Top chip makers tout nanotechnology
February 5, 2004 | Source: EE Times
Nanotechnology will play a key role in next-generation silicon, according to researchers.
Promising technologies include crossed nanowire structures that form matrices, transistors that use a single electron to control current flow, and carbon nanotubes, which may extend CMOS scaling down to the 1 to 3 nm range.
IBM has applied a molecular “self-assembly” technique to nanotechnology and recently applied it to flash memory devices.