Hoefflinger B. (Ed.) Chips 2020: A Guide to the Future of Nanoelectronics

Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg, 2012. — 496 p. — (The Frontiers Collection) — ISBN: 978-3-642-22399-0.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, Transmitters, and Receivers
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
Technology for the Next-Generation-Mobile User Experience
MEMS (Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems) for Automotive and Consumer Electronics
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