Send us a text In the first two episodes of this series, we heard from startup finalists who participated in last year’s program about their sustainability solutions, their experience with the program – including making strong industry connections and some securing funding, and advice for startups participating this year. In this third and final episode of the SEMI Startups for Semiconductor Sustainability series, you’ll hear about the journey ahead for the semifinalists of this year’s Startups ...
May 04, 2023•33 min•Season 3Ep. 12
Send us a text In this episode, recorded at IMAPS DPC 2023, Françoise von Trapp talks with Indium’s Andy Mackie, about his latest mission to address the confusing and complex lexicon of Advanced Packaging technology. He shares the backstory on the idea, he has come up with to change the way we talk about semiconductor device packaging, that will uplevel the importance of what is really interconnect technology. Mackie’s position, and that of other colleagues in the industry, is that the term "pac...
Apr 27, 2023•19 min•Season 3Ep. 11
Send us a text In this special episode of the 3D InCites Podcast, we bring you, in its entirety, a panel discussion that took place earlier this year at SEMI ISS Europe. The theme: Closing the Talent Gap and Cultivating the Workforce of Tomorrow. The multigenerational panel offers different perspectives and multiple topics, such as what they look for in a company, the importance of workplace culture, and what the semiconductor industry needs to do to improve its image to recruit more people. We ...
Apr 25, 2023•33 min•Season 3Ep. 10
Send us a text At IMAPS DPC, Françoise von Trapp moderated a town hall discussion, DEI: It Takes a Village. The target audience was not HR or hiring managers, but the regular attendees who may be wondering what they can do to help create an atmosphere of equity and inclusion at their workplace. We asked the hard questions that people might be asking: Why should I care? Why do I need to use my pronouns? What can I do/say to have an impact on our company culture? Panelists: Francesca Domingo , EMD...
Apr 20, 2023•46 min•Season 3Ep. 9
Send us a text In this episode, Françoise von Trapp holds impromptu interviews with 3D InCites members who attended, exhibited, and/or presented at the 2023 IMAPS DPC in March. Topics of discussion include: Using AI in microelectronics manufacturing, how front-end processes are finding their way into the back-end, updates on glass substrates, capillary underfill advancements, dealing with wafer warpage, and advanced substrates and standards on panel sizes. Contact our Guests Keith Felton , Sieme...
Apr 13, 2023•29 min•Season 3Ep. 8
Send us a text This episode features interviews that were recorded live at IMAPS DPC 2023. First is an interview with CEA Leti’s Silvie Joly, who gave an industry coalition talk during the Global Business Council session, New Momentum in Semiconductors: Impact of Ecosystems, a European Case Study . Joly is the partnerships manager for 3D integration and packaging at CEA Leti. She provides key takeaways from her talk. Next up is Basam Ziadah, who presented his keynote, Driving Adoption of Advance...
Apr 06, 2023•46 min•Season 3Ep. 7
Send us a text At the 2023 IMAPS Device Packaging Conference, there were a lot of discussions about chiplet technology, both in panel discussions and in general conversations. In this episode, we pulled together several interviews in an attempt to demystify and define chiplets, how they are produced and interconnected, what challenges the industry faces, and what we need to do to overcome them. You’ll hear from: Keith Felton , Siemens EDA Chris Scanlan , Besi Choon Lee, JCET Group Real Talk Abou...
Mar 30, 2023•30 min•Season 3Ep. 6
Send us a text In This episode, Françoise von Trapp interviews some of the 2023 3D InCites Award Winners, to learn about the significant accomplishments they are being recognized for. First is James Bear , TEL, who describes some of the company’s best practices that helped them secure the 2023 3D InCites Sustainability Award. Engineer of the Year, Markus Leitgeb , AT&S, explains the concepts and advantages of the company’s Embedded Component Process (ECP), which he helped develop. Mark Gerbe...
Mar 23, 2023•35 min•Season 3Ep. 5
Send us a text In this second episode of the SEMI’s Start-ups for Sustainability podcast series, SEMI’s James Amano returns to provide a quick recap of the program as SEMI gears up for its Startups for Semiconductor Sustainability Pitch Event Year 2. This year’s focus is on start-up companies that provide solutions that address the challenges of semiconductor manufacturing emissions, energy issues, and circularity (water and waste.) In this episode, we meet three finalists from the 2022 pitch ev...
Mar 09, 2023•36 min•Season 3Ep. 4
Send us a text Continuing the tradition started in 2022, Françoise sits down again with Beth Keser, sitting IMAPS president, and Jim Haley, VP of marketing, IMAPs, to talk about this year's IMAPS Device Packaging Conference, which takes place March 14-16, 2023 at WeKoPa Resort and Casino in Fountain Hills Arizona. Get ready for an action-packed week in this desert oasis at the foot of the McDowell Mountains. With professional development courses in microelectronics and packaging technologies; ke...
