Rochester, NY 7/15/2009 2:27:28 AM
AMAT - Applied Materials Strives To Keep Moores Law Alive and Working
Applied Materials, Inc.
Applied Materials, Inc.,AMAT
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Moore's law describes a long-term trend in the history of computing hardware. Since the invention of the integrated circuit in 1958, the number of transistors that can be placed inexpensively on an integrated circuit has increased exponentially, doubling approximately every two years.
The economy may be down, but the world still turns and the semiconductor industry still needs to move forward and strive to reach the goals of Moore's law. Of course this R&D takes high levels of money to overcome current technical limitations. The goal is to push forward, while also keeping R&D cost in line, not an easy task.
"The current size of the wafer fabrication equipment industry does not support the significant levels of R&D spending needed to follow Moore’s Law and deliver leading-edge systems and processes to customers. This is becoming an increasingly evident as logic, DRAM and flash technologies continue to diverge," said Tom St. Dennis, senior vice president and general manager of Applied’s Silicon Systems Group. "To support our customers in advancing their technology roadmaps and provide critical customer services, we see the need for new business models and alliances to optimize the utilization of our industry’s resources."
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