Chips 2020 : a guide to the future of nanoelectronics / Bernd Hoefflinger, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hoefflinger, Bernd.

Series:

Frontiers collection.

Frontiers collection, 1612-3018

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Integrated circuits.

Transistors.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (505 p.)

Edition:

1st ed. 2012.

Place of Publication:

Heidelberg : Springer, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The chips in present-day cell phones already contain billions of sub-100-nanometer transistors. By 2020, however, we will see systems-on-chips with trillions of 10-nanometer transistors. But this will be the end of the miniaturization, because yet smaller transistors, containing just a few control atoms, are subject to statistical fluctuations and thus no longer useful. We also need to worry about a potential energy crisis, because in less than five years from now, with current chip technology, the internet alone would consume the total global electrical power! This book presents a new, sustainable roadmap towards ultra-low-energy (femto-Joule), high-performance electronics. The focus is on the energy-efficiency of the various chip functions: sensing, processing, and communication, in a top-down spirit involving new architectures such as silicon brains, ultra-low-voltage circuits, energy harvesting, and 3D silicon technologies. Recognized world leaders from industry and from the research community share their views of this nanoelectronics future. They discuss, among other things, ubiquitous communication based on mobile companions, health and care supported by autonomous implants and by personal carebots, safe and efficient mobility assisted by co-pilots equipped with intelligent micro-electromechanical systems, and internet-based education for a billion people from kindergarden to retirement. This book should help and interest all those who will have to make decisions associated with future electronics: students, graduates, educators, and researchers, as well as managers, investors, and policy makers. Introduction: Towards Sustainable 2020 Nanoelectronics.- From Microelectronics to Nanoelectronics.- The Future of Eight Chip Technologies.- Analog–Digital Interfaces.- Interconnects and Transceivers.- Requirements and Markets for Nanoelectronics.- ITRS: The International Technology Roadmap for Semiconductors.- Nanolithography.- Power-Efficient Design Challenges.- Superprocessors and Supercomputers.- Towards Terabit Memories.- 3D Integration for Wireless Multimedia.- The Next-Generation Mobile User-Experience.- MEMS (Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems) for Automotive and Consumer.- Vision Sensors and Cameras.- Digital Neural Networks for New Media.- Retinal Implants for Blind Patients.- Silicon Brains.- Energy Harvesting and Chip Autonomy.- The Energy Crisis.- The Extreme-Technology Industry.- Education and Research for the Age of Nanoelectronics.- 2020 World with Chips.

Contents:

Introduction: Towards Sustainable 2020 Nanoelectronics

From Microelectronics to Nanoelectronics

The Future of Eight Chip Technologies

Analog–Digital Interfaces

Interconnects and Transceivers

Requirements and Markets for Nanoelectronics

ITRS: The International Technology Roadmap for Semiconductors

Nanolithography

Power-Efficient Design Challenges

Superprocessors and Supercomputers

Towards Terabit Memories

3D Integration for Wireless Multimedia

The Next-Generation Mobile User-Experience

MEMS (Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems) for Automotive and Consumer

Vision Sensors and Cameras

Digital Neural Networks for New Media

Retinal Implants for Blind Patients

Silicon Brains

Energy Harvesting and Chip Autonomy

The Energy Crisis

The Extreme-Technology Industry

Education and Research for the Age of Nanoelectronics

2020 World with Chips.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-283-45176-X

9786613451767

3-642-23096-2

OCLC:

769455665