Increasing Demand for Compact Electronics Driving Growth for 3D IC Market

Add Time：2019/3/19 10:44:57

The global 3D ICs market is considerably consolidated, with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd (TSMC) and Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd collectively accounting more than 50%, and a host of mid-sized and small companies holding the remaining market share as of 2012, according to a new report by Transparency Market Research (TMR).

Product development through strategic collaborations is on the growth charts of top companies in the global 3D ICs market. A case in point is TSMC, which has collaborated with a host of electronic design automation vendors for the manufacture of 3D IC reference flows and 16 nm FinFet. For instance, TSMC collaborated with Cadence Design Systems Inc. to develop a particular 3D IC reference flow, which helps in inventive 3D stacking.