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Top Stories

What Exactly Are Chiplets And Heterogeneous Integration?

New technologies drive new terminology, but the early days for those new approaches can be very confusing.

Many Options For EUV Photoresists, No Clear Winner

Chip industry searching for optimal balance of sensitivity, resolution, and LWR at leading-edge nodes.

Challenges Grow For Medical ICs

Making devices that are defect-free and able to withstand years of harsh environments is made more difficult by a combination of low volume and hig...

Linear Pluggable Optics Save Energy In Data Centers

New OIF electrical standards will enable interoperability, adding another option for faster and more efficient data movement.

Interconnects Approach Tipping Point

The 10 angstrom node will usher in new architectures, tooling, and materials, forcing a massive change in the way fabs build interconnects.

Memory Wall Problem Grows With LLMs

Hardware advances have addressed some of the problems. The next step may hinge on the algorithms.

What’s Next In Advanced Packaging?

Momentum is building for organic interposers, 3D stacking, and photonics, but questions remain about how the industry gets there and what kinds of ...

Advanced Packaging Moving At Breakneck Pace

A chiplet supermarket is still years off, but progress is being made on all fronts.

Assembly Design Rules Slowly Emerge

Assembly design kits will greatly increase efficiency, but custom methods prevail for now.

Electrifying Everything: Power Moves Toward ICs

Wide bandgap materials and advanced packaging are revolutionizing power, but thermal and integration challenges persist.

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Round Tables

What’s Next In Advanced Packaging?

Momentum is building for organic interposers, 3D stacking, and photonics, but questions remain about how the industry gets there and what kinds of ...

Advanced Packaging Moving At Breakneck Pace

A chiplet supermarket is still years off, but progress is being made on all fronts.

One Chip Vs. Many Chiplets

Challenges and options vary widely depending on markets, workloads, and economics.

Monolithic Vs. Heterogeneous Integration

New processes, materials, and combinations of existing technologies will determine future directions for semiconductors.

Opportunities Grow For GPU Acceleration

The convergence of AI/ML and GPU advancements are creating new opportunities for faster processing.

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Multimedia

Emerging Technologies Driving Heterogeneous Integration

New architectures, opportunities, and challenges as chipmakers move from monolithic architectures to chiplets.

Secure Movement Of Data In Test

Why heterogeneous integration changes how data is used in manufacturing.

Challenges Of Testing Advanced Packages

Bundling more chips or chiplets increases the difficulty of thoroughly testing a device.

High-NA EUV Progress And Problems

Why it's necessary, when it's coming, and what still needs to be done.

Challenges Of Heterogeneous Integration

Cramming more features into a small space adds challenges and benefits.

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