Competing for the Future: Unlocking Small Wonders for Tomorrow's Nanoelectronic Uses

It has been suggested that by 2025 at least half of the companies comprising today’s Dow Jones Index will be replaced by nanotechnology companies. In a recent report, Lux Research forecast the worldwide market for nanotech products and services to reach $2.6 trillion by 2014. If this happens, it will represent approximately 15% of global manufacturing output.

Nanoelectronics is defined as advanced electronic and optical systems that depend upon innovations in nanotechnology. The field of nanoelectronics embraces a range of technologies, all ultimately for the purpose of creating and improving the functionality, cost, and performance of tomorrow’s electronic systems. This report examines the historical role the Advanced Technology Program (ATP) has played in fueling innovation and American competitiveness in areas of nanotechnology that will lead to totally new-to-the-world electronic and optical products.