DocumentCode
846012
Title
Beyond Silicon´s Elemental Logic
Author
Ye, Peide D.
Volume
45
Issue
9
fYear
2008
Firstpage
42
Lastpage
47
Abstract
In the quest for speed, key parts of microprocessors may soon be made of gallium arsenide or other III-V semiconductors. Today the 8080´s most advanced descendant operates 100 000 times as fast. This phenomenal progress is a direct result of the semiconductor industry´s ability to reduce the size of a microprocessor´s fundamental building blocks - its many metal-oxide- semiconductor field-effect transistors (MOSFETs), which act as tiny switches.
Keywords
III-V semiconductors; MOSFET; gallium arsenide; gallium compounds; logic devices; microprocessor chips; III-V semiconductors; MOSFET; Si; gallium arsenide; metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistors; microprocessors; semiconductor industry; silicon elemental logic; Electronics industry; FETs; Gallium arsenide; III-V semiconductor materials; Logic; MOSFETs; Microprocessors; Silicon;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Spectrum, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9235
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/MSPEC.2008.4607930
Filename
4607930
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