“silicon” Tag

06/20/2007: Not all silicon processes are created equal.

There is a lot of talk right now about 45nm – the newest and most exciting step along the Moore’s Law story. (Yes, it IS exciting…) Essentially it means that transistors can be made smaller, and the smallest feature size...

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Tagged: 45nm, gordonmoore, highk, metalgate, mooreslaw, silicon, transistor

05/20/2007: How bright is the future of Moore's Law?

Every now and then you hear a pessimist predicting demise of Moore’s Law. It is too difficult, if not impossible to continue they say, give several compelling scientific and economic arguments, is the end for real? Hardly…!...

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Tagged: fab, lithography, mooreslaw, silicon

05/02/2007: It's official – Silicon Photonics are ACE. Part 1.

Intel and the University of California Santa Barbara recently won the EE Times ACE award for the Most Promising New Technology category. Silicon Photonics technologies use silicon and laser light to transmit and receive data. And there has been a...

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Tagged: future, lasers, light, photonics, silicon