The properties of these materials need to be understood. Considerable analysis work is done at this stage to make sure there are no surprises later. At this stage, the technology has been thoroughly studied and is ready for production once the decision to implement is made. Any bugs are worked out. If the relevant steps are colored blue on the Technology Roadmap, this means that these steps have been completed.
Yellow cells indicate that work is in progress.
A white cell indicates that this step has not been started yet. The completion date is provided in each cell, for reference. If there is no date, no activity has been scheduled for that step. The IEC Technology Roadmap contains a lot of information, but at a quick glance one can obtain the current state of virtually any emerging technology at IEC as well as plans for the future. The Technology Roadmap is updated every 3- 6 months.