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Scientists Believe That Advances In Semiconductor Technology Law Can Continue On Pace With Moore's Law For Another 10 To 15 Years

SAN JOSE, Calif March 14, 2005--The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) will hold a news conference at the National Press Club, 529 14th Street, NW, Washington, on March 16, 2005, at 9:30 AM. The news conference will feature briefings on the challenges to continued U.S. leadership in the semiconductor and the Information Technology industries.

Speakers will be Steve Appleton, chief executive officer of Micron Technology and chairman of the SIA; Craig Barrett, chief executive officer of Intel Corporation; and Professor Dale Jorgenson, Samuel W. Morris University Professor, Harvard University. SIA President George Scalise will moderate.

"2005 marks the 40th anniversary of the observation that has come to be known as 'Moore's Law(1),'" said Scalise. "Forty years of continuous advances in semiconductor technology have produced immeasurable benefits in economic growth, productivity, living standards, national security, and progress in other fields of scientific endeavor. While most scientists believe that advances in semiconductor technology can continue on pace with Moore's Law for another 10 to 15 years, there are physical, economic, and technological limits that will end our ability to continue progress using current technology," Scalise continued.

"U.S. technology leadership is not guaranteed. It will be maintained only as long as we effectively invest in our innovation ecosystem. The SIA is calling for a concerted national effort to increase the resources devoted to research and development in the physical sciences. This effort must involve industry, academia, and the federal and state governments to ensure continued U.S. leadership in an area that is so vital to our nation's future," Scalise concluded.

(1) Moore's Law, formulated by industry pioneer Gordon Moore, originally postulated that advances in technology were enabling chipmakers to double the number of components on a chip every 12 months. In 1975, Moore's Law was adjusted to project the doubling of the number of components every 24 months

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