SCHOTT AG

05/06/2026

Glass can play multiple roles in advanced packaging.

In some processes, it acts as a carrier, supporting wafer thinning and fan-out wafer-level packaging with the stability, transparency, and geometric accuracy needed for precise handling and inspection.

In others, glass becomes part of the package architecture itself.

As glass-core substrates, glass panels can enable high-density interconnections for chips and passive components. They support through-glass via formation, precise microstructuring, and high-performance metallization, while offering strong surface quality, high stiffness, tunable thermal expansion, and beneficial electrical properties.

Our Semicon Glass Solutions team supports both: glass carriers for reliable semiconductor processing, and glass panels for next-generation advanced packaging architectures.

Because in advanced packaging, glass is more than a single solution. It’s a platform for multiple process steps, package designs, and performance requirements.

Learn more: https://bit.ly/4ubbRw4

03/06/2026

A big thank you to everyone who stopped by our booth at .

It was great catching up with colleagues, customers, and partners, and having so many engaging conversations about the future of advanced packaging.

The interest in our glass-based solutions – from glass-core substrates and carrier wafers to co-packaged optics – made this year’s event especially rewarding for our team.

One of the highlights was discussing our new co-packaged optics model with Fraunhofer IZM and exploring the role glass can play in enabling next-generation high-performance architectures.

We appreciate everyone who took the time to meet with us and share their perspectives throughout the week. We look forward to continuing those conversations after Orlando.

See you at the next event!

28/05/2026

Chip performance will not come from scaling alone.

As AI, high-performance computing, and data-intensive applications increase the demands on semiconductors, advanced packaging is becoming a key lever for performance.

That is where materials matter.

Glass-core substrates can support the next generation of packages through a strong combination of surface quality, low warpage, positional accuracy, and electrical performance. But material properties alone are not enough. What matters is how well those advantages translate into reliable processing, stable production windows, and scalable manufacturing.

This is where our Semicon Glass Solutions team contributes by combining material, process, and application expertise to help turn the potential of glass into reliable packaging solutions.

Because beyond Moore’s Law, progress is not only about making chips smaller. I's about making the package perform.

Learn more about SCHOTT Semicon next: https://bit.ly/4viHbKE

27/05/2026

Great ideas can leave a lasting legacy, even in miniature form.

As we celebrate the 175th birthday of Otto Schott this year, a very special highlight launches today: the Otto Schott Playmobil® figure. Developed together with the Deutsches Optisches Museum (D.O.M.), the figure celebrates the pioneer of modern glass chemistry and brings an important chapter of science and innovation history to life in a playful way.

Otto Schott’s groundbreaking work in specialty glass research, particularly the invention of borosilicate glass, laid the foundation for technologies that still shape our world today, from optics and electronics to pharmaceutical packaging. The set includes miniature laboratory accessories, optical glass, and a historic melt book inspired by Otto’s systematic research approach and scientific curiosity.

With this release, the iconic “Jena Trio” is now complete. Alongside Carl Zeiss, founder of our sister company ZEISS Group , and Ernst Abbe, all three pioneers behind the Carl-Zeiss-Foundation (Carl-Zeiss-Stiftung) are now available as PLAYMOBIL® figures. 🔬

Otto Schott. From glass pioneer to PLAYMOBIL® icon; will you add him to your collection?

27/05/2026

🚀 Discover how we were involved with the LISA Pathfinder to support the future of gravitational wave astronomy!

LISA Pathfinder marked a major step toward listening to the universe, proving key technologies for the first space-based gravitational wave observatory. At its core, the ZERODUR® glass-ceramic optical bench delivered the extreme stability needed to measure the unimaginable—even in space.

To validate the core technologies for future space-based gravitational wave observatories, ESA - European Space Agency designed LISA Pathfinder as a precursor to the more ambitious Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) mission planned to launch in the mid-2030s. LISA will consist of three spacecraft, each carrying two telescopes made entirely of ZERODUR®, arranged in a triangular formation, separated by 2.5 million kilometers, capable of detecting low-frequency gravitational waves that ground-based detectors cannot access.

🔭 A powerful example of how precision materials enable science. Learn more: https://bit.ly/4tV9ltR



Image credit: ESA-C. Carreau

22/05/2026

What happens when advanced packaging meets the unique material properties of glass?

Join us next week at , where we’ll be showcasing how glass-based solutions are enabling the next generation of semiconductor packaging.

Visit us at Booth 127 to explore Glass Core Substrates, Carrier Wafers & Panels, and our new co-packaged optics development – including GCS, Carrier Wafers, low-loss glass and waveguide optics.

📍 Orlando, Florida | JW Marriott Grande Lakes | Booth 127
📅 May 27–28, 2026

We look forward to seeing you there!

21/05/2026

How can glass packages transmit data not only electrically, but also optically?

In our joint work with Fraunhofer IZM, we investigated how optical waveguides can be integrated into glass-based packages for data transmission in large semiconductor components.

The key question is not simply which approach works in principle, but which one meets the thermomechanical, electrical, and reliability requirements of real-world semiconductor packages.

To answer this, we compared different methods for integrating optical functions into glass packaging solutions and explored why package-compatible glass plays such an important role.

15/05/2026

We just launched a new knowledge hub: Join us in welcoming SCHOTT Semicon next.

AI and HPC applications are pushing semiconductors to new limits, while traditional scaling paths are becoming increasingly constrained. Across the industry, the same questions keep coming up: How do we keep improving performance, efficiency, and integration when shrinking transistors alone is no longer enough? This is exactly where materials start to matter.

Our new knowledge hub, SCHOTT Semicon next, brings together our glass expertise to explore the material challenges shaping advanced packaging. Our experts show how glass can help unlock new approaches to performance and scale.

Register for free and watch the first episode here: https://bit.ly/42sJmyO

14/05/2026

Mission‑ready optics demand reliable protection.

Explore our Assembled Protective Windows made in the USA to safeguard critical optical and electro‑optical systems in the harshest environments.

Manufactured to support exterior, sensor‑based applications, our Assembled Protective Windows are customized to your requirements and serve as a first line of defense – shielding vital components while preserving transmission where it matters most.

Learn more in our upcoming webinar with SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics and optics.org's Rob Fisher.
📆 May 19 | 2:00 PM EDT

✔️ Register now: https://bit.ly/4d8bBcj

13/05/2026

Congratulations to Thales Alenia Space for signing the phase 1 contract with ESA - European Space AgencyEuropean Space Agency for the development of the telescopes onboard LISA mission!

Made up of three satellites, the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) mission will be the first European space observatory capable of detecting and studying gravitational waves generated by extreme cosmic events.

According to Thales Alenia Space, as prime contractor, they will be responsible for the development, design, assembly, and testing of the telescopes. The manufacture of the six telescopes will present an unprecedented technological challenge.

Each satellite will be carrying two telescopes made entirely out of ZERODUR®, contributing to the picometer-level stability required by the LISA mission.

We are honored to be part of such an important future space mission with our near-zero thermal-expansion ZERODUR® glass-ceramic!

Read the full press release 👇

And learn more about our previous involvement in the LISA Pathfinder mission in 2015: https://bit.ly/4dhPaQv

Thales Alenia Space announces the signing of a €26.1 million phase 1 contract with the European Space Agency (ESA) related to the development of LISA’s telescopes.