Embodiments of the invention include autonomous vehicles and mm-wave systems for communication between components. In an embodiment the vehicle includes an electronic control unit (ECU). The ECU may include a printed circuit board (PCB) and a CPU die packaged on a CPU packaging substrate. In an embodiment, the CPU packaging substrate is electrically coupled to the PCB. The ECU may also include an external predefined interface electrically coupled to the CPU die. In an embodiment, an active mm-wave interconnect may include a dielectric waveguide, and a first connector coupled to a first end of the dielectric waveguide. In an embodiment, the first connector comprises a first mm-wave engine, and the first connector is electrically coupled to the external predefined interface. Embodiments may also include a second connector coupled to a second end of the dielectric waveguide, wherein the second connector comprises a second mm-wave engine.

Microelectronic assemblies, and related devices and methods, are disclosed herein. For example, in some embodiments, a microelectronic assembly may include a package substrate having a first surface and an opposing second surface; and a die embedded in the package substrate, wherein the die has a first surface and an opposing second surface, the die has first conductive contacts at the first surface and second conductive contacts at the second surface, and the first conductive contacts and the second conductive contacts are electrically coupled to conductive pathways in the package substrate.

Described is a packaging technology to improve performance of an AI processing system. An IC package is provided which comprises: a substrate; a first die on the substrate, and a second die stacked over the first die. The first die includes memory and the second die includes computational logic. The first die comprises DRAM having bit-cells. The memory of the first die may store input data and weight factors. The computational logic of the second die is coupled to the memory of the first die. In one example, the second die is an inference die that applies fixed weights for a trained model to an input data to generate an output. In one example, the second die is a training die that enables learning of the weights. Ultra high-bandwidth is changed by placing the first die below the second die. The two dies are wafer-to-wafer bonded or coupled via micro-bumps.

A semiconductor package includes a substrate, an interposer, a primary component layer, a first redistribution layer, multiple solder bumps and a first hybrid bonding structure. The interposer is disposed above the substrate and includes multiple TSV sets. The primary component layer is disposed above the interposer and includes multiple first chips and a first molding material that fills the space between the multiple first chips. The first redistribution layer is disposed between the primary component layer and the interposer and includes at least one portion of an antenna structure. The plurality of solder bumps is disposed between the substrate and the interposer. The first hybrid bonding structure is disposed between the multiple first chips and the multiple TSV sets for electrical connection in between and includes multiple connection components that respectively apply bonding of multiple metal pieces in between.

In an embodiment, a package structure including an electro-optical circuit board, a fanout package disposed over the electro-optical circuit board is provided. The electro-optical circuit board includes an optical waveguide. The fanout package includes a first optical input/output portion, a second optical input/output portion and a plurality of electrical input/output terminals electrically connected to the electro-optical circuit board. The first optical input/output portion is optically coupled to the second optical input/output portion through the optical waveguide of the electro-optical circuit board.

A semiconductor package including a base chip; a semiconductor chip having a lower surface on which connection pads are disposed, the semiconductor chip being mounted on an upper surface of the base chip; a plurality of bumps on the connection pads and electrically connecting the base chip to the semiconductor chip; an adhesive film between the base chip and the semiconductor chip and fixing the semiconductor chip to the base chip; and an encapsulant on the base chip and encapsulating the semiconductor chip, wherein the semiconductor chip includes a central portion spaced apart from the upper surface of the base chip by a first distance, and an edge portion spaced apart from the upper surface of the base chip by a second distance, the edge portion being outside of the central portion, and a ratio of the second distance to the first distance is about 0.8 to about 1.0.

Embodiments are generally directed to module installation on printed circuit boards with embedded trace technology. An embodiment of a printed circuit board includes one or more layers including a top layer; multiple embedded traces that are contained in an area of a surface of a first layer of the one or more layers of the printed circuit board; and a first module, the first module being installed on the plurality of printed traces in the area.

It is highly desirable in electronic systems to conserve space on printed circuit boards (PCB). This disclosure describes voltage regulation in electronic systems, and more specifically to integrating voltage regulators and associated passive components into semiconductor packages with at least a portion of the circuits whose voltage(s) they are regulating.

Disclosed embodiments include composite-bridge die-to-die interconnects that are on a die side of an integrated-circuit package substrate and that contacts two IC dice and a passive device that is in a molding material, where the molding material also contacts the two IC dice.

Embodiments disclosed herein include die modules and electronic packages. In an embodiment, a die module comprises a base die where the base die comprises a functional block. In an embodiment, the die module further comprises a chiplet coupled to the base die proximate to the functional block. In an embodiment, the chiplet comprises similar functionality as the functional block.