
應用材料(Applied Materials)與英特爾(Intel)宣布深化合作,結合雙方研發資源,加速AI晶片所需的先進電晶體、互連及封裝技術開發,旨在縮短先進半導體技術的上市時程。
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應材與英特爾將結合位於矽谷的EPIC中心與奧勒岡州的研發園區資源。雙方合作重點在於AI晶片所需的電晶體、互連及先進封裝技術。
半導體產業材料工程解決方案廠應材今(7)日宣布,與英特爾(Intel)攜手合作,將結合應材位於矽谷的設備與製程創新暨商業化(EPIC)中心,與英特爾位於奧勒岡州希爾斯伯勒(Hillsboro)研發園區的技術能力,縮短支援AI運算所需先進半導體技術的上市時程,共同加速新一代電晶體、互連與先進封裝技術的晶片製造創新。
應用材料公司總裁暨執行長蓋瑞.迪克森(Gary Dickerson)表示,應材與英特爾擁有數十年深厚的合作關係,雙方持續突破材料工程的技術極限,共同推進半導體技術藍圖,透過雙方團隊在EPIC中心攜手合作,將進一步深化夥伴關係,加速電晶體、互連與封裝技術創新,推動AI運算的未來發展。
英特爾執行長陳立武表示,AI運算需求帶動產業對效能、能源效率與封裝技術重大突破的需求。英特爾致力於推動這些創新,並與生態系夥伴緊密協作,期待在EPIC中心進一步擴展雙方合作,加速先進技術從實驗室研發走向在美國量產的進程。
應材與英特爾的團隊正針對AI工作負載所需的先進邏輯製程節點,共同開發新一代材料、製程技術及元件架構,並將在EPIC中心持續推進相關工作,雙方的合作涵蓋前段製程與後段製程的技術創新,包括互連微縮技術。此外,雙方也將共同開發應用於Foveros 3D堆疊的先進封裝技術,支援專為新興代理式AI工作負載所打造的高效能運算平台。

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