Advanced Silicon Microelectronics/ULSI

Viewpoints Archive


	2006
Dec/Jan -		2006: The Year in Review Look for These Developments in 2007
November -		Countercyclicity, Silicon Supply, and Solar Cells
October -		Recent Developments: IBM Introduces Cell-Based BladeCenter Processors • Memory Developments • Next-Generation High-Speed Transistors
September -		Restructuring an Industry
August -		Mid-2006 Market Outlook
July -		Changing Paradigms in Personal Computing
June -		Recent Developments: Consensus about Future 450-mm Wafers • Japanese Activities New Technology Area: Connected Homes
May -		Intel's Progress on Nonsilicon Transistors RFID Current Status
April -		Power-Efficient Designs Recent Developments: Company News
March -		The Technology in Brief: Nanotechnology in Electronics Assembly Market Development: Market Perspectives for 2006
February -		The 2005 ITRS Roadmap

	2005	Download all 2005 Viewpoints (PDF)
Dec/Jan -		2005: The Year in Review Look for These Developments in 2006
November -		Recent Developments: Infineon Restructuring • International Litigation Trends • The iPod and the Demand for NAND
October -		Automotive Electronics Update Recent Developments: Business News
September -		Looking for Opportunities in Electronic Applications Market Development: Comments about Hurricane Katrina
August -		Recent Developments: Agilent Reverts to Test and Measurement • Matrix Introduces 1-Gbit Memory Market Development: Wireless Applications for Semiconductors Are on the Rise
July -		Intel Chips Take Bigger Bites of the MPU Market Recent Developments: Molecular Electronics Advances in Canada
June -		The Technology in Brief: Phase-Change Memory Developments Market Developments: Memory Markets • Gloomy IC Market Predictions Evaporating in 2005
May -		Nanoimprint Lithography
April -		Perspectives on CELL
March -		Recent Developments: Silicon Lasers: Closer to Reality • Atomic Deposition Developments Market Developments: Mixed Messages for the Markets in 2005
February -		Strain Engineering: The New Buzz in Advanced Silicon Processing

	2004	Download all 2004 Viewpoints (PDF)
Dec/Jan -		2004: The Year in Review Look for These Developments in 2005
November -		Commercial Development Parameters: Business Models in Chip Manufacturing Recent Developments: Applied Materials and Test Wafer Reclaim
October -		Recent Developments: Fuel-Cell Power Sources The Technology in Brief: Supercritical Cleaning Areas to Monitor: Nanoelectronics Initiatives in the United States and Europe
September -		Low-k Integration at 90 nm and Below
August -		Copper Integration at 90 nm and Below
July -		The Technology in Brief: Lithography Developments • Flexible Displays and Low-Temperature Semiconductors
June -		Commercial Development Parameters: The Influence of Consumer Buying Cycles • Comments about Transistor Scaling Applications: More Pervasive Electronics
May -		Semiconductor Device Developments Recent Developments: Silicon Optoelectronics
April -		Market Development: Book-to-Bill Ratios Hold Steady in 2004, but Cyclical Economics Remain • New Explorer Coverage: Nanoelectronics
March -		Wet Chemicals in Semiconductor Processing
February -		Recent Developments: Developments in Plastic-Based Electronics • More on Electronic Cloth Market Develoment: Exuberance Back inthe Chip Markets

	2003	Download all 2003 Viewpoints (PDF)
Dec/Jan -		2003: The Year in Review Look for These Developments in 2004
November -		Etching and Deposition Recent Developments: New Transistor Structures Announcement: Next Generation Technologies
October -		Recent Developments: Lithography Developments • Recent Activity • Near-Term Switches • The Roadmap
September -		Portable Fuel Cells Update Recent Developments: Smart Products • Tough Times for the Equipment Business
August -		Recent Developments: Intel on Custom Chips • System-on-Chip Comments • Nanotube Arrays for Memory Devices • Neural Networks of Chips in Smart Carpets Market Development: Investors: Enthusiastic; Manufacturers: Cautious
July -		Telematics and Intelligent Transportation Systems
June -		Automotive Electronics
May -		Nonvolatile-Memory Technology Update Recent Developments: Smart-Card Consortium Grows • The Growth of Wi-Fi Standards
April -		Market Uncertainty Prevails
March -		Recent Developments: Gallium Arsenide News • Further Progress with Light-Emitting Silicon Applications: Integrated Smart Cards Update • Micromachining Perspectives
February -		ALD: Moving Ahead in a Sluggish Market Commercial Development Parameters: The EU's MEDEA Program

	2002	Download Aug.–Dec. 2002 Viewpoints (PDF)
Dec/Jan -		2002: The Year in Review Look for These Developments in 2003
November -		China's Semiconductor Industry
October -		Quantum Computing
September -		Commercial Development Parameters: Intel's Move into Optical Market Development: Market Notes in Mid-2002
August -		The Technology in Brief: Nanotubes for Future Electronics
July -		The Technology in Brief: Three-Dimensional Memory Technology Commercial Development Parameters: Creditors and Control of Hynix
June -		e-Diagnostic and Wider e-Initiatives Explorer Announcement
May -		Manufacturing Productivity and E-Diagnostics
April -		Recent Developments: Wafer Supply: New Collaborations • Memory Makers and Memory Prices Areas to Monitor: Portable Fuel Cells for Electronic Applications
March -		Notes from the IEDM Recent Developments: Micron and Hynix: Still Talking
February -		Recent Developments: DRAM Restructuring Continues Market Development: Market NOtes at the Beginning of 2002

