DocumentCode
2605713
Title
"Silicon forever! Really?"
Author
Stormer, Horst L.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Phys., Columbia Univ., New York, NY, USA
fYear
2005
fDate
12-16 Sept. 2005
Firstpage
3
Lastpage
6
Abstract
With certainty scaling in silicon is going to hit a wall - technologically or economically. While we do not know exactly when this is going to happen, "approximately a decade from now" is a pretty common guess. Hence it is prudent to contemplate and investigate alternative ways to create electronic systems that may have a chance to lead us "beyond silicon". At present there is no clear path at all. Only open-minded and imaginative research has a chance to overcome the foreseeable impasse.
Keywords
biomolecular electronics; elemental semiconductors; integrated circuit layout; lithography; nanotechnology; semiconductor technology; silicon; Si; electronic systems; lithography process; semiconductor technology; silicon technology; Business; Humans; Mathematics; Moore´s Law; Physics; Portable computers; Product design; Refining; Silicon; Transistors;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Solid-State Device Research Conference, 2005. ESSDERC 2005. Proceedings of 35th European
Print_ISBN
0-7803-9203-5
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ESSDER.2005.1545742
Filename
1545742
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