Devices, Materials, Process Technologies, and Microelectronic Ecosystem Beyond the Exit of the Device Miniaturization Tunnel

Abstract

Many innovations across the system stack – from algorithms and architectures to circuits, devices, fabrication processes, and materials – will provide large synergistic benefits at the system level. While conventional wisdom optimizes for cost per transistor and economizes on the use of transistors, other optimization targets are becoming highly relevant moving forward. Examples include power and energy consumption, complexity of fabrication process, design, manufacturing and testing flows, and cycle time for development and productization. These all have important implications for devices, materials, process technologies, and the microelectronics ecosystem of the future.