	2001
Dec/Jan -		2001: The Year in Review Look for These Developments in 2002
November -		Technology Race Unaffected by Recessionary Environment
October -		Military Electronics
September -		Light Emission from Silicon: Update Recent Developments: Silicon Technologies for 3G Telecommunications • Chip Company Announcements
August -		Market Development: 2001 Downturn Bites at all Levels
July -		Alternative Memory Structures and Materials
June -		Silicon Opportunities in Optical Telecommunications
May -		Recent Developments: Lithography Developments • Wafer Makers Feeling the Pinch
April -		Extending CMOS with Front-End Processing Advances
March -		Progress in Test and Packaging
February -		Novel Processing Developments

	2000
Dec/Jan -		2000: The Year in Review Look for These Developments in 2001
November -		Recent Developments: Company Announcements Commercial Development Parameters: Lead-Free Update: The Consumber Vote Applications: Bluetooth Market in 2001 • Consumer Electronics Markets Split
October -		Reinventing the Telecommunications Industry
September -		Next-Generation Lithography: 2000 Update
August -		Optical Lithography Trends in 2000
July -		Recent Developments: Nanya Aims High in DRAM Market • IBM Introduces Distributed Clock Designs Market Development: Is Industry Getting Ready for the Next Roller Coaster Ride?
June -		Microelectronics Technologies in Biochip Development
May -		Recent Developments: 300-mm Production Plans The Technology in Brief: Packaging Developments: 3-D Stacks
April -		Recent Developments: More News on High-Speed CMOS Commercial Development Parameters: International Technology Roadmap for Semiconductors
March -		Transmeta: Raising the MPU Bar The Technology in Brief: New Ideas for Smaller Transistors
February -		Semiconductor Industry Growth Widely Anticipated in 2000 Recent Developments: Japan's National Semiconductor Project Commercial Development Parameters: Focus on Taiwan: the Growth of Foundry Manufacturing

	1999
Dec/Jan -		1999: The Year in Review Look for These Developments in 2000
November -		Lead-Free Soldering: An Enviro-Techno-Political Issue
October -		SOC: Business and Structure Issues
September -		System-Level Integration: Hopes and Realities
August -		Explorer Technology Charts
*Before August 1999, the Explorer service was called TechMonitoring, and Viewpoints* were TechLinks.**
July -		Speech Recognition Goes Low-Cost Recent Developments: Companies in the News
June -		Interconnection Technology Key to System LSI
May -		Recent Developments: Company News The Technology in Brief: Low Alpha Lead Sources Needed Market Development: Market Upswing Likely in 1999 Commercial Development Parameters: The Future of Computing
April -		Recent Developments: U.S. Chip Industry Starts New R&D Centers The Technology in Brief: Ball Semiconductor Makes Progress Applications: Army Tests Silicon Identity Tags
March -		Recent Developments: More News on Alternative Electronic Materials Market Development: Capital Spending Downturns
February -		Silicon Carbide Gaining Wider Recognition

	1998
Dec/Jan -		1998: The Year in Review Look for These Developments in 1999
November -		Silicon-on-Insulator Enters Production
October -		HF Electronics and the Telecommunications Era
September -		Chip Manufacturer's Outlook
August -		Conference Report: SEMI's Strategic Business Conference
July -		The Microprocessor Maze
June -		National's Challenge to the Microprocessor Hierarchy
May -		Market Development: Semiconductor Equipment Investments in 1998
April -		After the DRAM Crash: Embedded Memory Systems Recent Developments: More News on Copper Interconnects
March -		Recent Developments: New Technology Road Map for Semiconductors • Flash Memory Update • Plastic Transistors for Optical Memory Devices Implications: Implications of Faster Technology Development
February -		Recent Developments: Update: Crystal Growing for Large Silicon Wafers • Update: Copper Interconnects The Technology in Brief: Other Device Developments

	1997
Dec/Jan -		1997: The Year in Review Look for These Developments in 1998
November -		Copper Interconnects into Production Commercial Development Parameters: Listening to the Experts
October -		Ball Semiconductor: The Shape of Things to Come
September -		The Technology in Brief: CMOS Enhancements for ULSI Commercial Development Parameters: The Cost of Building Chips Areas to Monitor: Critters on a Chip
August -		The Semiconductor Industry: A European View
July -		Chemical Mechanical Polishing Shapes Up for the Future
June -		300-mm Silicon: High on the Industry Agenda
May -		Multichip Modules in 1997
April -		Reviewing Portable Intelligence
March -		U.S.-Japan Trade Agreements
February -		Electronics R&D Strategies for the Late 1990s

	1996
Dec/Jan -		1996: The Year in Review Look for These Developments in 1997
November -		IC Packaging Trends
October -		Internet Appliances: A New Consumer Product
September -		Brave New Electronic Society
August -		No DRAM Drama at the Pig Farm
July -		Advancing Electronics Capabilities with New Materials
June -		Cleaning Processes in Chip Fabrication • Supplying the Semiconductor Industry
May -		Constant Change for the Semiconductor Industry
April -		Micromachining: Synergies for the ULSI Community
March -		ULSI Technology Trends Review: Part 2
February -		ULSI Technology Trends Review
Dec/Jan -		1995: The Year in Review Look for These Developments in 1996