Terafab’s Single Roof: Why Packaging, Not Lithography, Decides High Volume

Terafab’s Single Roof: Why Packaging, Not Lithography, Decides High Volume
by Admin on 10-16-2026 at 6:00 am

Single Roof, Connected Silicon

By Shaurya Seth

Terafab is one of the most ambitious projects of the decade: $16.8 billion for phase one and up to $119 billion across four phases. A research fab in Austin iterates on process recipes, transistor designs, and packaging variants at a few thousand wafers per month. A volume fab in Grimes County targets 100,000 wafer… Read More


From Process Learning to Production Control: Characterization for the Era of Heterogeneous Systems

From Process Learning to Production Control: Characterization for the Era of Heterogeneous Systems
by Kalar Rajendiran on 07-27-2026 at 6:00 am

Chiplets Have Changed the Test Paradigm

Every generation of semiconductor innovation has relied on one fundamental principle: before a technology can be manufactured at scale, it must first be understood. That understanding comes through characterization.

For decades, characterization enabled process learning. It helped engineers understand transistor behavior,… Read More


3DIC Design, Implementation, and (especially) Test

3DIC Design, Implementation, and (especially) Test
by Tom Dillinger on 12-20-2020 at 8:00 am

IO cell

The introduction of direct die-to-die bonding technology into high volume production has the potential to substantially affect the evolution of the microelectronics industry.  The concerns relative to the “end of Moore’s Law”, the diminishing returns of continued (monolithic) CMOS process scaling, and the disruptive effect… Read More