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Jack Kilby's first integrated circuit 1958
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transistors
Vision 2020: Nanoelectronics at the centre of change
The rate of development of electronic semiconductor technology since the
introduction of the first integrated circuits in the 1960s has been breathtaking. The
radical revolution that has taken place is clearly illustrated by the fact that the
dimensions of individual components, such as transistors on a semiconductor
chip, have shrunk by a factor of 10 000 since the early 1960s and that hundreds of
millions of transistors can now be integrated in a single electronic component such
as a microprocessor, computer memory or application-specific integrated circuit
(ASIC). The price of 1 gigabit of memory has decreased by a staggering 1.5
million times while tens of thousands of transatlantic telephone conversations can
now be carried over a single optical fibre!
Experts predict similar rates of improvement can be expected in the coming years,
following the well known "Moore's Law". Obviously, this will still give rise to another
revolutionary increase in the applications of electronics.
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The majority of electronic devices now consist of complementary metal oxide
semiconductor (CMOS) circuits on silicon wafers, and tremendous manufacturing
experience has been built up in their low-cost production. Due to its advantageous
characteristics and future development potential, experts predict that CMOS will
remain the mainstream technology for many years and improvements will continue
until at least 2016.
ITRS Roadmap
Scaling in CMOS
Nanotube transistor
40 mA/mm