It's Not the End of Copper/Low-k

摘要

I don't often start off this page with a limerick — okay, this is a first — but here's one courtesy of Susan Vitkavage, manager of 3-D integration at Sematech: Your product will determine the way That 3-D is built today The lowest cost flow Is the best way to go. It's not the end of coffer/low-k! This is a light-hearted comment on what is actually a very serious effort at Sematech and within the industry to evaluate the potential of 3-D integration and apply some cost and yield modeling to the surprisingly wide variety of possible approaches.