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Semiconductor technology had entered the nanometer range already, bringingĪ âwhole host of challenges.â In about a decade, he said, the continual shrinking PC now,â he said, âand I donât see any reason why that wonât continue.â âThe overall functionality/cost equation makes it incredibly cheap to buy a

Comparing the personal computer of last year with a PC in 1995, heĬited a storage capacity 100 times higher and an overall price decline of 98Â per-Ĭent. New products would continue to be cheaper and more powerful, continuingĪ long trend. Was becoming a major contributor, while the fastest growing segment was digital Was replacing rotating memory, he said, a trend that would accelerate, and analogĭevices were being âpulled along.â Optoelectronics, with growing use in sensors, Of product areas, MOS logic was by far the most important. Long as the world economy continues to do well,â especially India and China. The data goingįorward, he said, suggested compounded IT revenue growth of about 10 percent âas The industrial sector share had dropped slightly below 50 percent. MP3 playersâwhich accounted for more than 50Â percent of demand worldwide.

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