New Roadmap for Microelectronics: Charting the Semiconductor Industry's Path Over the Next 5, 10, and 20 Years

Abstract

In the past, the role of strategic planning for semiconductor industry was met by the international technology roadmap for semiconductors (ITRS), serving as a guiding light that provided manufacturers, designers, equipment suppliers, and researchers with direction years in advance. By providing a common framework for coordination across semiconductor industry stakeholder and, technology development efforts were efficient and aligned. However, the dissolution of the ITRS in 2015 left a void, leading to years of disconnected efforts. Recognizing the need for unified guidance, the industry rallied for the creation of a new strategic plan – the microelectronics and advanced packaging technologies (MAPT) roadmap (2023) that was developed through the synergistic efforts of of industry, academic and government experts. This comprehensive plan outlines ambitious goals for the industry's future.

Speaker’s Biography

Dr. Victor Zhirnov is the Chief Scientist at Semiconductor Research Corporation. He is responsible for envisioning new long-term research directions in semiconductor information and communication technologies for industry and academia. Victor lead the team responsible for developing and publishing the Microelectronics and Advanced Packaging Technologies Roadmap in 2023. The MAPT Roadmap summarizes the key drivers of technology progress, provides guidance for how to achieve the technical challenges outlined in the Decadal Plan, and strategizes for developing the workforce required to realize the promises of these innovations. Previously, Dr. Zhirnov worked with academics and industry professionals to build the 2030 Decadal Plan for Semiconductors, which identified the five "seismic shifts" shaping the future of information and communication technologies (ICT). Victor's semiconductor experience spans over 30 years in the areas of materials, processes, devices physics, fundamental limits and much more. He has authored and co-authored over 150 technical papers and contributions to books. Victor has served as the Chair of the Emerging Research Device (ERD) Working Group for the International Technology Roadmap for Semiconductors (ITRS) and has served as an advisor to a number of government, industrial, and academic institutions. Prior to joining SRC, Dr. Zhirnov was a research professor at North Carolina State University and still holds an adjunct faculty position there. Before that, he was a senior scientist at the Institute of Crystallography of Russian Academy of Science in Moscow. Victor earned his Ph.D. in solid state electronics and microelectronics from the Institute of Physics and Technology, Moscow and received his M.S. in applied physics from the Ural Polytechnic Institute, Yekaterinburg, Russia.