While the overall semiconductor market is slated to grow 20-30% this year with continued growth in 2005,the outsourced semiconductor and assembly and test (OSAT) will grow at an even faster pace, Amkor COO said in a keynote speech to SEMICON West

"Ovonic unified memory (OUM), or phase-change memory (PCM), one of three non-volatile technologies being developed to replace flash in future high-density applications, is on the brink of commercial applications."

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"While the transistor may be on the minds of many a process R&D engineer these days, back-end-of-line (BEOL) interconnect technology and the materials challenges there?namely integrating low k dielectrics -- remains a challenge and an opportunity."

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