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THE SEMICONDUCTOR INDUSTRY has historically being driven by
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technological advancements in the guise of a killer application. Personal
computers in the 1980s and mobile phones in the 1990s. Since then there has
Design & Production Manager being a search for the next killer application that will drive the industry to the
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same giddy heights. Much of the searching is done by the financial community
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that invested after the last killer application, hoping to take advantage of the
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next big single application that would double or triple sales along the value
chain. Of course no such application has yet arisen but this does not mean that
Subscriptions Manager innovation has slowed or will not cause a disruptive increase to the industry
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fortunes. It just may not be a singular output. A quick review of technology
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announcements in recent times suggests a number of innovative devices around
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the corner that only five years ago would look like they had come straight from
a science fiction novel rather than company announcements of expected
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Firstly there was the light bending materials that could lead to the
development of the so called invisibility cloak. Such innovation will also have
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Then there was the Intel presentation of claytronic materials that will lead to
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be able to expand to a full view screen and key board. A while away for sure
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but much further than many would have imagined. The Intel presenter
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suggested 5 – 10 years before applicable results are forthcoming. Then there is
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Then of course there was the Large Hadron Collider finally getting under way
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innovations begin to impact on the value chain that enough lessons have been
learnt from the past and present to ensure that the best technologies are
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chosen to lead to increased innovation. With some of the breakthroughs being
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There may or may not be a killer application around the corner but with such
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innovation on the horizon, there is more likely to be a plethora of applications
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