The future of CMOS technology

  • Authors:
  • R. D. Isaac

  • Affiliations:
  • IBM Research Division, Thomas J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, New York

  • Venue:
  • IBM Journal of Research and Development
  • Year:
  • 2000

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Abstract

The performance of integrated circuits has been improving exponentially for more than thirty years. During the next decade, the industry must overcome several technological challenges to sustain this remarkable pace of improvement. Challenges in lithography, transistor scaling, interconnections, circuit families, computer memory, and circuit design are outlined. Possible solutions are briefly discussed. The ways in which these challenges will affect future growth in the industry are considered.