Semiconductor design and manufacturing mandates advancing in two primary areas to meet emerging AI requirement.
Recently, Henkel surveyed semiconductor engineers and manufacturers to understand their most pressing challenges—and the solutions and approaches used to overcome them. Here’s a snapshot of what your peers shared about semiconductors for data centers.
61.7% handle higher semiconductor integration and sophistication
66.7% increase performance (faster network speeds)
62.5% manage production cost pressures
70.8% achieve high bandwidth memory
64.2% improve thermal management
Responsibly source raw materials--that are less harmful to people and the environment.
Maximize energy efficiency in semiconductor manufacturing, and throughout the entire semiconductor lifecycle and supply chain.
Embrace energy- and resource-efficient practices—to gain efficiencies at scale
Recover and reuse valuable materials from old chips—and contribute to the circular economy
Partner with sustainability-focused companies—to maximize outcomes
The top needs of semiconductor design and manufacturing companies are**:
70.8%
Attaining sustainability goals
69.2%
Achieving CPU/GPU peformance goals
To answer these steep performance and sustainability requirements, highly engineered material solutions are a crucial and integral part of data center semiconductors. Survey respondents identified these priority materials solutions:**
63%
Encapsulation materials
62.5%
Lid stiffener attach materials
60%
Underfills between die and substrate
59.2%
Wafer-level handling of large, thin dies
56.7%
Thermal management materials
**Percentage of respondent ratings as “very important” or “extremely important”
As data centers advance and integrate AI functionality, the semiconductors that power data centers must advance in kind. New levels of performance and acceleration of sustainability initiatives are the two most important—and challenging—areas for semiconductor designers and manufacturers. Increasingly, the role of highly-engineered materials are a vital component to ensuring that semiconductors are ideally suited for data center environments, today as capabilities advance.
Read a comprehensive summary of the research findings
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