SAMSUNG Says 3D Silicon Will Drive Boundless Industry Growth in Unprecedented Era of Fusion Technology

SAMSUNG Says 3D Silicon Will Drive Boundless Industry Growth in Unprecedented Era of Fusion Technology

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., the world leader in advanced semiconductor technology solutions, today shared stunning prospects for a new industry-fusing technology era that will offer tremendous global opportunities for expanded use of three-dimensional (3D) silicon-based technologies. At the plenary session of the 2006 International Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM), Dr. Chang-Gyu Hwang, president and CEO of Samsung Electronics’ Semiconductor Business, said that we are at the doorstep of the largest shift in the semiconductor industry ever, one that will dwarf the PC and even the consumer electronics eras.

In his keynote speech entitled, ‘New Paradigms in the Silicon Industry’, Dr. Hwang told 3,000 professionals in the field of device technology at the Hilton San Francisco Hotel, “The approaching era of electronics technology advancement – the Fusion Era – will be massive in scope, encompassing the fields of information technology (IT), bio-technology (BT), and nano-technology (NT) and will create boundless opportunities for new growth to the semiconductor industry.”.

Evolving from the PC industry, which holds an annual market volume of 200 million units, the mobile and digital consumer industry now has a volume exceeding two billion units annually. In the approaching Fusion Era, market demand will soar to a level that could match the 6.5-billion world population total, with multiple applications affecting literally everyone.

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