Technology and Trends

SEMI spoke with Prof. Christoph Kutter, executive director, Fraunhofer EMFT, about trends and innovations in flexible hybrid electronics ahead of his presentation at the 2018 FLEX Europe - Be Flexible conference at SEMICON Europa 2018, 13-16, November 2018, in Munich, Germany.

SEMI spoke with Antoine Amade, Regional Senior Director EMEA at Entegris, about the challenges set by the car industry, and the concept of “zero defect” & the need for a collaborative approach ahead of his presentation at the Strategic Materials Conference at SEMICON Europa 2018 in Munich, Germany.

Data management tools need to become whip-smart, multi-sensor packages are the real deal, and a renewed emphasis on safety has thrust ADAS sensor systems into the spotlight. These were among the latest industry insights shown during European MEMS & Sensors Summit and Imaging & Sensors Summit.

SEMI spoke with Udo Gómez, SVP at Robert Bosch GmbH, about MEMS technology requirements relative to standard IC design and manufacturing. Gómez highlighted solutions to challenges of MEMS technology development and manufacturing ahead of his presentation at SEMICON Europa 2018 in Munich, Germany.

SEMI met with Heinz Martin Esser, managing director at Fabmatics GmbH, to discuss how existing 200mm semiconductor fabs can master the challenges of a 24x7 production under highest cost and quality pressure by implementing intralogistics automation solutions.

SEMI spoke with Balaji Nandhivaram Muthuraman, Package and Material Simulation engineer at Dialog Semiconductor, about the state of reliability testing for wafer-level chip scale packages ahead of his presentation at the Advanced Packaging Conference at SEMICON Europa 2018 in Munich, Germany.

SEMI met with Gerald Beyer, program manager at imec, to discuss the co-existence of various 3D interconnect technologies & their need for new materials and integration solutions. The two talked ahead of his presentation at the Advanced Packaging Conference at SEMICON Europa 2018 in Munich, Germany.

Sensors enable a myriad of sensors and applications, from measuring caffeine in coffee and the hotness of chillies and ions in the blood of patients, to the detecting sulfite levels in wine. Zimmer and Peacock Director Martin Peacock reveals the hottest application today.

SEMI spoke with Christian Mandl, Senior Director for Human Machine Interface (HMI), Infineon Technologies AG, about how the sensing capabilities of machines are getting ever closer to the five human senses, allowing machines to comprehend the environment before acting.

SEMI's Serena Brischetto chats with Qualcomm Technologies Senior Director of Engineering Evgeni Gousev about AI at the edge imperatives and devices ahead of the European MEMS & Sensors and Imaging & Sensors Summits.