More Than Moore: Creating High Value Micro/nanoelectronics Systems

More than Moore G.Q. Zhang • A.J. van Roosmalen More than Moore Creating High Value Micro/Nanoelectronics Systems Editors Guo Qi Zhang Delft University of Technology NXP Semiconductors Delft, Eindhoven The Netherlands Alfred J. van Roosmalen Delft University of Technology NXP Semiconductors Delft, Eindhoven The Netherlands ISBN 978-0-387-75592-2 e-ISBN 978-0-387-75593-9 DOI 10.1007/978-0-387-75593-9 Springer Dordrecht Heidelberg London New York Library of Congress Control Number: 2009921651 © Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2009 All rights reserved. This work may not be translated or copied in whole or in part without the written permission of the publisher (Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, 233 Spring Street, New York, NY 10013, USA), except for brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis. Use in connection with any form of information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed is forbidden. The use in this publication of trade names, trademarks, service marks, and similar terms, even if they are not identified as such, is not to be taken as an expression of opinion as to whether or not they are subject to proprietary rights. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com) Preface Since the first transistor was invented at Bell Laboratories in 1947, semiconductors rapidly evolved into a key enabler for providing solutions to societal, business, and consumer needs. Today, the semiconductor market has become the cornerstone of global high-tech economy, with more than 16% of the world economy built on semiconductors and with annual R&D budgets in the industry ranging up to 20% of revenue. At the same time, semiconductors have become the cornerstone of modern society, and pervaded and penetrated in numerous aspects of human lives. Explosive technology development driven by Moore’s law has been playing a vital role for the success of the semiconductor industry. In 2005, the strategic research agenda and vision for “More than Moore” (MtM) technology were formulated in a systematic manner by the European Technology Platform for Nanoelectronics ENIAC. Since then, we have witnessed the quick development of a new area of micro/nanoelectronics beyond the boundaries of Moore’s law and into the area of “MtM,” which creates and adds more nondigital functionality to conventional semiconductor technology, leading to virtually unlimited technology possibilities and application potentials fo