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Using solder bumps or metallic bumps, flip chip bonding connects integrated circuits (ICs) or microchips with a substrate or carrier. The apparatus or machinery needed to carry out this bonding procedure is referred to as a flip chip bonding system.
Flip chip bonding involves turning the microchip over, aligning the solder bump-covered active side with the matching contact pads on the substrate, and connecting the two. In contrast, typical wire bonding connects the microchip to the substrate using wires.
The flip chip bonding procedure has a number of benefits, including:
Typical components of a flip chip bonding system include the following specialised hardware:
The Global Flip Chip Bonding System market accounted for $XX Billion in 2022 and is anticipated to reach $XX Billion by 2030, registering a CAGR of XX% from 2023 to 2030.
For the 180nm process node of GlobalFoundries, Google has announced the launch of its Open Multi Project Wafer (OpenMPW) programme, enabling free and open source silicon projects to send their innovations off for manufacturing into silicon chips completely free of charge.
Google is now sponsoring a number of free OpenMPW shuttle runs for the GF180MCU PDK [Process Design Kit] in the upcoming months in response to the announcement that GlobalFoundries has joined Google’s open source silicon initiative.
These shuttles will make use of the current OpenMPW shuttle infrastructure based on the OpenLane automated design flow with the same Caravel harness and the Efabless platform for project submissions.
The introduction of the GlobalFoundries open PDK, based on the firm’s 180 nm process node, was announced by Google, who referred to it as a “milestone in the foundry ecosystem market.”
The GlobalFoundries PDK, like the SkyWater 130 nm and later 90 nm PDKs, allows anyone to design for production on the company’s 180 nm process node without the need for a licence. And now, with the introduction of the most recent OpenMPW shuttle programme, without the need for money as well.