“The invention of the transistor 60 years ago launched a transformation of our world that is still unfolding,” said SIA president George Scalise. “The importance of this historic milestone cannot be overstated. The transistor is the key building block of countless electronics products that have revolutionized virtually every aspect of human life. This year the worldwide microelectronics industry will produce 900 million transistors for every man, woman, and child on earth, a total of 6,000,000,000,000,000,000 (6 quintillion) transistors.

(December 13, 2007) MUNICH, Germany — Gen Sys GmbH, a provider of software for optimization of microstructure fabrication processes, today announced it has signed an agreement with the Fraunhofer Institute of Integrated Systems and Device Technology (IISB) for the development and licensing of advanced 3-D resist modeling techniques for e-beam and proximity lithography.