Barriers To Chiplet Sockets

By Brian Bailey, Semiengineering (September 30th, 2024)

Perfection sometimes stands in the way of progress, and there is evidence this may be happening with chiplets. It may be time to slow down and make real progress.

Experts At The Table: Demand for chiplets is growing, but debate continues about whether standards and general-purpose chiplets will kick-start the commercialization boom, or whether success will come through customization of those chiplets. Semiconductor Engineeering sat down these an other related issues with with Elad Alon, CEO of Blue Cheetah; Mark Kuemerle, vice president of technology at Marvell; Kevin Yee, senior director of IP and ecosystem marketing at Samsung; Sailesh Kumar, CEO of Baya Systems; and Tanuja Rao, executive director, business development at Synopsys. What follows are excerpts of that discussion, which was held at the Design Automation Conference. To view part one of this discussion, click here. Part two is here.