Mar 02, 2023•21 min
Send us a text These days, everyone is talking about the importance of sustainability. In the semiconductor industry, developing more sustainable practices is top of mind for most manufacturers, because they are challenged with meeting increasing demands as semiconductors have become critical to everyday life, yet manufacturing them puts a strain on natural resources. To address this, The SEMI organization put together a sustainability initiative – and one element of that is its Startups for Sus...
Feb 16, 2023•31 min•Season 3Ep. 3
Send us a text Welcome to 3D InCites In Case You Missed It Series. We did a lot of podcasting in 2022. Some of our longer episodes consisted of multiple interviews, so you may have missed some of the juiciest conversations. So when there’s a break in the action, we’re taking you back to those conversations. In this episode, we’re going back to ECTC 2023, where Françoise sits down with ASE Fellow, Bill Chen , who has been instrumental in progressing the Heterogeneous Integration Roadmap. He talks...
Feb 02, 2023•12 min•Season 3Ep. 2
Send us a text For first episode of 2023, Françoise von Trapp handed over the microphone to Dean Freeman, the market analyst at 3D InCites. He attended SEMI’s Industry Strategy Symposium at Half Moon Bay, CA, in January and interviewed SEMI’s Market Intelligence team for the third episode in this four-part series. Part 3 focuses on the Semiconductor Manufacturing Monitor, a report jointly developed by SEMI and TechInsights. SEMI ISS is an annual event attended by semiconductor industry executive...
Jan 19, 2023•25 min•Season 3Ep. 1
Send us a text This episode was recorded live during the Advanced Packaging Sympoisium at SEMICON Europa on November 16. 2022. Steffen Kröhnert, President & Founder, ESPAT-Consulting, moderates a panel discussion with members of the semiconductor packaging service provider community in Europe. The topic? The Future of semiconductor manufacturing in Europe – and specifically, back-end packaging and test. Kröhnert sets the stage by providing an overview of the current availability of semicondu...
Dec 15, 2022•28 min•Season 2Ep. 41
Send us a text In this episode recorded live at SEMICON Europa 2022, Françoise hands over the mike to Cassandra Melvin, Senior Director of Business Development and Operations at SEMI Europe. At SEMICON Europa, Cassandra led a panel discussion on the topic of Leveraging Generational Differences in the Shifting Workplace . The panel comprised industry professionals representing different generational cohorts, from Baby Boomers to Gen-Z. We recorded it in its entirety. Meet the Panellists Cassandra...
Dec 08, 2022•50 min•Season 2Ep. 40
Send us a text In this episode, recorded live at SEMICON Europa in Munich the week of November 14-18, 2022, Françoise von Trapp speaks with 3D InCites member companies that either exhibited, presented, or in some cases, both, at the event. Conversations range from discussions about this year's event compared with the 2021 show, the impact of the respective EU and US CHIPS and Acts on their businesses, and the technology innovations they showcased at the show. Guests and Companies Peter Dijkstra ...
Dec 01, 2022•1 hr 20 min•Season 2Ep. 39
Send us a text This podcast episode was recorded live at SEMICON Europa 2022, in Munich Germany. It features interviews with select keynote speakers representing the depth and breadth of topics discussed throughout the week. Luc Van den hove , President and CEO of imec, in Belgium talks about the rollercoaster ride we’ve been on in the aftermath of the pandemic, the war in Ukraine, the subsequent energy crisis, and financial crisis, and how this has propelled semiconductors into the limelight. H...
Nov 24, 2022•47 min•Season 2Ep. 38
Send us a text In this episode, Françoise speaks with Beth Keser, Ph.D., about her latest book co-authored with Steffen Kröhnert, ESPAT Consulting. Embedded and Fan-Out Wafer and Panel Level Packaging Technologies for Advanced Application Spaces was published in December 2021. It is essentially a companion to the wafer-level packaging handbook titled, Advances in Embedded and Fan-Out Wafer-Level Packaging Technologies , which the duo published in 2019. This book picks up where the first one left...
Nov 10, 2022•22 min•Season 2Ep. 37
Send us a text According to the International Energy Agency, road transportation accounts for 16% of global emissions. Electric vehicles are the key technology to decarbonize this. The EIA estimates that EVs will account for 13% of new cars sold in 2022. Many countries are setting goals to eliminate combustion engine cars to reach Net Zero emissions by 2050. But there are a lot of challenges to iron out before EVs achieve critical mass. For example, one area of interest for this week’s podcast g...
Nov 03, 2022•16 min•Season 2Ep. 36
Send us a text For this episode, recorded during the IMAPS International Symposium, Françoise von Trapp hands over the mike to Robin Davis, of 3D InCites Member company, Deca. Davis organized and moderated a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion town hall discussion during IMAPS, on the topic of Equality vs. Equity. A distinguished panel of industry veterans shared their perceptions and personal stories, including Jean Trewhella, GlobalFoundries; Susan Trulli, Raytheon; Shelby Nelson, Mosaic Microsys...
