On-demand, actionable insight increases warehouse productivity and maximizes employee safety Brewer Science, Inc., a pioneering leader in smart device technology, proudly introduces its latest innovation in workplace safety and productivity enhancement – the Smart Warehouse Monitor system. Designed to revolutionize industrial and warehouse settings, this cutting-edge solution offers actionable, on-demand information to ensure employee safety, drive productivity, and enhance operational efficiency. With a relentless commitment to innovation and leveraging over 40 years of expertise in mate ..read more

Funds to  Strengthen Domestic Semiconductor Supply Chain MILPITAS, Calif. ─ April 16, 2024 ─ SEMI, the industry association serving the global electronics design and manufacturing supply chain, today applauded the United States Department of Commerce’s announcement of a Preliminary Memorandum of Terms for an award under the CHIPS and Science Act to support the expansion of Samsung Electronics’  presence in Texas and the company’s development and production of leading-edge chips. The award includes $6.4 billion in grants and an investment tax credit to help fund two new leading-edge l ..read more

If you have been following the announcements from Bob Patti and his company, NHanced Semiconductors, it would not be surprising if you were a bit confused about how all these announcements will be coming together. I know IFTLE was, so we approached longtime friend Bob Patti and came up with the following information. NHanced ultimate goal is to supply both the commercial and military/aerospace markets. Aerospace and Defense currently account for 2/3 of its business. NHanced’s technical capabilities include: Advanced Packaging: HDI edge packaging Chiplet integration TSV Insertion Covalent oxid ..read more

The Hierarchy of the Re’s You are probably familiar with the phrase “reduce, reuse, recycle.” You may have heard that it’s best to do things in that order. I suspect that you aren’t aware of starting with Refuse. As a verb, refuse means to say no to something. When individuals refuse to buy something, that saves all the resources and energy needed to make the item. Refuse isn’t a popular term in the business world. That’s understandable. After all, if no one buys your products, you don’t have a viable business. I want to reframe Refuse. It applies when a company refuses to work with suppliers ..read more

Keeping pace with Moore’s law continues to be challenging and is driving the adoption of innovative packaging technologies that support continued system scaling while doing so at lower costs than comparable monolithic devices.  These packaging technologies disaggregate what would typically be a homogenous, monolithic device — like an ASIC or system-on-chip (SoC) — into discrete, unpackaged dies, known as chiplets, specifically designed and optimized for operation within a package in conjunction with other chiplets (Figure 1). This is also referred to as heterogeneous integration (HI), whe ..read more

Certification and Ongoing Monitoring Assures Customers of Manufacturing Operations’ ESD Control and Safety ESCONDIDO, Calif. – April 11, 2024 – QP Technologies, a leading provider of innovative microelectronic packaging and assembly solutions, today announced it has been certified ANSI/ESD S20.20-compliant by TÜV SÜD America Inc. – one of only six certification bodies accredited to issue ESD S20.20 certificates. Established and governed by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI), the ESD S20.20-2021 standard provides requirements for establishing, implementing, and maintaining an elec ..read more

Mike Gianfagna, in his blog for SemiWiki, declared that “MZ Technologies is a unique company that enables multi-die design by providing critical planning and analysis tools that sit above the traditional EDA design flow.” He went on to point out that, given a set of constraints, GENIOTM delivers a good result.  He then posed some interesting questions: What is the right set of constraints?  What type of stack (for 3D), what type of interposer (for 2.5D) and what type of placement of blocks and pins will deliver the best result?  These, Mike says, are just some of the questions t ..read more

The global semiconductor industry is growing steadily as integrated circuits (ICs) are now a pervasive part of our everyday lives. Despite recent supply shortages and other challenges, semiconductors are nevertheless projected to become a US$1 trillion industry by 2030, with more than two-thirds of overall growth expected to be driven by automotive, computing/data storage and wireless technologies. While the lion’s share of this total will belong to advanced devices manufactured on 300mm and larger wafers, the 200mm manufacturing segment has a vital role to play in helping the industry reach a ..read more

MILPITAS, Calif. ─ April 8, 2024 ─ SEMI, the industry association serving the global electronics design and manufacturing supply chain, today applauded the United States Department of Commerce’s announcement of a Preliminary Memorandum of Terms for an award under the CHIPS and Science Act to support the construction of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) chip manufacturing facilities in Arizona. The award includes $6.6 billion in grants, as much as $5 billion in loans, and an investment tax credit. “We applaud the U.S. Department of Commerce for taking this significant step to en ..read more

SEMI University In-Person Courses Aim to Help the Semiconductor Industry Workforce Build Skills, Advance in Careers Aiming to help the global semiconductor workforce expand its skills to address the talent gap, SEMI today announced the expansion of the SEMI University learning platform to include in-person training. Complementing SEMI U online courses, the semiconductor curriculum is designed for technicians, engineers, and non-technical staff ranging from new hires to experienced workers looking to advance their careers. The courses cover subjects including front-end and back-end manufacturin ..read more