Perspectives From the Leading Edge: 3-D IC Questions and Answers With the EMC-3D Consortium
Phil Garrou expounds on the recent press release by the EMC-3D consortium that they have reduced the cost of ownership for a 10K wafers-per-month line to <$190 per wafer. Garrou received an interesting cost-breakdown pie chart from Rozalia Beica, program manager of EMC3D, that breaks out the 3-D integration cost by unit operation. "This offers a very interesting perspective on where the costs are," Garrou writes. He includes a detailed Q&A with Beica.