Nano-electronics challenge chip designers meet real nano-electronics in 2010s?

It is vital for nano-electronics to undertake an immediate action in order to catch up with what was lost in the past 10 years. For that purpose, co-design by designers and technologists is essential. This is because very short term development of these nano-electronics is needed for this situation. In co-design for nano-electronics, designers have to have plural candidates of devices for their new applications and clarify the requirements for the devices even in early stages. The purpose of this paper is to give opportunities to learn three practical case-studies discussing (1) power saving; (2) performance vs. process variation; and (3) new architecture using emerging nanodevices. They will be presented on how designers and technologists can collaborate to resolve the challenges of post-silicon devices.