Increasing capabilities of electronic devices and demand in emerging science & technology leads to intensive research in the field of Materials science, Micro/Nano-electronics and Data Science". Scientific research involves and aims at improving the properties of materials (materials science) and devices (device engineering) to be used in the latest technology.
Moore's well known rule which describes the exponential growth trend of semiconductor technology which has been proven to be correct for the late 20th and 21st century could reflect the dynamism of the interest in the field. Moore's Law is only an example to put forth the importance of materials science and a road map to follow with the aim of sustaining the growth in the technology so far.
Today, the latest trends in the new fabrication methods ( bottom-up and top-down) and additional functionalities aims at the development of products which follow the "More than Moore's (MtM)" which does not necessarily focus on scaling of transistors but more on the incorporation of new functionalities. This new scaling trend is expected to yield "value" and "impact" new products by enlarging the product diversity (innovation) and the market size. This will also lead to the enlargement of the side-markets, as a chain reaction, that are influenced by the new technology (production lines and equipments, materials); therefore, the pre-existing road-map for the micro/nano-electronics has gained a new dimension and has changed and evolved with the clever implementation of an innovative approach. While the scalability of the devices are approaching to its limits innovative ideas will influence the research and the existing technology a lot. It will not come as a surprise once we start to see new products in the market.
Also, the scale of the manufacturing processes is being pushed from chip level to the wafer level bonding and packaging. Although, it is not a new concept the research is going on in this field and being implemented by different foundries from 3" to 8" wafers. The scaled up production lines are expected to save time, money and increase the yield of the production lines by increasing the number of chips per wafer and decreasing their testing times.
In and below quantum confinement region quantum mechanical tunneling and other confinement effects (optical, electronic,...) are seen. The footsteps of quantum computers (at the early stage of development) or playing with the properties of materials at the atomic scale does already whisper a lot for the future of the electronics industry. We will see where all those developments will lead us and how the new road-map will be drawn during the next decades.
Moore's well known rule which describes the exponential growth trend of semiconductor technology which has been proven to be correct for the late 20th and 21st century could reflect the dynamism of the interest in the field. Moore's Law is only an example to put forth the importance of materials science and a road map to follow with the aim of sustaining the growth in the technology so far.
Today, the latest trends in the new fabrication methods ( bottom-up and top-down) and additional functionalities aims at the development of products which follow the "More than Moore's (MtM)" which does not necessarily focus on scaling of transistors but more on the incorporation of new functionalities. This new scaling trend is expected to yield "value" and "impact" new products by enlarging the product diversity (innovation) and the market size. This will also lead to the enlargement of the side-markets, as a chain reaction, that are influenced by the new technology (production lines and equipments, materials); therefore, the pre-existing road-map for the micro/nano-electronics has gained a new dimension and has changed and evolved with the clever implementation of an innovative approach. While the scalability of the devices are approaching to its limits innovative ideas will influence the research and the existing technology a lot. It will not come as a surprise once we start to see new products in the market.
Also, the scale of the manufacturing processes is being pushed from chip level to the wafer level bonding and packaging. Although, it is not a new concept the research is going on in this field and being implemented by different foundries from 3" to 8" wafers. The scaled up production lines are expected to save time, money and increase the yield of the production lines by increasing the number of chips per wafer and decreasing their testing times.
In and below quantum confinement region quantum mechanical tunneling and other confinement effects (optical, electronic,...) are seen. The footsteps of quantum computers (at the early stage of development) or playing with the properties of materials at the atomic scale does already whisper a lot for the future of the electronics industry. We will see where all those developments will lead us and how the new road-map will be drawn during the next decades.
 Moore's Drawing at 1965 ( from Intel website, click on the image.) In brief, this website is dedicated to the organic and inorganic``Electroactive Materials`` and ``micro- or nano- devices`` ( i.e. TFTs, PV cells, LEDs, LETs etc.), and may cover latest interesting scientific findings in close proximity to these fields. It also contains information about, Dilek IŞIK, the author of this website and the blog " Science in a nutshell!". I hope you will enjoy your visit. |
Adapted from Prof. Tsu-Jae King-Liu, UC Berkeley, in More than Moore (MtM) white paper. Showing the Innovation-Market loop including the MtM approach. Click on the image for the source.
Graph illustrating the CMOS IC ( complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor integrated circuit) evolution and the scaling of the feauture size. Beyond transition region- alternative devices in the quantum size range and atomic range. Click on the image for the source.
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