This investigation examines how the number of chips affects the reliability of solder balls for wire-bonded stacked-chip ball grid array packages under thermal cycling tests. The studied objects were packages with one, two, three and four stacked chips. T This investigation examines how the number of chips affects the reliability of solder balls for wire-bonded stacked-chip ball grid array packages under thermal cycling tests. The studied objects were packages with one, two, three and four stacked chips. T