overview memory integrated circuits ics fabricated with metal oxide semiconductor mos technology include dynamic random access dram static ram sram read only rom electrically programmable eprom erasable and eeprom flash each of these categories the market is discussed in detail this section 1997 accounted for an estimated 24 percent total ic was a continued loss percentage overall compared to 42 1995 30 1996 figure 7 1 first time history that has expe rienced consecutive double digit yearly declines circuit engineering corporation trends 21758b dollars millions 0 50 000 100 150 200 250 300 350 200220012000199919981997199619951994199319921991 26 29 31 36 25 27 28 share year source ice est fcst 14444444244444443 worldwide decline segment been direct result declin ing average selling prices asps coupled
