An organic substrate and method of making with optimal thermal warp characteristics is disclosed. The organic substrate has one or more top layers and one or more bottom layers. A chip footprint region is a surface region on each of the top and bottom layers that is defined as the projection of one or more semiconductor chips (chips) on the surface of each of the top and bottom layers. One or more top removal patterns are located on and may or may not remove material from the surface of one or more of the top layers within the chip footprint region of the respective top layer. One or more bottom removal patterns are located on and remove material from the surface of one or more of the bottom layers outside the chip footprint region of the respective bottom layer. The removal of the material from one or more of the top layers and/or bottom layers changes and optimizes a thermal warp of the organic substrate. In some embodiments, a Shape Inversion Temperature (SIT) of the substrate is made equal to or above a reflow temperature.