Essential Guide to Semiconductor Technology

This book is a professional's guide to the business and technology of silicon (semiconductor) design and manufacturing. In other words, it is a "Hitchhiker's Guide to Silicon Valley;" and an explanation of what and how the enormous electronics industry works. An up-to-the-minute briefing on the entire semiconductor industry Technology, applications, and markets—explained in English Explains today's state-of-the-art silicon design and manufacturing techniques Contains expert insights from one of the industry's leading analysts and editors The Essential Guide to Semiconductors is a complete professional's guide to the business andtechnology of semiconductor design and manufacturing. Leading semiconductor industry analystand editor Jim Turley illuminates every facet of the industry, explaining its fast-changingtechnologies, markets, and business models simply, clearly, and without unnecessary jargon. Covers a wide range of semiconductor applications: cellphones, cars, computers, gaming systems, and much more Conceptual enough for laypeople and nontechnical investors—and sufficiently detailed for technical readers Includes a wide range of diagrams and flowcharts to promote understanding Presents accessible explanations of how silicon chips are designed and built Shows how the entire industry fits together, helping readers understand key niches, market segments, and opportunities Semiconductors are the building blocks of computing. They are the electronic chips that are in every computer and device on the market. Cellphones, cars, computers (of all kinds), gaming systems, machines - anything with hardware has an electronic (or semiconductor) component. This is the professional's guide to the business and technology of semiconductor design and manufacturing. The semiconductor industry lends itself very well to a book of this kind. Just as the telecommunications area, the semiconductor industry is broad and complicated. There's a definite need for a book that explains the in's and out's of the technology and how it works - without bogging down readers with too much technical content.