December 2004

Emerging

Using carbon nanowalls for LED backlight

Key Word

"Inkjet"

Key Person

"We will challenge the LCD television market from the volume zone"

Feature

Get hold of MEMS, the next front-runner of devices
Part 1: LSI, FPD, and the next will be MEMS
Part 2: Device development infrastructure implementation progresses

Special Feature

SEMICON Japan 2004: Equipment development advances with immersion lithography and high-k

Inside LSI

Toshiba's new challenge comes into sight with its partnership with Xilinx, U.S.A.

The latest trend in research to exceed the limits of flash memory

How verification is performed for ASICs with 10 million gates

Selete Part 3: Low-k film (1) - Disadvantages of the porous film are overcome, making way for practical application at hp65

Inside FPD

Televisions are no longer the benchmark for image quality

Report

Elpida goes public, next aiming for world's top position in DRAM

Interim financial statements for fiscal 2004 manage to avoid serious trouble even in a downward phase with front-loading

ASML challenges the market with immersion tools, plans to ship 0.93 NA tools in 2005

New plant operation system proposed by Applied Materials, U.S.A.

Tutorial

Series: EDA Overview - part 5: Mask design and DFM (design for manufacturability)

Interview

Agilent's strategy in entering the FPD test market

Challenger

Opening up a new realm with micro powder