Jan. 10, 2005 – SEMI and the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) today announced an agreement to jointly conduct a comprehensive study on nanotechnology applications in the electronics industry. The study will provide definition of the emerging global nanoelectronic markets and offer a global perspective of requirements and opportunities for equipment and materials suppliers.

Global Nanoelectronics Markets and Opportunities will be available in the third quarter of 2005. The report will be based on interviews with industry executives in China, Europe, Japan, Korea, North America, Taiwan and other regions.

“Nanosciences are a new frontier of technologic pursuit. They have numerous potential market applications in the electronics industries and represent great opportunities for those that provide the enabling materials, processes and systems to exploit them,” said SEMI President and CEO Stanley Myers in a prepared statement.

The report will identify the current and planned nanotechnology activities of semiconductor, display, storage, optoelectronic, sensor and MEMS companies. Additionally, equipment and materials process technologies, applications, requirements and opportunities will be defined. Nanotechnology equipment and materials market size will be provided by business segment and 5,10 and 15-year market forecasts will be presented based on various scenarios of new technology penetration.