4 July 1998
Source: Hardcopy from Peter Leitner

Table 6

FUTURE WEAPON SYSTEMS: Microelectronic Technologies Required

X  ESSENTIAL   #   IMPORTANT   O  HELPFUL

Ship-to- Air Missiles

Shipborne Laser Weapons

Shipborne Phased Array Radar

Short- range Attack Missiles

Short- range SAM

SIGINT Satellite

Small ACLM

Small GLCM

Small SLCM

Solid SLBM

Space Event Support Ship

Space Station

Space Tug

SSBN

Surface Combatant

Tank- Launched ATGM

Tank

Tilt- Rotor Aircraft

Torpedo Attack Submarine

Torpedoes

Automated Production

X

X

X

#

X

#

#

X

X

#

O

X

X

#

X

X

X

X

CAD Equipment

X

X

X

#

X

#

#

X

X

#

O

X

X

#

X

X

X

X

Chemical Plasma Etchers

X

X

X

#

X

#

#

X

X

#

O

X

X

#

X

X

X

X

Clean Room Design and Filters

X

X

X

#

X

#

#

X

X

#

O

X

X

#

X

X

X

X

Czochralski Crystal Pullers

X

X

X

#

X

#

#

X

X

#

O

X

X

#

X

X

X

X

E-Beam Mask Makers

X

X

X

#

X

#

#

X

X

#

O

X

X

#

X

X

X

X

Epitaxial Growth (VPE, MBE)

X

X

X

#

X

#

#

X

X

#

O

X

X

#

X

X

X

X

High-Power Packing Know-How

X

#

#

#

#

#

X

X

O

X

High-Purity Polysilicon

X

X

X

#

X

#

#

X

X

#

O

X

X

#

X

X

X

X

High-Speed Gate Know-How

X

X

X

#

X

#

#

X

X

#

O

X

X

#

X

X

X

X

Ion Implanters

X

X

X

#

X

#

#

X

X

#

O

X

X

#

X

X

X

X

Ion Millers

X

X

X

#

X

#

#

X

X

#

O

X

X

#

X

X

X

X

Know-How to Optimize for Military

Low-Pressure CVD

X

X

X

#

X

#

#

X

X

#

O

X

X

#

X

X

X

X

Magnetically-Enhanced Sputtering

X

#

#

#

#

#

X

X

O

X

Materials Characterization

X

X

X

#

X

#

#

X

X

#

O

X

X

#

X

X

X

X

Optimized Layout Know-How

X

X

X

#

X

#

#

X

X

#

O

X

X

#

X

X

X

X

Parametric Testers

X

X

X

#

X

#

#

X

X

#

O

X

X

#

X

X

X

X

Reactive Ion Etchers

X

X

X

#

X

#

#

X

X

#

O

X

X

#

X

X

X

X

Scanning & Stepping Proj. Aligners

X

X

X

#

X

#

#

X

X

#

O

X

X

#

X

X

X

X

VLSI Circuit Testers

X

X

X

#

X

#

#

X

X

#

O

X

X

#

X

X

X

X

Wafer Probe Testers

X

X

X

#

X

#

#

X

X

#

O

X

X

#

X

X

X

X

Wire Bonders

X

X

X

#

X

#

#

X

X

#

O

X

X

#

X

X

X

X

100+ Pin Packaging Know-How

X

#

X

X

X