Key technological trends in the microelectronics cluster that are likely to have high impact in the near-term and medium-term are covered in this research service. The microelectronics industry is constantly driven by the need for high performance, low power, small footprint, and low cost devices. The major technological trends are evaluated based on a set of criteria and some of these include year of impact; breath of applications/industries impacted; global footprint; patent trends; funding scenario; megatrend impact; technology convergence; innovation ecosystem; and market opportunity.