Send us a text The secondary semiconductor equipment market has been under a strain as secondary tools have been in hot demand since the chip shortage began in 2020 impacting the entire semiconductor supply chain. Here to speak with Françoise about this are Bruce Kim and Jin Choi of SurplusGLOBAL. They are their company’s perspective, and the actions they are taking to address the situation. Kim talks about the growth of the secondary equipment market in Korea, where the company is based. He exp...
Aug 04, 2022•20 min•Season 2Ep. 24
Send us a text In this episode, we visit 3D InCites member companies on the trade show floor at SEMICON West and the Design Automation Conference to learn about what they are showcasing this year. Dave Kirsch and Paul Lindner of EV Group talk about the latest achievement in die-to-wafer fusion and hybrid bonding, and what it means for multi-die system-on-chip. They also share BIG news about 3D ICs. Alan Weber, Cimetrix, a division of PDF Solutions , talked about the company’s connectivity and co...
Jul 28, 2022•1 hr 2 min•Season 2Ep. 23
Send us a text This podcast episode was recorded live at SEMICON West 2022 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, where critical discussions about the latest issues impacting the semiconductor industry took place. Françoise von Trapp speaks with Joe Stockunas, the new President of SEMI Americas; Ajit Manocha, SEMI CEO and President; Mousumi Bhat, who heads up SEMI’s Sustainability Initiative, and Shari Liss, Executive Director at SEMI Foundation, who talk about some of the week’s highlights. Wh...
Jul 21, 2022•48 min•Season 2Ep. 21
Send us a text Françoise von Trapp interviews Thomas Smelker, of Mercury Systems, about what is meant by “Trusted and Secure” microelectronics, and why it is critical to Mercury’s military, aerospace, space, and industrial customers. He then does a deep dive into the geopolitical climate, the “actors” are trying to take away the technological advantage the US and its allies have. Tom explains why trusted and secure microelectronics are more important now than ever, as well as why it’s important ...
Jul 14, 2022•35 min•Season 2Ep. 20
Send us a text ASE’s Mark Gerber, Amkor’s Curtis Zwenger, and Quorvo’s Matthew Poulton talk about 5G Technology Challenges; Synopsys' Ming Zhen talks about the Era of SysMoore; Start-up competition competitors give mini-pitches. While the rollout of 5G is underway, there are remaining technology challenges that must be solved before we can really experience the full benefits of 5G. This was the topic of for the panel discussion at the IMAPs SiP Conference. We invited the panelists to talk about ...
Jul 07, 2022•1 hr 3 min•Season 2Ep. 19
Send us a text Qualcomm’s Chidi Chidambaram talks about system technology co-optimization; ASE’s Mark Gerber Talks about the VIPack Platform; Daniel Graf, Zero EC, talks about solving data bottlenecks. This episode was recorded live at the 2022 IMAPS Advanced SiP Conference, where the focus is on SiP technology developments, solutions and business trends. The first interview is with keynote speaker, Chidi Chidambaram, Qualcomm, who talked about system-level optimization opportunities and challen...
Jun 30, 2022•49 min•Season 2Ep. 19
Send us a text We are excited to share that we’ve partnered with SEMI’s Market Intelligence team to bring you quarterly semiconductor industry market updates. Each episode will feature one of SEMI’s market analysts, who will discuss different market trends driving specific areas of the market. They’ll also provide some high-level intelligence to help you in your day-to-day business decisions. In this first episode, we’re focusing on the Semiconductor Manufacturing Equipment Market. Guests includ...
Jun 23, 2022•22 min•Season 2Ep. 18
Send us a text Françoise hit Technology Corner at the IEEE Electronic Components Technology Conference 2022, May 31-June 3, interviewing 3D InCites member companies about being back in person, and their perspectives of some of the key industry challenges such as supply chain issues, sustainability; diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts, new technology advancements, and much more. Tanja Braun , Fraunhofer - IZM, accepted the 3D InCites Award and shared some of the results of the PLP consortium...
Jun 16, 2022•1 hr 1 min•Season 2Ep. 17
Send us a text In Part 1 of ECTC 2022 coverage, Françoise catches up with some of the industry visionaries at key companies in the microelectronics space, as well as 3D technology research institutes to find out what they shared and learned at ECTC 2022. The episode kicks off with a conversation with Marvell’s Kevin O’Buckley who talked about key take-aways from the advanced packaging and co-packaged optics panel, and Chris Koopmans who shared some insight on the impact of supply chains on fable...
Jun 10, 2022•1 hr 11 min•Season 2Ep. 16
Send us a text The semiconductor industry is on a rapid growth trajectory, with a goal of becoming a $1 trillion industry by 2030 – that’s only 8 years away! Getting there will require a tremendous amount of innovation, investment, and risk-taking – all characteristics that define an entrepreneur. But what does it really mean to be an entrepreneur in the semiconductor industry? To find out, Françoise visited our 3D inCites community member, CyberOptics Corpation. The company’s president and CEO,...
