| Beschreibung: | On the eve of the transition from microelectronics to nanoelectronics, the traditional routes of down-scaling along the roadmap will no longer guarantee a long-term success. There is a general agreement, that the present performance enhancement of CMOS (microprozessor) technology by a continuous size reduction will run into serious limitations, probably within the next 15 to 20 years.
Physical, technological, and economical barriers are accumulating along the conventional development path. We are experiencing a change of paradigm. On grounds of an exploratory and fundamental research, we see our mission and objective to provide new - sometimes competing - concepts and solutions on long-term perspective, in interaction with the industry.
The CNI is a center of excellence for nanoelectronics at the Research Center Juelich and provides an excellent basis for future developments of nanoelectronics and IT.
To identify technology drivers the research areas cover quantum-electronic, ... |