#9 | SPRING 2008 posted May 14, 2008

EDITORIAL

Why you should never say never

CALENDAR

A listing of key events for the advanced substrate community

PAPERLINKS

Revelant papers from recent conferences and journals

EDITORIAL by Adele Hars, Editor-In-Chief

Never Say Never

SOI is the enabler.

Industry naysayers have long predicted that SOI substrates wouldn’t go the distance. They’ve opined that those ultra-thin layers FD-SOI requires for high speed and low-operating power would never be possible. As we see in this edition of ASN: were they ever wrong.

To go on with the good news, we’ve got TSMC touting world-class SOI performance that will continue to scale. And we are witness to the collective energy of the SOI Industry Consortium, as demonstrated in their special supplement, which ASN has the honor of hosting.

As we move forward, advanced substrates just keep making things happen.