packaging
/ˈpækɪdʒɪŋ/
encasing a die in a protective housing with electrical connections to the outside world
packaging in a sentence
“Advanced packaging techniques like chiplet stacking have become a key competitive battleground.”
Origin of packaging
From pack + -age; the act of enclosing something for protection
Related Words
thermal envelope
the maximum amount of heat a chip is designed to dissipate under sustained load, measured in watts
EDA
Electronic Design Automation; software tools used to design, simulate, and verify integrated circuits before manufacturing
reticle
the photomask containing one or more chip patterns, used in a stepper to expose those patterns onto a wafer
IDM
Integrated Device Manufacturer; a semiconductor company that both designs and manufactures its own chips
HBM
High Bandwidth Memory; a stacked DRAM technology that places memory dies directly atop or beside a processor for extreme data throughput
back-end-of-line
the stage of chip fabrication that creates the metal interconnect layers connecting transistors to each other