The future: for reading only

Article Abstract:

The market for compact disk read-only memory (CD-ROM) has begun to grow after several slow years following its debut in 1986. CD-ROM makers shipped two million CD-ROM drives in 1992, expect to ship 5 million in 1993 and are forecasting a 20% growth rate in 1993-98. The rise in CD-ROM sales is attributable to three causes: the need for owners of workstations and personal computers to improve by adding CD-ROM drives; use of CD-ROM for distribution; and the large number of CD-ROM titles now available. Further market growth will require a reduction in price.

Forecasts and trends, Marketing, CD-ROM, CD-ROM disks, Computer storage device industry

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Tricks with light

Article Abstract:

The making of a semiconductor chip is intricate and technically involved. The chip production involves the use of photolithography wherein light is focused over a pattern and onto a silicon wafer containing a light-sensitive material. The technology has improved since the 1980s. In the 1990s, 256-megabit chips have been designed with the aid of phase-shift mask technology. While the Japanese have been the early developers of the technology, US companies such as Sematech have entered the race.

Semiconductors and related devices, Security and commodity exchanges, Semiconductor industry, South Korea, Innovations, Economic aspects, Column, Stock-exchange, Stock exchanges, Economic policy, Korea, South

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