PACKAGING BLOGS

ElectroIQ’s bloggers provide an insider’s point-of-view for electronic manufacturing such as semiconductor wafer fab, solar photovoltaics, 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 88 Apple TSV Interposer rumors; Betting the Ranch ; TSV for Sony PS-4; Top Chip Fabricators in Last 25 Years

02/11/2012
Apple about to Join the 2.5D TSV club?Click on any of the images to enlarge.It's not news that Apple has been considering moving fabrication of its A6 ARM processor from its current supplier Samsung to TSMC. The "A6," was scheduled to appear in th... Read More >>

IFTLE 87 JEDEC Wide IO Stds, Elpida 3D shipments start while merger rumors loom , Renesas joins 3D wide IO Club; Comments from IBM on 22 nm & Beyond

01/29/2012
JEDEC Wide IO Mobile DRAM StandardsWe have been talking about the JEDEC wide IO DRAM standards for a few years. [see IFTLE 19, "Semicon Taiwan 3D Forum Part 2"] Wide I/O mobile DRAM using 3D stacking with TSV provides "double the bandwidth at the ... Read More >>

IFTLE 86 3D Headlines at the RTI 3D ASIP part deux

01/22/2012
Continuing  with key developments at the 2011 RTI ASIP ST Ericsson / CEA Leti / CadenceOne of the best received presentations of the conference was “A Three-Layers 3D-IC Stack including Wide IO and a 3D NoC - a Practical Design Per... Read More >>

TEST POINTS

Observations and opinions about semiconductor test, and the factors that drive how test plays a strategic role throughout the semiconductor design and production process.

 

Want to predict the future of semi technology? More power to you!

02/02/2012
Ask someone at work in a leading-edge fab what the semi industry will be all about over the rest of this decade, and the first answer you're likely to get is "more power," as in “more power devices based on wide-bandgap semiconductors." Currently, silicon carbide (SiC) and gallium nitride... Read More >>

Engineering Education is Tough And Needs to Stay That Way

11/07/2011
Should engineering degrees be expanded to a five-year curriculum instead of four?  The knowledge, skills and techniques our new hires must master is extensive and exploding, and it’s hard to imagine how it can all be covered in just four years.But in truth, the extra year wouldn’t ... Read More >>

The Apple Tastes Better When Savored Slowly

10/27/2011
Here’s my last blog post – for now – in my series of recent posts on creating enduring products:Lesson: Make sure that first bite isn’t more than you can chew.I’ll tell you something we don’t necessarily broadcast to the outside world:  the first two product con... Read More >>

SEMI NEWS AND VIEWS

SEMI is the global industry association serving the manufacturing supply chains for the microelectronic, photovoltaic, LED and display industries. Bloggers include Jonathan Davis (President, Semiconductor Business), Maggie Hershey (Sr. Director, Public Policy), Tom Morrow (EVP, Emerging Markets Group), Stan Myers (President, SEMI), and Dan Tracy.

SEMI News and Views

02/10/2012

SEMI News and Views

02/10/2012

Fearless into a Doomsday Year: Examining Fab Spending and Capacity into 2012 and Beyond

01/13/2012
By Christian Gregor Dieseldorff, SEMI Industry Research and Statistics, San Jose,California, January 6, 2012 The Mayans were highly skilled astronomers, whose “Long Count” calendar marks the end of a 5,126-year era. According to some interpretations of the ancient Mayan calend... Read More >>

ELECTROIQ BLOG

Read opinions/analysis on the day's news, tradeshow updates, and more. We blog about solar, semiconductor, advanced packaging and nanotech manufacturing industries.

Intel's (INTC) 2011 earnings, Q1 outlook, and executive reshuffle

01/22/2012
January 22, 2012 - BUSINESS WIRE -- Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) reported full-year revenue of $54 billion, operating income of $17.5 billion, net income of $12.9 billion and EPS of $2.39 -- all records for the semiconductor company. The company generated approximately $21 billion in cash from... Read More >>

Samsung plans record investments in 2012

01/17/2012
January 17, 2012 -- Samsung Group, which includes Samsung Electronics Co, is raising its 2012 investment to a record $41.4 billion (47.8 trillion won), the company said in a statement (in Korean). Miyoung Kim, Reuters, says that this record amount underscores "the widening gulf between the domina... Read More >>

Cleaner lines in the new ElectroIQ.com

12/15/2011
Hello again readers! I recently told you about some new functionalities on the ElectroIQ.com website, but that's only part of our redesign work. Looks are important too, and organization even more so. Very soon, you'll see a lighter color scheme on ElectroIQ.com. We've pared down the blue and red... Read More >>
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