Evolution of the IT Industry

Moore’s Law GDP Value ...

13 Feb 2015

How the Moore’s Law raises income in relationship to the economies of the United States and the World. ... See more

Founded in 1979 as Ultratech Stepper, it was the oldest stepper company in the world until its sale to Veeco in 2017. Used in the semiconductor lithography process, its stepper was unique in its use of a 1X len ... See more

Images in Semiconductor ...

16 Jun 2008

Key events drawn from archived documents in VLSI's library. These documents have been carefully selected for their historical significance. ... See more

Moore's Law: Its Death ...

01 Oct 2003

Its Death Has Been Greatly Over-Exaggerated - ISSM 2003 Keynote Presentation ... See more

The Development of the ...

02 Jan 1983

Megatest's MegaOne was the system that sparked the tester-per-pin revolution (1983, courtesy of Teradyne). Find out more in this video that contains great clips of the state-of-the-art in technology development ... See more

Copper Interconnect – ...

15 Jun 1998

The transition from aluminum to copper wiring in semiconductor process technology is discussed in this interview with Anantha Sethuraman, with particular emphasis on the inspection technology and the role marke ... See more

Change In Chip Making A ...

12 Jun 1996

A revolution is occurring in the chip industry causing fundamental change at its market. business, and technical levels. Manufacturers are becoming more market-driven as commodity marketing methods give way to ... See more

Explore Images of Histo ...

Key images drawn from donated and archived documents in VLSI's library. These images have been carefully selected for their historical significance as they show history in the making. ... See more

Packaging Equipment - D ...

The early nineties, brought a renaissance to packaging due to a demand for more I/0, smaller sizes, higher power, faster speed and control of thermal properties. These demands drove the need for more sophistic ... See more

Equipment Suppliers - 1 ...

This section examines the vendors who supply semiconductor manufacturing equipment. There are approximately 534 of them. The top five are shown below in Figure 2.0.0-1. In 1989, these five companies held a 26 ... See more