Since quitting Toshiba in 1994, he has been working on what he expects will be an even more importantinvention: a "three-dimensional silicon-based semiconductor, " he says, which will increase the capacity of semiconductors by a factor of ten.
This investment provides efficient access to important inventions and standards-essential patents and reinforces our leadership role in building an active market for invention.
William Rosen, an American former editor and publisher, ranks it alongside the invention of agriculture as one of the two most important developments in history.