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Fan-Out Wars Begin
The number of low-density packaging options is increasing as the popularity of advanced packaging grows.

Cheaper Packaging Options Ahead
Low-cost alternatives to interposers could have a big impact on chip design.

Testing Analog Chips
Increasing numbers of analog components could help perk up this market after years of steady but sleepy growth.

Blogs

Editor In Chief Ed Sperling observes that an emphasis on heterogeneity has increased the burden on OSATs and foundries to make sure everything works as expected inside a package, in What’s In The Package?

Technology Editor Jeff Dorsch questions whether test equipment will have another big year, in ATE Tailwind For 2018?

Advantest’s Judy Davies points to improvements in prosthetic technology with the integration of AI, in Walk A Mile In Their Shoes.

National Instruments’ David Vye, Gent Paparisto and Joel Kirshman dig into what the ideal waveform for 5G communications looks like, in System-Level Simulation Of Technologies Supporting Enhanced Spectral Efficiency For 5G New Radio.

Sponsor White Papers

NI Trend Watch 2018
IIoT mandates, 5G disruption to test, breaking Moore’s Law, and the effects of electrification.

Fan-Out Wafer Level eWLB Technology As An Advanced System-in-Package Solution
A look at design considerations for a double-sided RDL, including board-level reliability and the challenges of higher density.

Test Innovations For ISO 26262
What the growing electronic content in cars means for test.