The CMOS Technology: Past, Present, and Future
Since the invention of the transistor more than 6 decades ago, the tremendous progress of the electronics industry has been riding on the exponential growth of the IC technology, as characterized by the “Moore’s Law”, which basically says that the information storage capacity of a silicon chip, as well as its information processing power, grows exponentially with time. Recently, however, there is a growing concern that the “Moore’s Law” will end in the foreseeable future, and so will the CMOS technology. This talk will give an overview of the silicon chip technology and how we have got to where we are, with a preview of what’s to come in the future. The various challenges in continuing the progress of CMOS technology will be highlighted, and emerging research opportunities will be discussed
Dr. Ma is Raymond J. Wean Professor of Electrical Engineering at Yale University, where he has been a faculty member since 1977. He also serves as the Director of Yale Center for Microelectronics, and a Co-Director of the Yale-Peking Joint Center for Microelectronics and Nanotechnology. He was Chairman of the Department of Electrical Engineering at Yale University between 1991 and 1995, and between 2001 and 2007. His research and teaching at Yale have focused on semiconductors, CMOS technology, and nanoelectronics.
He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) in USA, a foreign member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, a Life Fellow of IEEE, a Member of the Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering (CASE), a life member of the American Physical Society, and a member of the ECS, MRS, Sigma Xi, and Yale Science and Engineering Association (YSEA).
He has received the 2008 Connecticut Medal of Technology, the 2006 SIA (Semiconductor Industry Association) University Researcher Award, the 2005 IEEE Andrew S. Grove Award, a 2005 Pan Wen-Yuan Research Award, a 1998 IEEE EDS Paul Rappaport Award, two B.F. Goodrich National Collegiate Inventor's Advisor Awards in 1993 and 1998, respectively, the 1991 Connecticut Yankee Ingenuity Award, and the 1975 Harding Bliss Prize at Yale University.
