• DocumentCode
    1120619
  • Title

    Technology ´88: Solid state

  • Author

    Wollard, K.

  • Volume
    25
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    1988
  • Firstpage
    44
  • Lastpage
    46
  • Abstract
    Significant developments of 1987 are reviewed, namely, a truce in the chip war between the US and Japan; the arrival of 4 Mb chips, with the 16 Mb chips on the horizon; the growing market for application-specific ICs; refinements in floating-point digital signal processors; GaAs-on-silicon wafer; and high-density packaging for chips. An expert opinion is offered by W. David Price, a senior member of the technical staff of IBM´s semiconductor facility in Essex Junction, Vermont, who comments on a number of developments.<>
  • Keywords
    digital integrated circuits; integrated circuit technology; 16 Mbit; 4 Mbit; GaAs-Si; Japan; US; application-specific ICs; floating-point digital signal processors; high-density packaging; solid state; Consumer electronics; EPROM; Electronics industry; Government; Manufacturing industries; Microprocessors; Production; Semiconductor device manufacture; Solid state circuits; Trade agreements;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Spectrum, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9235
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/6.4483
  • Filename
    4483