While the 1999 ITRS is a Roadmap for sustaining IC progress, the needed und
erlying manufacturing capability is based on solutions from equipment and m
aterials suppliers, Addressing the list of potholes, detours, and even "red
-flagged" roadblocks in the 1999 ITRS, CEOs and other executives from a bro
ad range of semiconductor equipment and materials suppliers highlight their
companies' new solutions and breakthroughs that may make the road passable
, and describe ongoing work to tackle remaining problems.