The manufacture of Integrated Circuits (ICs) is so important to today\'s society
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The manufacture of Integrated Circuits (ICs) is so important to today's society that it has international impacts. Please research the ITRS organization, and prepare an overview of its role, and significance.
http://www.itrs2.net/itrs-models-and-papers.html
When was the ITRS started?
What types of companies have a stake?
How much $ is spent on ICs today?
What companies are not directly in ICs but provide supporting products or materials?
How much is invested in support?
*Please answer in typed format (not by hand written photo).
Explanation / Answer
ITRS means International Technology Roadmap for Semiconductors. It is started in 1997.
Before that for many year SIA gave the responsibility of cordination to US which led to creation of American style roadmap, the National Technology Roadmap for semiconductors.
The first semiconductor roadmap, published by the SIA in 1993.
In 1998, the SIA became closer to its European, Japanese, Korean, and Taiwanese counterparts by creating the first global roadmap: The International Technology Roadmap for Semiconductors (ITRS).
This international group has (as of the 2003) 936 companies which were affiliated with working groups within the ITRS. The organization was divided into Technical Working Groups (TWGs) which eventually grew in number to 17, each focusing on a key element of the technology and associated supply chain. Traditionally, the ITRS roadmap was updated in even years, and completely revised in odd years.
The last revision of the ITRS Roadmap was published in 2013. The methodology and the physics behind the scaling results for 2013 tables is described in Transistor roadmap projection using predictive full-band atomistic modeling which covers double gate MOSFETs over the 15 years to 2028.
Companies that have stake:
Alpha Insight
Apogee Software
Parallel Thinking
2LA Software
Delta Capita
Bloomberg
Excelian
Vela Trading Technologies
Thomson Reuters
Niksun
Inxite
Solace Systems
Ullink
IBM
oracle
ITRS is jointly sponserd by
ESIA
JEITA
KSIA
TSIA
SIA
Nearly ITRS spent $300 billion on ICS today
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