Future Trends in Microelectronics

In this book leading profesionals in the semiconductor microelectronics field discuss the future evolution of their profession. The following are some of the questions discussed:

• Does CMOS technology have a real problem?
• Do transistors have to be smaller or just better and made of better materials?
• What is to come after semiconductors?
• Superconductors or molecular conductors?
• Is bottom-up self-assembling the answer to the limitation of top-down lithography?
• Is it time for Optics to become a force in computer evolution?
• Quantum Computing, Spintronics?
• Where is the printable plastic electronics proposed 10 years ago?
• Are carbon nanotube transistors the CMOS of the future?