Oct 27, 2022•1 hr 4 min•Season 2Ep. 35
Send us a text 25 of our community members participated in the 2022 IMAPS International Symposium in Boston, MA, which was held during the first week of October. This episode features conversations about what they were presenting and showcasing, and what they learned during the week. Craig North , of Gel-Pak , is on a mission to find out as much as he can about chiplet processes and technology, to identify gaps that can be filled by Gel Pak products and services. Bob Connor and Kevin Oswalt of X...
Oct 20, 2022•1 hr 7 min•Season 2Ep. 34
Send us a text in this episode, Françoise von Trapp interviews three of the keynote speakers who presented during the 2022 IMAPS International Symposium. Featured guests include Lionel Kimmerling, Dr. Anu Agarwal (MIT Microphotonics Center); Glenn Daves (NXP), and Dave Bolognia (Analog Devices). We’re back on the road – recording a series of episodes at the IMAPS International Symposium. In this first episode, Françoise interviews some of the keynote speakers to capture the highlights of their t...
Oct 13, 2022•48 min•Season 2Ep. 33
Send us a text It’s no secret that semiconductors are very much a male-dominated industry. In fact, according to Zippia, only 10.7% of engineers working in the semiconductor industry are women. And according to Deloitte and Touche’s Women in the Workplace, women are still vastly underrepresented at all levels of management. In this episode, Françoise von Trapp talks with Christine Whitman, a semiconductor executive who has broken through these barriers. She’s the chairman and CEO of our member c...
Oct 06, 2022•25 min•Season 2Ep. 32
Send us a text In this episode, Françoise speaks with Riko Radojcic, veteran semiconductor engineer-turned-novelist, about his 30-year career in the semiconductor industry, what inspired him to turn to fiction writing, and what he hopes to teach his readers about the exciting world of semiconductor device technology. Ever since the chip shortage impacted your local car dealership, everyone in the world knows how critical semiconductor technology is to every person on the planet. They may not und...
Sep 29, 2022•21 min•Season 2Ep. 31
Send us a text This SEMI Market intelligence Report podcast features Sanjay Malhotra, Vice President of SEMI’s Corporate Marketing and the Market Intelligence Team (MIT), and Christian Dieseldorff, Senior Principal Analyst. The conversation focuses on the World Fab Forecast, its history, how data is gathered, and how semiconductor manufacturers and suppliers use it to guide their business decisions. Sanjay starts things off by recapping the Market Symposium at SEMICON West, and the midyear forec...
Sep 22, 2022•33 min•Season 2Ep. 30
Send us a text In this episode, Françoise speaks with Dr. Juan Terrazas, the Director of the College of Engineering at CETYS University about the benefits of cross-border manufacturing relationships between the US and Mexico to help alleviate the strains of the semiconductor crisis. In the aftermath of President Biden’s signing of the CHIPS and Science Act, we’ve been seeing news articles about Mexico positioning itself to take advantage of the US’s desire to bring semiconductor manufacturing cl...
Sep 08, 2022•20 min•Season 2Ep. 29
Send us a text The IMAPS International Symposium takes place October 4-7, 2022 at the Hynes Auditorium in Boston MA. This year's Symposium theme is Packaging Technologies Enabling the New Normal , and will feature 20 sessions in five technical tracks, plus an Interactive Poster Session. The technical program will span three days of sessions with an emphasis on packaging technologies that serve 5G, High-Performance Computations, Automotive, Industrial, Defense/Space, Medical electronics markets, ...
Sep 01, 2022•14 min•Season 2Ep. 28
Send us a text Earlier this year, we brought you an episode about Roadtrip Nation – an initiative the SEMI Foundation sponsored to raise awareness among recent STEM graduates about opportunities in the semiconductor industry. We interviewed SEMI Foundation’s Shari Liss, to get all the details. You can listen to the episode here . In this follow-up episode, we’re speaking with TEL’s Katy Crist, who heads up the company’s workforce development initiative, and Tara Greig, an intern at TEL who was s...
Aug 25, 2022•27 min•Season 2Ep. 27
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. Chips aren’t the only thing in short supply, the semiconductor industry talent shortage continues, and SEMI has launched a workforce initiative to address this. In this episode, Françoise von Trapp speaks with General Paul Funk and Major Ray Willson of the United States Army; and Larr...
Aug 18, 2022•26 min•Season 2Ep. 26
Send us a text In this episode, Françoise von Trapp interviews Laura Matz, CEO of Athinia™ and Chief Science and Technology Officer of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, about the growing need for data collaboration between materials suppliers and semiconductor device manufacturers, and the solution she helped create. Over the past 10 years, more new materials have been introduced into semiconductor manufacturing at each device node. At the same time, processes continue to tighten. This is increasi...
Aug 11, 2022•19 min•Season 2Ep. 25
