Your future in the technology evolution of the 90´s

Author

Madland, Glen R.

Author_Institution

Integrated Circuit Eng. Corp., Scottsdale, AZ, USA

fYear

1989

fDate

12-13 Jun 1989

Firstpage

11

Lastpage

16

Abstract

The purpose of this discussion is to provide some insight into matters that will affect the technologist´s career in the coming decade. The author examines some of these factors from the viewpoint of the integrated circuit technologist. The role of production is assessed along with utilization of active devices on top of the silicon integrated circuit. The author argues that for the technologist, the new devices will introduce requirements for additional materials knowledge, additional processing knowledge, greater complexity of test equipment, and additional failure modes

Keywords

integrated circuit technology; technological forecasting; active devices; failure modes; integrated circuit technologist; materials knowledge; processing knowledge; production; silicon integrated circuit; technology evolution; test equipment; Integrated circuit interconnections; Integrated circuit manufacture; Integrated circuit technology; Manufacturing processes; Probes; Production facilities; Random access memory; Read-write memory; Security; Very large scale integration;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

VLSI Multilevel Interconnection Conference, 1989. Proceedings., Sixth International IEEE

Conference_Location

Santa Clara, CA

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/VMIC.1989.78070

Filename

78070