Perspectives on mobile devices and their impact on semiconductor technologies

Over the past five years, we have seen the evolutionary growth of smartphones and tablets. These mobile devices have revolutionized our lives with cutting edge semiconductor and display technologies that play key roles in data processing, communication, multimedia, graphics and imaging as well as display. This paper will describe the path that mobile devices have walked along and provide some perspectives on future trends in mobile technology. Also, it will identify major technological challenges that need to be overcome to achieve further improvement in performance and user experiences. Then, discussions on possible solutions including innovations in process, design, package and system integration technologies will follow.