Special Report
Inside The 5G Smartphone
Video and overall demand for higher bandwidth and throughput are creating new opportunities in the smartphone market, sparking new technologies, approaches and materials.
Top Stories
Advanced IC Packaging Biz Heats Up
Stacked die and fan-outs gain steam as shrinking features becomes more difficult. Where the biggest hurdles are and what’s being done about them.
Interconnect Challenges Grow
RC delay issues grow in the back-end-of-the-line over the next couple of process nodes; possible solutions include new materials, new processes and stacked die.
Electronic Gas Concerns On The Rise
Contamination, shortages become bigger worries at advanced nodes.
What Works After 7nm?
Imec’s process technology guru discusses how far the finFET can be pushed and what happens after it breaks in an exclusive one-on-one interview.
Video
Tech Talk: 10nm Patterning
Welcome to the world of triple and quadruple patterning.
Blogs
Editor in Chief Ed Sperling argues that consolidation across the semiconductor industry could have a big impact on future choices, in Shrinking R&D Pool.
Executive Editor Mark LaPedus finds good news and bad news for buyers of rare earths, in Still Searching For Rare Earths.
Mentor Graphics’ David Abercrombie digs into odd-cycle errors and how to deal with them, in Case Studies In P&R Double-Patterning Debug.
Applied Materials’ Connie Duncan looks at how to extend the TiN metal hard mask to future process nodes, in Patterning Interconnects At 10nm And Below.
SEMI’s Allen Lu details why China’s investments will have a significant impact on the entire semiconductor ecosystem, in Challenges And Opportunities For China In The Semiconductor Industry.
Semico guest blogger Tarun Amla observes hardware is the foundation for all electronic products and continued innovation will be essential, in Wanted: Integrated Approach To Hardware Design.
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