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description: "High integration is an inevitable trend in the chip industry. Advanced packaging is the &#34;super glue + Lego bricks&#34; to realize this trend. The explosion of AI computing power has turned it from a &#34;supporting role&#34; to a &#34;leading role,&#34; with growth far exceeding the semiconductor industry average.1. What is advanced packaging? First, understand what &#34;packaging&#34; does. A chip can be imagined as: Bare Die: The thin silicon wafer with transistors etched on it, the &#34;brain&#34; of the chip. Packaging: The &#34;protective clothing + connecting wires&#34; for the brain, responsible for three things: protecting the silicon from physical damage, moisture, and static electricity; leading out the chip's signals and power to communicate with the motherboard; and helping the chip dissipate heat to avoid burning out. Traditional packaging: Like putting a large CPU in a separate box and connecting it to the motherboard with long wires — signals travel far, resulting in slow speed, high power consumption, and taking up space. Advanced packaging: Like tightly integrating &#34;small chips&#34; (Chiplets) like CPU, GPU, and memory using &#34;nano-scale highways&#34; (high-density interconnects). Some are side-by-side (2.5D/CoWoS), some are stacked vertically (3D packaging), equivalent to condensing an entire computer host into a small cube.2. Why has advanced packaging suddenly &#34;caught fire&#34;? Three core drivers: 1. Moore's Law is &#34;slowing down,&#34; advanced packaging becomes the &#34;lifesaver.&#34; Previously, chip performance improvement relied on &#34;shrinking transistors&#34; (e.g., from 14nm to 3nm). But now: Physical limits: Transistors are approaching atomic sizes; any smaller leads to leakage and instability. Cost explosion: Costs double for processes below 7nm; a 3nm production line costs $50 billion, affordable only to a few giants. Advanced packaging takes a different approach: not pursuing smaller individual chips, but &#34;stitching&#34; multiple chips more tightly, trading &#34;integration density&#34; for performance, with lower costs and higher flexibility. 2. AI computing power demand is &#34;skyrocketing,&#34; making advanced packaging a &#34;necessity.&#34; Large model training requires trillions of calculations per second, with data frantically transmitted between CPU, GPU, and memory. The &#34;long wires&#34; of traditional packaging become a bottleneck: data travels too slowly and wastes electricity. Advanced packaging solutions: CoWoS+ HBM: Placing GPU and high-bandwidth memory (HBM) side-by-side, connected by countless &#34;nano-wires,&#34; increasing data transfer speed by 10x and reducing power consumption by 50%. — AI flagship chips like NVIDIA H100/B200 and AMD MI300 rely entirely on this. Chiplet: Breaking a large chip into multiple small chips (e.g., compute chiplets, memory chiplets) and combining them like building blocks. If one fails, it can be replaced, reducing R&amp;D costs by 30-50%. 3. End devices are &#34;getting smaller,&#34; requiring &#34;higher and higher&#34; integration. Phones need to be thin and light yet powerful; cars need to fit dozens of chips without taking up space; VR/AR glasses have even less room. Advanced packaging can &#34;compress&#34; multiple chips with different functions to 1/10 of their original volume without compromising performance."
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# High integration is an inevitable trend in the chi…


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## Comments (1)

- **快乐的学交易 · 2026-07-05T08:29:28.000Z**: Advanced packaging with excessive integration means high heat and high power consumption are inevitable without glass substrate TGV.
