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Realizing The Future Of 3D-IC Design


The integration of heterogeneous chiplet technology has fundamentally transformed semiconductor design, enabling the efficient creation of sophisticated system-in-packages by assembling pre-designed or third-party IP onto high-performance interposers and advanced packages. This approach offers significant advantages over traditional monolithic designs, including enhanced performance, improved p... » read more

The City In The Tower: 3D ICs Transform The Electronics System Landscape


By Keith Felton and Todd Burkholder The time of 3D integrated circuits (3D ICs) is here, and they will revolutionize the semiconductor industry and effect a watershed in the nature of electronics products that can be designed and manufactured. Yet again—as with personal computers, the internet, and smart phones—our increasingly digital world will never be the same. 3D IC architectures... » read more

The Seven Pillars Of IC Package Physical Design


Today’s heterogeneously integrated semiconductor packages represent a breakthrough technology that enables dramatic increases in bandwidth and performance with reduced power and cost compared to what can be currently achieved in traditional monolithic SoC designs. Figure 1. A heterogeneously integrated device with 47 chiplets. (Image Source: Intel) The evolving landscape of packagin... » read more

Optimizing System-Level Connectivity In Heterogenous Automotive Packages


By Keith Felton and Cristina Somma With the massive growth of electronics in the automotive sector (such as autonomous driving, electric vehicles, and safety systems), the complexity, capabilities, and volume of semiconductors is rapidly increasing the demand for greater package connectivity density. This has led to high-end IC-package solutions, such as copper pillar bumping with very fi... » read more