Embodiments of the present disclosure describe scalable package architecture of an integrated circuit (IC) assembly and associated techniques and configurations. In one embodiment, an integrated circuit (IC) assembly includes a package substrate having a first side and a second side disposed opposite to the first side, a first die having an active side coupled with the first side of the package substrate and an inactive side disposed opposite to the active side, the first die having one or more through-silicon vias (TSVs) configured to route electrical signals between the first die and a second die, and a mold compound disposed on the first side of the package substrate, wherein the mold compound is in direct contact with a sidewall of the first die between the active side and the inactive side and wherein a distance between the first side and a terminating edge of the mold compound that is farthest from the first side is equal to or less than a distance between the inactive side of the first die and the first side. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.

A transient electronic device utilizes a glass-based interposer that is treated using ion-exchange processing to increase its fragility, and includes a trigger device operably mounted on a surface thereof. An integrated circuit (IC) die is then bonded to the interposer, and the interposer is mounted to a package structure where it serves, under normal operating conditions, to operably connect the IC die to the package I/O pins/balls. During a transient event (e.g., when unauthorized tampering is detected), a trigger signal is transmitted to the trigger device, causing the trigger device to generate an initial fracture force that is applied onto the glass-based interposer substrate. The interposer is configured such that the initial fracture force propagates through the glass-based interposer substrate with sufficient energy to both entirely powderize the interposer, and to transfer to the IC die, whereby the IC die also powderizes (i.e., visually disappears).

Configurable central processing unit (CPU) package substrates are disclosed. A package substrate is described that includes a processing device interface. The package substrate also includes a memory device electrical interface disposed on the package substrate. The package substrate also includes a removable memory mechanical interface disposed proximately to the memory device electrical interface. The removable memory mechanical interface is to allow a memory device to be easily removed from the package substrate after attachment of the memory device to the package substrate.

Electronic devices are manufactured using a collective (wafer-scale) fabrication process. Electronic chips are mounted onto one face of a collective substrate wafer. A collective flexible sheet made of a heat-conductive material comprising a layer containing pyrolytic graphite is fixed to extend over a collective region extending over the electronic chips and over the collective substrate wafer between the electronic chips. The collective flexible sheet is then compressed. A dicing operation is then carried out in order to obtain electronic devices each including an electronic chip, a portion of the collective plate and a portion of the collective flexible sheet.

According to one embodiment, a magnetic memory device includes a magnetic memory chip having a magnetoresistive element, a magnetic layer having first and second portions spacing out each other, the first portion covering a first main surface of the magnetic memory chip, the second portion covering a second main surface facing the first main surface of the magnetic memory chip, a circuit board on which the magnetic layer is mounted, and a bonding wire connecting between the magnetic memory chip and the circuit board in a first direction parallel to the first and second main surfaces.

A packaged semiconductor structure includes an interconnect layer and a first microelectronic device on a first major surface of the interconnect layer. The structure also includes a substrate having a cavity, wherein the cavity is defined by a vertical portion and a horizontal portion, wherein the vertical portion surrounds the first device, the horizontal portion is over the first device, and the first device is between the horizontal portion and the first major surface of the interconnect layer such that the first device is in the cavity. The structure further includes a second microelectronic device attached to the horizontal portion of the substrate, and encapsulant on the interconnect layer and surrounding the first device, the substrate, and the second device, such that the substrate is embedded in the encapsulant.

A bonding film has at least a left longitudinal branch, and a lower latitudinal branch; a first bonding area is configured in a first branch, and a second bonding area is configured in a second branch. A plurality of outer top metal pads and a plurality of inner top metal pads are exposed on a top surface within each bonding area. A central chip is configured in a central area of the bonding film and is electrically coupled to the inner top metal pad, and at least two peripheral chips are configured neighboring to the central chip and electrically coupled to the outer top metal pads. Each of the inner top metal pads is electrically coupled to a corresponding outer top metal pad through an embedded circuitry. The central chip communicates with the peripheral chips through the inner top metal pad, embedded circuitry, and outer top metal pad of the bonding film.

A bonding film has at least a left longitudinal branch, and a lower latitudinal branch; a first bonding area is configured in a first branch, and a second bonding area is configured in a second branch. A plurality of outer top metal pads and a plurality of inner top metal pads are exposed on a top surface within each bonding area. A central chip is configured in a central area of the bonding film and is electrically coupled to the inner top metal pad, and at least two peripheral chips are configured neighboring to the central chip and electrically coupled to the outer top metal pads. Each of the inner top metal pads is electrically coupled to a corresponding outer top metal pad through an embedded circuitry. The central chip communicates with the peripheral chips through the inner top metal pad, embedded circuitry, and outer top metal pad of the bonding film.

Apparatuses and methods for supplying power to a plurality of dies are described. An example apparatus includes: a substrate; first, second and third memory cell arrays arranged in line in a first direction in the substrate; a first set of through electrodes arranged between the first and second memory cell arrays, each of the first set of through electrodes penetrating through the substrate, the first set of through electrodes including first and second through electrodes; and a second set of through electrodes arranged between the second and third memory cell arrays, each of the second set of through electrodes penetrating through the substrate, the second set of through electrodes including third and fourth through electrodes.

This invention provides a multi-pin semiconductor device as a low-cost flip-chip BGA. In the flip-chip BGA, a plurality of signal bonding electrodes in a peripheral area of the upper surface of a multilayer wiring substrate are separated into inner and outer ones and a plurality of signal through holes coupled to a plurality of signal wirings drawn inside are located between a plurality of rows of signal bonding electrodes and a central region where a plurality of bonding electrodes for core power supply are located so that the chip pad pitch can be decreased and the cost of the BGA can be reduced without an increase in the number of layers in the multilayer wiring substrate.