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Advance may enable “2D” transistors for tinier microchip components
Atomically thin materials are a promising alternative to silicon-based transistors; now researchers can connect them more efficiently to other chip elements.
Atomically thin materials are a promising alternative to silicon as the basis for new transistors, but connecting those “2D” materials to other conventional electronic components has proved difficult. Researchers at MIT and elsewhere have found a new way of making those electrical connections...
Electric contacts of semimetallic bismuth on monolayer semiconductors are shown to suppress metal-induced gap states and thus have very low contact resistance and a zero Schottky barrier height.
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"This technology unveils the potential of high-performance monolayer transistors that are on par with state-of-the-art three-dimensional semiconductors, enabling further device downscaling and extending Moore’s law."
In a race to own a key piece future technology, TSMC helped to make a breakthrough with the potential make chips smaller than 1nm, widening the capability gap with the mainland.
In a race to own a key piece future technology, TSMC helped to make a breakthrough with the potential make chips smaller than 1nm, widening the capability gap with the mainland.
This SCMP article authored by two reporters is a bit strange. Among all those comments from various industry insiders and professionals quoted by the reporters, only the last short paragraph is really related to this MIT/TSMC/NTU research and that person made this 10 years prediction is an investment analyst.
Those two reporters didn't bother to spend time to interview any professors, researchers, or industry professionals for comments specific to this research.
In a normal major newspaper operations, this article won't pass a simple editor's review process.
Conventional computers are based on von Neumann architecture in which data processing and storage are physically separated. Data shuttling between processing unit and memory leads extra energy consumption and restricts the processing speed. Recent progress in artificial intelligence technologies...