Emerging Business Trends in the Microelectronics Industry

Abstract

This paper describes the emerging trends in the major business segments of the integrated circuitindustry. As the integrated circuit technology approaches its ultimate scaling limit, the differentsegments of the industry are evolving continuously by adopting new business strategies to gaincompetitive advantage: the manufacturing is persistently releasing next generation technologies,dedicated foundries are transitioning to complete product development solution providers, fablesscompanies are adopting innovative business strategies, integrated device manufacturers aretransitioning to fab-lite, and the assembly and test is developing scaled packages. This paper discussesthe evolution of these major business segments in the microelectronics industry.