The Engineer Behind 50 Years of Medtech Innovation

With more than 75 patents, Promex CEO Dick Otte helped shape the medical devices used today. In this Q&A with 24×7 magazine, he shares how engineering decisions have lasting effects on performance, serviceability, and the evolution of medtech. Read the full...

Can Chiplets Serve Cost-Conscious Apps?

Chiplets are emerging as a significant new phase in the evolution of the semiconductor market, providing a way to continue scaling performance well beyond the size limitations of a reticle. But that improvement comes with a high price tag and a lot more complexity,...

Packaging With Fewer People And Better Results

In today’s multi-die assemblies, the assembly and packaging lines are expected to maintain signal integrity at multi-gigahertz frequencies, manage heat in vertically stacked devices, isolate analog or RF functions from digital noise, and align components with...

Benefits And Challenges In Multi-Die Assemblies

In part 3 of this Experts at the Table conversation, Semiconductor Engineering discussed chiplets, hybrid bonding, and new materials with Michael Kelly, vice president of Chiplets and FCBGA Integration at Amkor; William Chen, fellow at ASE; Dick Otte, CEO of Promex...

Big Changes Ahead For Interposers And Substrates

Interposers and substrates are evolving from passive connectors into advanced platforms that manage power, heat, and high-density interconnects in cutting-edge computing systems. Driven by AI and HPC demands, this shift addresses the widening gap between shrinking...

What Exactly Are Chiplets And Heterogeneous Integration?

The terms “chiplet” and “heterogeneous integration” fill news pages, conference papers, and marketing presentations, and for the most part engineers understand what they’re reading. But speakers sometimes stumble during a presentation trying to figure out whether a...