New Report: Thermal Management for Advanced Semiconductor Packaging
Jul 02, 2025

As AI computing demands and the thermal design power (TDP) of high-performance chips continue to rise, and the industry shifts from 2.5D to 3D packaging architectures, thermal management has emerged as a key barrier to large-scale commercialization and adoption. To address this growing challenge, the industry is exploring a range of strategies, including the use of advanced thermal materials (such as liquid metal, diamond, and graphene), lidless chip designs, optimization of the power delivery network, implementation of backside power delivery, and the adoption of liquid and microfluidic cooling technologies.
The new IDTechEx report, "Thermal Management for Advanced Semiconductor Packaging 2026-2036: Technologies, Markets, and Opportunities", provides a comprehensive analysis of the transition from 2.5D to 3D advanced semiconductor packaging (ASP), advancements in power delivery methods (e.g., backside power and through-silicon vias), thermal challenges associated with 3D integrated circuit packaging, the use of innovative thermal materials (such as thermal interface materials and diamond substrates), and the implementation of liquid cooling techniques, including direct-to-chip, immersion, and microfluidic cooling systems.
Key Report Aspects
This report provides critical market intelligence on the power and thermal management challenges of advanced semiconductor packaging (2.5D and 3D), novel thermal materials, and the trend of liquid cooling solutions.
This includes:
- An overview of the 2.5D and 3D semiconductor packaging structure
- An overview of thermal challenges in 2.5D and 3D packaging and integrated circuits.
- Power management in 2.5D and 3DIC, including introduction to Power Delivery in in Advanced Semiconductor Packaging for HPC, Power Delivery Network (PDN) Evaluation of 2.5D, Power Delivery Network (PDN) Evaluation of 3D, and case studies from Industry Players
- A comprehensive analysis of different cooling technologies for chips, including direct-to-chip cooling and immersion cooling, with cost analysis.
- A review of novel thermal materials for 2.5D and 3D packaging, including liquid metal, indium foil, graphene sheet, and silver-filled thermal gel. Roadmap analysis of emerging TIM1 and TIM1.5.
- Overview and analysis of diamonds for advanced semiconductor packaging, including diamond as a substrate and diamond as an interposer.
- Area and market size forecasts from 2026-2036 for TIM1 and TIM1.5 for advanced semiconductor packaging, split by liquid metal, indium foil, graphene sheet, and thermal gels.
- Unit forecast from 2026-2036 for advanced semiconductor packaging units with microfluidic cooling.
For the full report details and sample pages reach out to our team at research@IDTechEx.com, or visit www.IDTechEx.com/TMASP.