Jun 02, 2022•40 min•Season 2Ep. 15
Send us a text In our continued coverage of the chip shortage and actions being taken around the globe, this episode looks at the raw materials market, and how different aspects of it are impacting the semiconductor supply chain. Françoise speaks with Lewis Black, CEO of Almonty Industries, an international raw materials development company that mines tungsten – which is integral material in semiconductor chips and electronics. Tungsten gas used to create a nanolayer coating on the inner working...
May 19, 2022•27 min•Season 2Ep. 14
Send us a text The semiconductor industry’s role in creating a sustainable world continues to be one of the hottest topics of discussion. At the SEMI Industry Strategy Symposium 2022, almost every presentation addressed the issue in one form or another. In this episode, Françoise speaks with Marshall Chase, director of sustainability at Micron. Marshall’s entire presentation at ISS was on this topic. Topics of discussion include: · The feasibility of semiconductor companies reaching Net Zero Emi...
Apr 22, 2022•21 min•Season 2Ep. 13
Send us a text SEMI Europe’s Laith Altimime joins Françoise for a conversation about how the Ukraine War is impacting Europe in general, and specifically the European semiconductor industry supply chain. Laith explains what SEMI is doing to support the semiconductor supply chain crisis. On a brighter note, they also talk about the outcome of the recent European Chips Act. Europe wants to go from owning 9% to 20% of the worlds chip manufacturing. The European Chips Act that was passed adds €15 bi...
Apr 20, 2022•27 min•Season 2Ep. 12
Send us a text As we all know, events of the last two years that are beyond our control – such as the pandemic, geopolitical issues, trade wars, and the war in Ukraine - have had a significant impact on the semiconductor supply chain, sending us scrambling for workarounds and playing catch-up. What if we had been better prepared to proactively address these issues? At SEMI ISS Bindiya Vakil, Co-founder and CEO of Resilinc, presented a talk titled, Designing Risk-Ready Supply Chains for the Post-...
Apr 18, 2022•23 min•Season 2Ep. 11
Send us a text What’s changed about ISS since 2020? The attendees were 20% women – and specifically, women in leadership. To celebrate, we gathered some of our SemiSisters for a conversation over breakfast and recorded it as a podcast episode. We talked about lots of things – what it’s like to be a woman in this male-dominated industry, our personal career journeys, and how we navigated the pandemic. We also talked about all the opportunities for women in engineering, and other STEM degrees, as ...
Apr 15, 2022•25 min•Season 2Ep. 10
Send us a text We spent the week of April 4-8 at the SEMI Industry Strategy Symposium, where industry leaders gathered to discuss the key issues facing the semiconductor industry, and set goals for the next year – and beyond. In this episode, Françoise talks with some of the market analysts who presented their 2022 projections: Jan Vardaman, of TechSearch International, Andrea Lati of TechInsights, and Bob Johnson, of Gartner. This conversation touches on all the key points that are currently to...
Apr 13, 2022•21 min•Season 2Ep. 9
Send us a text SEMI’s annual Industry Strategy Symposium (ISS) took place April 4-7, 2022 at the Riz Carlton resort in Half Moon Bay, CA. The event usually takes place in January, but due to Omicron, was postponed at the last minute and rescheduled to April. This annual event is where industry leaders gather for mission-critical discussions that the strategies for the year ahead. Over the course of the week, we recorded six episodes, speaking to presenters and attendees about the hottest topics ...
Apr 08, 2022•21 min•Season 2Ep. 8
Send us a text In 2021, there was a changing of the guard at the International Microelectronics and Packaging Society. In this episode, Françoise speaks with new IMAPS President, Beth Keser, and President-elect Erica Folk, about their vision for IMAPS going forward. Beth and Erica provide details on three major initiatives: One is to create awareness in the US Government and defense industry about the importance of packaging in the semiconductor industry. The second is to bring in more academics...
Mar 31, 2022•14 min•Season 2Ep. 7
Send us a text In addition to our 3D InCites Award Winners, we caught up with some of our members who had news and stories to share at IMAPS DPC, March 8-10, 2022. In this episode, Françoise speaks with Bob Connor, of member company X-Celeprint , about the Micro Transfer Process (MTP) a massively parallel pick and place technology that has been around since 2007, but is starting to get traction new applications in the heterogeneous integration space. Next, she speaks with Darby Davis of Gel-Pak ...
Mar 28, 2022•23 min•Season 2Ep. 6
Send us a text The topic of the 2022 IMAPs Global Business Council Spring Meeting, co-located with the IMAPS Device Packaging Conference, was Onshoring for the Department of Defense (DoD). Since the last time we visited the Onshoring packaging to the US question, the Chips Act has been passed, and now Congress is trying to decide how to appropriate the 52Billion in incentives. Simultaneously, the already-funded State-of-the-Art (SOTA) Heterogeneous Integrated Packaging (SHIP) program has been la...
