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Nanotubes May Break Through "Chip Wall"In 1965, just four years after the first planar integrated circuit (IC) was discovered, Cordon Moore observed that the number of transistors per integrated circuit had grown exponentially. He predicted that this would continue, and the media soon began to call his prophesy "Moore's Law" For nearly forty years, Moore's Law has been validated by the technological progress achieved in the semiconductor industry. Now, however, industry experts are warning of a "Red Brick Wall" that may soon block the continued scaling predicted by by Moore's Law. The "red bricks" in the wall are those areas of technical challenge for which no known manufacturable solution exists. One such "brick" is the challenge of finding a new material and processing technology to replace the metals used today to interconnect transistors on a chip.
Document ID
20040081038
Acquisition Source
Ames Research Center
Document Type
Other
Authors
Laufenberg, Larry
(NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA, United States)
Date Acquired
August 21, 2013
Publication Date
November 13, 2003
Subject Category
Solid-State Physics
Funding Number(s)
OTHER: UPN 704-00-00
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.
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