Even as we enter the nanotechnology era, we are now encountering the 50th anniversary of the invention of the IC. Will silicon continue to be the pre-eminent material and will MooreTM's Law continue unabated, albeit in a broader economic venue, in the nanotechnology era? This monograph addresses these issues by a re-examination of the scientific and technological foundations of the micro-electronics era. By better assessing and understanding the past five decades of this era, it is proposed that a firmer foundation can be laid for the research that will ensue and possibly provide a glimpse of what is next to come in the nanotechnology era.
| ISBN: | 9783540745587 |
| Publication date: | 1st October 2008 |
| Author: | Howard R Huff |
| Publisher: | Springer an imprint of Springer Berlin Heidelberg |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 343 pages |
| Series: | Springer Series in Materials Science |
| Genres: |
Nanotechnology Engineering applications of electronic, magnetic, optical materials Condensed matter physics (liquid state and solid state physics) Electronics engineering |