The publication entitled Microelectronics: Wireless Technology and MEMs in the
Developing Countries brought out by the Centre for Science & Technology of the
Non-aligned and Other Developing Countries (NAM S&T Centre) is largely based on
the presentations made during the 5th International Workshop on
���?Microelectronics: Wireless Technology and MEMS: held at Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia during September 2005. Microelectronics is the cornerstone of the
information technologies that pervade virtually every aspect of contemporary
life. It is difficult to imagine any field of science or technology that has had
a more profound impact on the latter half of the 20th Century than
microelectronics. Microelectronics industry has been able to provide
transistors,