3-D has crept into every aspect of technology, and will revolutionize the semiconductor industry too, according to presenters including Xilinx here at the annual International Symposium on Physical Systems (ISPD): R. Colin Johnson @NextGenLog
Xilinx's Virtex-H580T combines two FPGAs with a high-speed transceiver and the necessary analog functions on in a single package by virtue of a 3-D silicon interposer.
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