The exponential scaling in CMOS transistor sizes over the past three decades have enabled spectacular advances in integrated circuit technology, allowing the integration of more than a billion transistors in modern very large-scale integrated (VLSI) circuits. Over the last four decades, transistor scaling has followed Moore's law, and according to projections made by the International Technology Roadmap for Semiconductors (ITRS), minimum feature sizes are expected to reach 22nm by 2012. The primary drivers for transistor scaling are the associated benefits of lower system costs, improved...
The exponential scaling in CMOS transistor sizes over the past three decades have enabled spectacular advances in integrated circuit technology, al...
