Implications for interconnect

With non-UK manufactured semiconductors at the heart of electronics the way forward for the UK electronics industry now lies with using advanced semiconductors and other components rather than making them. And being successful will rest with adopting an agile approach to Interconnect Technology-every aspect of connecting components together to create electronic systems. Whilst the technical demands of new components and the expectations of a world-scale market are beyond our control these both present critical Implications for Interconnect; and there is now an urgent need to examine and understand them. In particular fineline chip-to-chip interconnect is discussed.