Taking Moore's Law to New Heights: When transistors can't get any smaller, the only direction is up
M. Radosavljević, J. Kavalieros
Abstract
Perhaps the Most far-reaching technological achievement over the last 50 years has been the steady march toward ever smaller transistors, fitting them more tightly together, and reducing their power consumption. And yet, ever since the two of us started our careers at Intel more than 20 years ago, we've been hearing the alarms that the descent into the infinitesimal was about to end. Yet year after year, brilliant new innovations continue to propel the semiconductor industry further.
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Moore's lawTransistorSemiconductor industryPower consumptionInfinitesimalElectrical engineeringConsumption (sociology)EngineeringPower (physics)LawTelecommunicationsSociologyPolitical sciencePhysicsManufacturing engineeringMathematicsSocial scienceVoltageQuantum mechanicsMathematical analysisAdvancements in Semiconductor Devices and Circuit Design