Abstract :
Notable developments during 1992 are discussed. Overall conductor growth rates moved down with the general market, but individual markets varied. US sales rose 15%, European sales were flat, and Japanese sales dropped approximately 10%. Striking advances were made in high-speed devices, while the trickle of low-voltage devices seen last year turned into a torrent, driven by the notebook/palmtop computer. IC packaging also responded to the push from the notebook and palmtop computer markets, and memory designers strove to meet the requirements for high-speed and/or low-voltage applications. In the analog and mixed-signal field, the big news was the movement of multimedia into the consumer market, with products reflecting a greater emphasis on video/audio decoders. A number of high-speed processors were introduced
Keywords :
integrated memory circuits; microprocessor chips; monolithic integrated circuits; packaging; reviews; semiconductor devices; AD 1992 to 1993; Europe; IC packaging; Japan; LV devices; US; analog electronics; conductor growth rates; developments; high-speed devices; high-speed processors; markets; mixed-signal electronics; multimedia; notebook/palmtop computer; video/audio decoders; Batteries; BiCMOS integrated circuits; HEMTs; Lead compounds; MODFETs; MOSFETs; Random access memory; Semiconductor device manufacture; Switches; Telecommunication switching;
