3D InCites Podcast

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 tal...

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 Johns...

 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...

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 importanc...

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 application...

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-funde...

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 w...

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...

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 p...

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...

 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...

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, E...

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 shorta...

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 shorta...

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, th...

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 SE...

At SEMICON West Hybrid 2021, everyone was talking about the impact of the chip shortage, global fab expansion, the talent shortage, and the over-arching topic of the importance of sustainable semiconductor manufacturing. We spoke with Ajit Manocha, CEO of SEMI, to get his perspective on all these issues, and the role SEMI plays in providing a collaborative environment to find solutions.  On the to...

Do you suffer from FOMO – Fear of Missing Out?  Our host, Françoise von Trapp, does. She had it bad when she couldn’t attend SEMICON Europa in November, and instead had to watch it play out on social media. So, she decided to invite some 3D InCites Community Members who were able to attend to join her in a round table discussion on the 3D InCites Podcast to fill her in on everything that she misse...

In this second SEMICON West preview episode, Françoise von Trapp talks with James Gellert, Chairman, and CEO of RapidRatings, a financial health, data, and analytics company based in New York City. James is delivering a keynote talk at SEMICON West titled -  T he Second Wave: Risk in Part Two of the Supply Chain Crisis. For years, we’ve seen advanced technology like artificial intelligence, machin...

We are really excited to announce that the 3D InCites Podcast will be the official podcast of SEMICON West Hybrid 2021, which kicks off in just four short weeks on December 7.  SEMICON West in December? That’s right! Rather than holding it virtually for the second time in two years, the SEMI Americas team made a bold move - holding off until they could host a hybrid event. For many of us, it’s bee...

Hybrid bonding has been a big story in heterogeneous integration and particularly 3D integration for quite some time. At the recent IMAPS International Symposium, it seemed like every keynote speaker mentioned some sort of hybrid bonding as an enabler for next-generation technology. Everybody is talking about it, everyone wants it – in fact, Xperi recently announced a licensing agreement with YMTC...

This week, we’re wrapping up our conversations from the IMAPS International Symposium, with an extended episode. The questions I’m asking? How have the events of the last 18 months impacted the future of the semiconductor industry, and what are the three things we should be focusing on in advanced packaging right now?  You’ll hear from Jan Vardaman of TechSearch International; Ram Trichur of Henke...

If you liked Part 1 of Conversations from the IMAPS Symposium, you’re going to love part 2. While my questions are the same, the responses are quite varied. In this episode, you’ll hear from Andy Mackie of Indium Corporation, and Dirk Friebel, of Fraunhofer Institute, as we wrap up Day one of coverage. We’ll also give you a sneak peek of Day 2 with a conversation with Tom Gregorich of Zeiss Proces...

We’re changing things up a bit for the next few weeks with a series of podcast episodes recorded live at the IMAPS International Symposium in San Diego. How we've missed those live events and the hallway conversations! We figured you did too, so we convinced some of our colleagues to sit down with Françoise and record them.  In this first episode,  we talk with two of the panelists from Monda...

Globally, sustainability has become a much larger conversation than just taking steps to achieve zero carbon emissions. The UN has established 17 sustainable development goals that cover everything from climate change to diversity, equity, and inclusion. As the world becomes more socially conscious, it is no longer enough for a company to be profitable - they must also be purpose-driven - to make...