The inventions of the bipolar transistor and the integrated circuits in the past century were the most important
milestones for the development of the semiconductor industry. The past six decades have witnessed an
extraordinary growth of the electronics industry, supported by the evolution in semiconductor technologies. The
sales of the semiconductor industry in 2022 reached an amount around $ 600 billion and are projected to grow
to more than $ 1 trillion by 2030. In this talk we will look through some of the most important events in the
evolution of the semiconductor industry as well as in applications that have been a driving force of the
semiconductor business. To conclude this talk, the ongoing research at the Integrated Circuits Laboratory of the
Federal University of Santa Catarina will be presented.
Márcio Cherem Schneider
Doctor
