Electronics Manufacturing Blogs

Solid State Technology’s bloggers provide an insider’s point-of-view for electronic manufacturing such as semiconductor wafer fab, micro electromechanical systems (MEMS) manufacturing, and advanced packaging and test product announcements, industry tradeshows, process advances, and technologies.

Insights From Leading Edge

Dr. Phil Garrou gives his insight into leading edge developments in 3-D integration and advanced packaging, reporting the latest technical goings on from conferences, conversations, and more.

IFTLE 151 2013 IMAPS Device Packaging Conf part 1 - Amkor

06/16/2013

I’ll be interspersing reports from DPC with ECTC and ICEP reports so pay attention as to where the material over the summer is coming from. In addition I will be covering ConFab and Semicon West so there will be a lot of information coming y... Read More >>

IFTLE 150 ICEP Osaka part 1

06/10/2013

The Int Symp on Electronic Packaging was held in Osaka the week of April 10th with keynote speakers, Dr. Subramanian S. Iyer of IBM, Dr. Takeshi Uenoyama of Panasonic, and Dr. Urmi Ray of Qualcomm. General Chair was Shintao Yamamichi of Re... Read More >>

IFTLE 149 2013 ECTC part 1

06/04/2013

The undisputed Jewel of IC packaging conferences, the ECTC (Electronic Component Technology Conference) took place this past week in Las Vegas with 1300+ attendees, 95 exhibitors and IFTLE in attendance. Over 600 submitted abstracts resulted... Read More >>

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Chipworks

DICK JAMES is a 40-year veteran of the semiconductor industry and the senior technology analyst for Chipworks, an Ottawa, Canada-based specialty reverse engineering company. Chipworks analyses a broad range of devices, giving Dick a unique overview of what technologies make it into the real world of semiconductor production.

Economy Threatens Semi Growth, not Technology – so Say Fab Engineers at ASMC

06/06/2013

It’s still spring in the north-eastern part of North America, and that means it’s the time of year for the Advanced Semiconductor Manufacturing Conference, in the amiable ambiance of Saratoga Springs, New York. The conference took place last month, on May 13 – 16.As the name say... Read More >>

Intel Foundries MEMS for Fuel Cell Start-up Nectar

01/30/2013

In the last couple of years there have been announcements that Intel will be acting as a foundry for FPGA company Achronix, PLD maker Tabula and programmable network processor provider Netronome, as well as much speculation about making chips for Apple. All these reports refer to using Intel&rsqu... Read More >>

IBM surprises with 22nm details at IEDM

12/12/2012

Monday afternoon at the 2012 IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting, IBM discussed their 22nm SOI high-performance technology [1], aimed at servers and high-end SoC products. To an extent, this is an extension of the 32nm process, using epitaxial SiGe for the PMOS channels and stress, and du... Read More >>

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Pete's Posts Blog

Pete's Posts covers topics germane to the electronics and solar industries, including semiconductor and photovoltaic solar cell manufacturing, advanced packaging, nanotechnology, MEMS and circuit board assembly.

Tackling Design for Yield Questions at DAC

05/22/2013

Process variations are unavoidable, but how can chip designers plan for them in their designs to obtain optimal yield and device performance? That’s one of the focal points of a pavilion panel at the upcoming Design Automation Conference (DAC), to be held June 2-6 in Austin, TX. Titled "Le... Read More >>

Join The ConFab discussion

02/26/2013

The ConFab is Solid State Technology's annual conference and networking event. This year, it will be held June 23-26 at The Encore at The Wynn in Las Vegas. We recently started a LinkedIn group, where we will inform members of new activities, and keep the discussion going on topics related to sem... Read More >>

Questions and answers on FD-SOI

01/04/2013

A month or so ago, we implemented (without much fanfare) the ability to comment and rank articles on this site, and more easily use social media tools. I’d like to call your attention to one interesting exchange, and also invite you to start posting comments of your own. In mid-December, we... Read More >>

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MEMS Industry Group Blog

Karen Lightman is managing director of MEMS Industry Group, the trade association advancing MEMS across global markets.

Who's Driving the MEMS Evolution Revolution Now? (Part 3 of 3)

05/13/2013

Who’s Driving the MEMS Evolution Revolution Now? (Part 3 of 3)It is my pleasure to present the conclusion of the guest blog trilogy on the MEMS Evolution Revolution, written by my colleague, and long-time MEMS industry insider, Howard Wisniowski. So far in this series, Howard ... Read More >>

Who’s Driving the MEMS Evolution Revolution? (Part 2 of 3)

05/06/2013

I am pleased to bring you the second part of a three part series on the MEMS Evolution Revolution, written by my colleague, and long-time MEMS industry insider, Howard Wisniowski. So far in this series, Howard has taken us with him to "visit" member company Qualtré, and taug... Read More >>

Who's Driving The MEMS Evolution Revolution - Part 1 of 3

04/25/2013

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EUVL Focus

Dr. Vivek Bakshi blogs about EUV Lithography (EUVL) and related topics of interest. He has edited two books on EUVL and is an internationally recognized expert on EUV Source Technology and EUV Lithography. He consults, writes, teaches and organizes EUVL related workshops.

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