With the dual demands of both increasing wafer sizes (from six, to eight, to 12 and now to 18 inches) and decreasing space between circuits (from 1.5 microns to 45 nanometers), semiconductor factories around the world have made enormous investments in a never-ending technological race.
而在「晶圓尺吋越來越大（從 6 吋、8 吋、12 吋到 18 吋），電路間距卻越來越小（從 1.5 微米到 45 奈米）」的兩極化要求下，全球半導體廠商都投入鉅資，進行永無止盡的技術競賽。