Abstract :
The coming years see solid-state technology falling deeper under the spell of the expanding multimedia market. This development has already conjured up Mensa-level microprocessors, complex image-processing and graphics circuits, and memories with capacity and bandwidth enough to satisfy the microprocessors´ craving for bits and to digest data for visual displays. Portability has its own set of demands: functionality must adopt as compact and efficient a form as the technology permits. Technological highlights for 1995 are likely to include: 1200-MIPS microprocessors; 1Gb DRAMs, the elimination of flux soldering, and polymer transistors.<>
Keywords :
DRAM chips; flip-chip devices; integrated circuit packaging; microprocessor chips; molecular electronics; monolithic integrated circuits; soldering; technological forecasting; 1 Gbit; 1200 MIPS; DRAMs; flip chip technology; flux soldering elimination; functionality; microprocessors; multimedia market; polymer transistors; portability; solid-state technology; technological forecast; Bandwidth; Economic forecasting; Graphics; Microprocessors; Out of order; Power dissipation; Solid state circuits; Sun; Technology forecasting;