Mar 21, 2022•35 min•Season 2Ep. 5
Send us a text We presented the 2022 3D InCites Awards in person on March 10 at the IMAPs Device Packaging Conference. Rather than acceptance speeches, we carved out time throughout the week to interview some winners for the 3D InCites podcast. In this, the first of two episodes we speak with the following award winners and asked them to share their success stories with our listeners. First up, a conversation with EMD’s Jeff Catlin , about the company’s commitment to sustainable semiconductor ma...
Mar 17, 2022•1 hr 2 min•Season 2Ep. 4
Send us a text IMAPS Device Packaging Conference 2022 takes place next week – March 8-10, here in our home state of Arizona, and we at 3D InCites are very excited! It’s been two years since the event took place in person. In fact, it was the last event I attended before the world shut down – literally two weeks later. Even then, the buzz was about COVID 19, elbow bumping and hand sanitizing. Masks weren’t even a thing yet. It was also the last time we held the 3D InCites Awards Ceremony in perso...
Mar 03, 2022•24 min•Season 2Ep. 3
Send us a text One of our most listened-to episodes in Season 1 was on the importance of package design for chiplet integration. For those of you who are new to this podcast and chiplet technology, in a nutshell: Chiplets are hardened blocks of IP of different semiconductor technology nodes that result from disaggregating – literally taking apart a System-on-Chip. These blocks are then reintegrated as a single package using high-speed interfaces to deliver greater performance at a reduced cost, ...
Feb 24, 2022•25 min
Send us a text Workforce development is a critical and ongoing challenge in the microelectronics industry. SEMI Foundation is working to build awareness about the opportunities that come with a career in microelectronics through its Industry Image and Awareness Campaign. Part of that initiative is a partnership with Roadtrip Nation to create a video and documentary series focused on the microelectronics industry. In this episode, I talk with Shari Liss, Executive Director of SEMI Foundation. She...
Feb 10, 2022•18 min•Season 2Ep. 2
Send us a text We’re kicking it off Season 2 of the 3D InCites Podcast with a conversation about CES 2022. As you probably know, the Consumer Electronics Showcase took place Live in Las Vegas earlier this month. The official attendee report is 45,000 in-person attendees and 2300 exhibitors, as well as 1800 global media representatives. 1/3 of the attendees were from outside the US. Sounds like big numbers – but that’s only about ¼ of the usual turnout, according to the Las Vegas Review-Journal. ...
Jan 20, 2022•22 min•Season 2Ep. 1
Send us a text In this episode, sponsored by EMD Electronics, Françoise speaks with Anand Nambiar, who heads the semiconductor materials business of EMD Electronics, a business of Merck KGAA Darmstadt, Germany. In addition to providing his perspectives on the chip shortage, supply chain issues, and managing the growth of the semiconductor industry, he shared some exciting news. First, he talked about Level-Up, EMD’s program to step into the next decade with the right level of capability. These 3...
Dec 16, 2021•26 min•Season 1Ep. 25
Send us a text As part of our SEMICON West Hybrid 2021 podcast series, Françoise spent lots of time on the show floor, catching up in person with 3D InCites community members and other industry experts to find out how business has been since the last time they saw each other at SEMICON West in 2019. In addition to talking about what they are showcasing in their booths, top of mind topics included the chip shortage, supply chain issues, the talent shortage, managing growth, efforts in sustainable...
Dec 15, 2021•32 min•Season 1Ep. 24
Send us a text As part of our SEMICON West Hybrid 2021 podcast series, Françoise spent lots of time on the show floor, catching up in person with 3D InCites community members and other industry experts to find out how business has been since the last time they saw each other at SEMICON West in 2019. In addition to talking about what they are showcasing in their booths, top of mind topics included the chip shortage, supply chain issues, the talent shortage, managing growth, efforts in sustainable...
Dec 14, 2021•40 min•Season 1Ep. 23
Send us a text As part of our SEMICON West Hybrid 2021 podcast series, Françoise spent lots of time on the show floor, catching up in person with 3D InCites community members to find out how business has been since the last time they saw each other at SEMICON West in 2019. In addition to talking about what they are showcasing in their booths, top of mind topics included the chip shortage, supply chain issues, the talent shortage, managing growth, efforts in sustainable manufacturing, and their h...
Dec 13, 2021•40 min•Season 1Ep. 22
Send us a text This week (December 7-9) at SEMICON West in the Workforce Development Pavilion, one of the overarching topics has been how to address one of the current supply chain crises – not the chip shortage – but the talent shortage. If you’ve been following the news, you know that in response to the chip shortage, chip manufacturers and their suppliers are adding capacity at a furious pace. According to SEMI, 29 new fabs will break ground globally between now and 2022. But who will staff t...
Dec 10, 2021•25 min•Season 1Ep. 21
