#chetanpatil – Chetan Arvind Patil
Photo by L N on Unsplash THE KNOWN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING STRUGGLES The cost of semiconductor manufacturing is doubling every four years. The major driving factor for the rising cost is the product complexity due to the introduction of new technology-node and packaging technologies. Electrical testing also has played a role
Photo by Matt Duncan on Unsplash THE HURDLES FOR THE SHRINKING SEMICONDUCTOR ROADMAP Several roadmaps get initiated by different semiconductor companies and also semiconductor technical bodies. These roadmaps provided a path of where semiconductor technologies were, where it is today and where it will be tomorrow. In many cases, roadmaps
Photo by Brian Kostiuk on Unsplash THE REQUIREMENTS OF NEW SEMICONDUCTOR PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT The semiconductor industry is driving on top of the products that different companies introduce. These semiconductor products have to go through complex product development procedures to fulfill strict technical and business requirements. That makes the planning and
Photo by L N on Unsplash THE REASONS FOR SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING AUTOMATION Automation is part of all advanced manufacturing industries. As the computing world has progressed, the high-tech software-hardware interaction now allows manufacturers all over the world to make the most of automation techniques to accurately run their production line.
Photo by Barrett Ward on Unsplash THE BUILDING BLOCKS OF SEMICONDUCTOR SUPPLY CHAIN Supply Chain Management (SCM) is part of every manufacturing industry. It enables the movement and management of finished goods and all those components that drive the development of the final product. As the world became more connected,
Photo by Louis Reed on Unsplash THE REASONS TO DEVELOP SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CLUSTER Developing a dedicated semiconductor manufacturing infrastructure from scratch is a billion-dollar risk and the cost of doing so is also increasing year on year. As the semiconductor industry marches towards a new era of capacity creation, it
Photo by Yogesh Phuyal on Unsplash THE IMPACT OF SEMICONDUCTOR FAT OUTSOURCING The process of developing a semiconductor product requires several business and technical components to work together. Depending upon the business model of the semiconductor company, these development activities (mainly design and manufacturing) can be insourced or outsourced. The
Photo by Firdouss Ross on Unsplash THE REASONS FOR THE OVERLAPPING OF SEMICONDUCTOR PURE-PLAY FAB AND OSAT BUSINESS Semiconductor manufacturing is heavily dependent on external vendors. This is more true for semiconductor companies that do not have any internal manufacturing capability and have to rely heavily on outsourcing. This has
Photo by Lenny Kuhne on Unsplash THE IMPACT OF SEMICONDUCTOR SHORTAGE ON AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY Automotive is one of the several industries that heavily rely on semiconductor products to provide different features. These features range from infotainment to sensors to wireless communication. Over the last few decades, the need to drive
Photo by Devin Spell on Unsplash THE IMPORTANCE OF OUTSOURCED SEMICONDUCTOR ASSEMBLY AND TEST Outsourcing is one of the several ways to optimize in-house business activities, and that is why the majority of the industry heavily takes advantage of outsourcing. In the long run, hiring an external vendor to outsource
Hi, I am Chetan Arvind Patil (chay-tun – how to pronounce), a semiconductor professional whose job is turning data into products for the semiconductor industry that powers billions of devices around the world. And while I like what I do, I also enjoy biking, working on few ideas, apart from writing, and talking about interesting developments in hardware, software, semiconductor and technology.
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Photo by Ryoji Iwata on Unsplash The semiconductor product finds applications in various solutions, from smartphones to autonomous vehicles. To
Photo by Carlos Irineu da Costa on Unsplash The semiconductor industry has been at the forefront of technological innovation for
Photo by Elly Brian on Unsplash The semiconductor manufacturing industry is highly complex, requiring a well-planned and managed resource allocation,
Photo by Dan Lohmar on Unsplash Neural processing units (NPUs) are specialized neural copilot processors designed to accelerate data flow
Photo by DeepMind on Unsplash The semiconductor industry has significantly contributed to the development of Artificial Intelligence (AI). Semiconductors have
