Robert Geer is chief academic officer and professor of nanoscale science at the University at Albany's CNSE, and is investigating self-assembly, silicon-based molecular wires, and nano-acoustic devices. He talks about the future of nanotechnology and the hurdles that must be conquered to continue progress in that area.

Bob Akins is co-founder and CEO of Cymer, and discusses his recent appointment as chairman of SEMI’s International Board of Directors, and concerns about IP theft. He also looks ahead to the time when EUV lithography will come online.

Tom St. Dennis, senior vice president and general manager of Applied Materials’ Silicon Systems Group, talks about developments in logic, memory and materials during this time of More than Moore.

Girish Dixit, vice president, worldwide process applications and field process support at Novellus Systems, talks about the challenges introduced by smaller features and new materials, as well as behavior changes of traditional elements when designed into these smaller nodes.

Dan Herr is director of Nanomanufacturing Science Research at SRC. An important part of his research focuses on nanotechnology’s demands on metrology, and he discusses his work to determine where metrology technology’s gaps are, and how to fill them.

Raj Jammy is an IBM assignee working at Sematech as director of the Front End Processes Division. In this interview, he evaluates some of the materials and design hurdles facing the implementation of high-k/metal gate beyond 32 nm.

David K. Lam, founder and CEO of Lam Research Corp., reflects on changes in the semiconductor industry, offering insights on growth of the fabless model, skyrocketing costs, declining research funding, and other market issues.

Albert Fazio, Intel Fellow and director of memory technology development for Intel’s Technology and Manufacturing Group, is responsible for exploring and developing flash memory and multilevel cell memory technologies, and novel memory technology ideas. In this interview, he gives his perspectives on some of the new technologies being developed.

Darlene Solomon, Agilent’s CTO and vice president of Agilent Laboratories, talks about the company’s technology roadmap and the hurdles that face the industry as it approaches fundamental limits in metrology.