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Chip Fabs Go Green – IEEE Spectrum

So where will we turn for future scaling? We will continue to look to the third dimension. We’ve created experimental devices that stack atop each other, delivering logic that is 30 to 50 percent smaller. Crucially, the top and bottom devices are of the two complementary types, NMOS and PMOS, that are the foundation of all the logic circuits of the last several decades. We believe this 3D-stacked complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS), or CFET (complementary field-effect transistor), will be the key to extending Moore’s Law into the next decade.

The Evolution of the Transistor

Continuous innovation is an essential underpinning of Moore’s Law, but each improvement comes with trade-offs. To understand these trade-offs and how they’re leading us inevitably toward 3D-stacked CMOS, you need a bit of background on transistor operation.

Every metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor, or MOSFET, has the same set of basic parts: the gate stack, the channel

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Nicky Chicca by — November 7, 2022 in Texas Tech Football
Celebrate the 75th Anniversary of the Transistor With IEEE

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our pilot examine, we draped a slender, flexible electrode array in excess of the surface area of the volunteer’s mind. The electrodes recorded neural indicators and sent them to a speech decoder, which translated the alerts into the phrases the guy intended to say. It was the first time a paralyzed man or woman who couldn’t converse experienced utilized neurotechnology to broadcast full words—not just letters—from the mind.

That demo was the fruits of a lot more than a decade of investigation on the fundamental mind mechanisms that govern speech, and we’re enormously very pleased of what we have achieved so much. But we’re just receiving begun.
My lab at UCSF is doing the job with colleagues around the planet to make this know-how secure, secure, and responsible ample for day to day use at house. We’re also doing the job to enhance the system’s general performance so

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Nicky Chicca by — November 2, 2022 in Texas Tech Football