In July 2016, the Semiconductor Industry Association scrapped a technology plan widely known within the industry as the International Technology Roadmap for Semiconductors (ITRS). SIA’s decision to end the ITRS illustrated the industry’s admission that Moore’s Law is not just slowing down.
The industry needs new tools, charts, and programs to define research gaps between where it has been and where to go in an even more connected world.
This is where Nicky Lu, Chairman, CEO, and Founder of Taiwan’s Etron Technology, comes in.
Lu has long advocated “heterogeneous integration” (HI). He promotes the idea that the semiconductor industry must, at last, outgrow its obsession with pitch shrinkage. To push growth, it must go creative with the “heterogeneous integration of different technologies.”
Source: Chip Industry Maps Heterogeneous Integration | EE Times