Possibilities of deep-submicrometer CMOS for very-high-speed computer logic

Author

Masaki, Akira

Author_Institution

Hitachi Ltd., Tokyo, Japan

Volume

81

Issue

9

fYear

1993

fDate

9/1/1993 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1311

Lastpage

1324

Abstract

It is shown that room-temperature CMOS, which has rarely been considered suitable for very-high-speed computer logic, can have sufficient performance to be the post-ECL (emitter-coupled logic) high-speed device when deep-submicrometer technology is available. The possibilities of CMOS are evaluated in the context of the very many factors related to computer logic. In a case study, it is shown that system performance comparable to that of the most modern large-scale computers is obtainable with room-temperature operation, assuming CMOS devices with gate length of 0.2-0.25 μm. Further possibilities for performance improvement and the advantage of CMOS compared with other technologies are discussed

Keywords

CMOS integrated circuits; VLSI; integrated logic circuits; reviews; 0.2 to 0.25 micron; deep-submicrometer CMOS; gate length; room-temperature operation; system performance; very-high-speed computer logic; CMOS logic circuits; CMOS technology; Gallium arsenide; High performance computing; Integrated circuit technology; Josephson junctions; Logic circuits; Logic devices; Silicon; System performance;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Proceedings of the IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9219

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/5.237538

Filename

237538