, coming off of a banner year in 2018, during which we hit some significant milestones. Now we find...
View ArticleThe IWLPC Fan-out PLP Smack Down
At IWLPC 2019, the fan-out panel-level packaging (PLP) debate continued in another of Jan Vardaman’s famous lively panel discussions, which was co-moderated by PLP technology expert, Tanja Braun,...
View ArticleProducts on Parade in the Exhibits at IWLPC 2019
We hit the exhibits at IWLPC 2019 with a vengeance this year. Our mission was twofold – to find out the latest supplier offerings to support technology trends, and to spread the word about our new...
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Uniting the World Through Technology Innovation
What a week we just had at the Munich Messe in Germany! If you’ve never had the chance to attend SEMICON Europa and Productronica simultaneously, I highly recommend you put it on your must-do list. Not...
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SEMICON Europa and Productronica 2019 Exhibitor Showcase
The trade show floors at the combined SEMICON Europa and Productronica events can be daunting. In past years, we’ve focused our visits on the SEMICON Europa exhibitor floor, but as the lines fade...
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Raise A Glass to The New 3D InCites Community!
Happy New Year and welcome to the new 3D InCites community platform! We marked 2019 by celebrating our tenth anniversary, so it seems appropriate to kick off the next decade (for the world and us) with...
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Moving Beyond the Merger and Onto Innovation
Mike Sheaffer, senior director of corporate communications for Onto Innovation You may have noticed a newcomer to the 3D InCites community. But Onto Innovation is not a new company. It is the result of...
View ArticleEnsuring Device Reliability in Automotive Electronics
More than 90% of all traffic deaths are caused by human error.1 I’m sure you’ve all heard this statistic repeatedly over the past few years. After all, this 2016 finding by the US National Highway...
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And the Winners of the 2020 3D InCites Awards Are…
The 2020 3D InCites Awards program has been a bit of a nail biter for us all, as we waited for the judges’ votes to see how they aligned with the online votes. Remember: the online votes serve as one...
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Heterogeneous Integration Technology Gets its Own Competence Center
The team at EV Group has done it again. They looked around at where the microelectronics industry is headed, identified a gap and set out to fill it. This time, the gap fell in between research and...
View ArticleCoronavirus Gives Rubbing Elbows a New Meaning at IMAPS DPC 2020
As the domino effect of electronics industry event cancellations continued in response to the global threat of a potential Coronavirus pandemic, one industry association, the International...
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The Golden Age of Packaging Brought to you by Chiplet Integration
When people weren’t talking about the coronavirus at this year’s 2020 IMAPS Device Packaging Conference and its co-located Global Business Council, they were talking excitedly about the arrival of the...
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Not Even the Coronavirus can Stop the 5G Rollout, or Can It?
At last month’s IMAPS Device Packaging Conference, when I was not in keynote sessions, I was spending time chatting with industry colleagues to get their take on industry drivers. In all honesty, there...
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Social Distancing Spotlight: NAMICS
Brian Schmalz, NAMICS, Talks About the Future of Electronics Materials Since we launched the program in January, the 3D InCites Community has already grown to 29 members. I visited with a few of them...
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Social Distancing Spotlight: A DBI Ultra Update
Figure 1: Rick McClellan and Thomas Workman at IMAPS DPC 2019. Last year at ECTC 2019, Xperi officially launched DBI Ultra; the die-to-wafer hybrid bonding version of the highly successful,...
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