Jack Harding, eSilicon CEO, for GSA Board 2012

The Turning Point… Can MCM’s be less expensive than single die solutions?

In the epic battle of cost and performance, MCM’s (multi-chip modules) had generally lost to SoC’s (system on chips) due to higher package assembly costs and lower performance.  The tides are turning.  Several factors have been in play in recently:

Package assembly costs of MCM’s have been dropping in recent years
MCM package technologies are becoming commonplace instead of [...]