From Physics To Applications

Jack Harding, president and CEO of eSilicon, sat down with Semiconductor Engineering to talk about the shift toward AI and advanced packaging, and the growing opportunities at 7nm at a time when Moore's Law has begun slowing down. What follows are excerpts of that conversation. SE: Over the past year, the industry has changed its focus from shrinking features and consolidation to all sorts of new applications. How has that affected your world? Harding: Yes, it's been a healthy shift from physics to applications. We used to talk about going from 16nm to 7nm and all the way down to 1nm.