The Essential Guide to Semiconductors

This book is a professional's guide to the business and technology of silicon (semiconductor) design and manufacturing. In other words, it is a "Hitchhiker's Guide to Silicon Valley;" and an explanation of what and how the enormous electronics industry works.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments.
1. Running Start.
2. Semiconductor Family Tree.
3. How Chips Are Designed.
4. How Chips Are Made.
5. Business and Markets.
6. Essential Guide to Microprocessors.
7. Essential Guide to Memory Chips.
8. Essential Guide to Custom and Configurable Chips.
9. Theory.
Appendix: Standard Bodies and Reference.
Glossary.
Index.