Imec’s commercial chip arm IC-Link has joined the TSMC 3DFabric Alliance, becoming the first European service provider with all three TSMC Open Innovation Platform credentials. This membership allows fabless design teams to co-design logic and advanced packaging architectures for CoWoS and SoIC technologies without requiring a direct volume-production relationship with TSMC. The move expands the pool of certified partners capable of navigating the tight supply constraints in high-bandwidth memory integration. For financial institutions, this confirms that advanced packaging remains the primary bottleneck in AI hardware supply chains and validates the strategic value of non-direct partnerships in accessing critical infrastructure.
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