Next Generation Integrated Circuits
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Next Generation Integrated Circuits
• 300 mm wafers• Copper metallization• Low-K dielectric under interconnect lines• High-K dielectric under gate• Silicon-on-insulator (SOI)• Strained silicon• New gate metals• Dual-core CPU chips
Next Generation Integrated Circuits
• 300 mm wafers• Copper metallization• Low-K dielectric under interconnect lines• High-K dielectric under gate• Silicon-on-insulator (SOI)• Strained silicon• New gate metals• Dual-core CPU chips
Copper Metallization – Low-K Dielectric
Next Generation Integrated Circuits
• 300 mm wafers• Copper metallization• Low-K dielectric under interconnect lines• High-K dielectric under gate• Silicon-on-insulator (SOI)• Strained silicon• New gate metals• Dual-core CPU chips
High-K Gate Dielectric
• Reduced fringing of gate electric field – better switching control, less leakage current
• Reduced tunneling leakage current with thin oxides
• Si3N4, ZrO2, HfO2
Next Generation Integrated Circuits
• 300 mm wafers• Copper metallization• Low-K dielectric under interconnect lines• High-K dielectric under gate• Silicon-on-insulator (SOI)• Strained silicon• New gate metals• Dual-core CPU chips
Silicon-On-Insulator
• No p-n junction for electrical isolation
• Reduced inter-device coupling
• Reduced parasitic capacitance
• No deep diffusion required for isolation - less fabrication time, closer device packing
Next Generation Integrated Circuits
• 300 mm wafers• Copper metallization• Low-K dielectric under interconnect lines• High-K dielectric under gate• Silicon-on-insulator (SOI)• Strained silicon• New gate metals• Dual-core CPU chips
Strained Silicon
• Enhanced carrier mobility – compensates for increased ionized impurity scattering in thin, heavily-doped layers
Next Generation Integrated Circuits
• 300 mm wafers• Copper metallization• Low-K dielectric under interconnect lines• High-K dielectric under gate• Silicon-on-insulator (SOI)• Strained silicon• New gate metals• Dual-core CPU chips
New Generation ICs at Intel
http://www.intel.com/technology/silicon/index.htm
http://www.intel.com/technology/silicon/research.htm?iid=tech_sil+rd
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New Generation ICs at AMD
http://www.thinkcp.com/AMD/roadmap.html
Processor Cores Roadmap
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New Generation ICs at IBM
http://www.research.ibm.com/
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http://www-916.ibm.com/press/prnews.nsf/jan/0C17FDCBF4B76CE185256C6F0064206D
Nanofabrication