Electronic Chip Package and Co-Packaged Optics (CPO) Technology for Modern AI Era: A Review

With the growing demand for high-performance computing (HPC), artificial intelligence (AI), and data communication and storage, new chip technologies have emerged, following Moore’s Law, over the past few decades. As we enter the post-Moore era, transistor dimensions are approaching their physical l...

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Main Authors: Guoliang Chen, Guiqi Wang, Zhenzhen Wang, Lijun Wang
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Published: MDPI AG 2025-04-01
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description With the growing demand for high-performance computing (HPC), artificial intelligence (AI), and data communication and storage, new chip technologies have emerged, following Moore’s Law, over the past few decades. As we enter the post-Moore era, transistor dimensions are approaching their physical limits. Advanced packaging technologies, such as 3D chiplets hetero-integration and co-packaged optics (CPO), have become crucial for further improving system performance. Currently, most solutions rely on silicon-based technologies, which alleviate some challenges but still face issues such as warpage, bumps’ reliability, through-silicon vias’ (TSVs) and redistribution layers’ (RDLs) reliability, and thermal dissipation, etc. Glass, with its superior mechanical, thermal, electrical, and optical properties, is emerging as a promising material to address these challenges, particularly with the development of femtosecond laser technology. This paper discusses the evolution of both conventional and advanced packaging technologies and outlines future directions for design, fabrication, and packaging using glass substrates and femtosecond laser processing.
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spelling doaj-art-a06f700508214ea4bf486a9ffc1570af2025-08-20T02:18:04ZengMDPI AGMicromachines2072-666X2025-04-0116443110.3390/mi16040431Electronic Chip Package and Co-Packaged Optics (CPO) Technology for Modern AI Era: A ReviewGuoliang Chen0Guiqi Wang1Zhenzhen Wang2Lijun Wang3Hangzhou Institute of Technology, Xidian University, Hangzhou 311231, ChinaHangzhou Institute of Technology, Xidian University, Hangzhou 311231, ChinaHangzhou Institute of Technology, Xidian University, Hangzhou 311231, ChinaHangzhou Institute of Technology, Xidian University, Hangzhou 311231, ChinaWith the growing demand for high-performance computing (HPC), artificial intelligence (AI), and data communication and storage, new chip technologies have emerged, following Moore’s Law, over the past few decades. As we enter the post-Moore era, transistor dimensions are approaching their physical limits. Advanced packaging technologies, such as 3D chiplets hetero-integration and co-packaged optics (CPO), have become crucial for further improving system performance. Currently, most solutions rely on silicon-based technologies, which alleviate some challenges but still face issues such as warpage, bumps’ reliability, through-silicon vias’ (TSVs) and redistribution layers’ (RDLs) reliability, and thermal dissipation, etc. Glass, with its superior mechanical, thermal, electrical, and optical properties, is emerging as a promising material to address these challenges, particularly with the development of femtosecond laser technology. This paper discusses the evolution of both conventional and advanced packaging technologies and outlines future directions for design, fabrication, and packaging using glass substrates and femtosecond laser processing.https://www.mdpi.com/2072-666X/16/4/431semiconductor conventional and advanced packagefan-out2D, 2.5D and 3D packageinterposerchipletsco-packaged optics
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title Electronic Chip Package and Co-Packaged Optics (CPO) Technology for Modern AI Era: A Review
title_full Electronic Chip Package and Co-Packaged Optics (CPO) Technology for Modern AI Era: A Review
title_fullStr Electronic Chip Package and Co-Packaged Optics (CPO) Technology for Modern AI Era: A Review
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title_short Electronic Chip Package and Co-Packaged Optics (CPO) Technology for Modern AI Era: A Review
title_sort electronic chip package and co packaged optics cpo technology for modern ai era a review
topic semiconductor conventional and advanced package
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interposer
chiplets
co-packaged optics
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