Technology roadmap for nanoelectronics
The European Commission has produced a new booklet 'Technology roadmap for nanoelectronics', edited by Ramón Compañó. The document forms part of the 'nanotechnology information devices' initiative, which is part of the 'future and emerging technologies' component of the Fifth Framework programme's Information society technologies (IST) programme. The booklet aims to present progress from the year 2000 in nanotechnology, and particularly nanoelectronics. It discusses strengths, weaknesses, threats and opportunities of different technologies and draws a comparison between them, highlighting possible options for the years 2006 and 2012. In the foreword, Simon Benasson, Head of Unit for the European Commission's 'future and emerging technologies' unit, writes: 'The objective of this document is to monitor device concepts currently under investigation, to discuss the feasibility of their large scale integration and of ways to fabricate them'. The document contains several chapters, tackling different aspects, namely markets and applications of such devices, the state of the art and limitations of conventional CMOS technology, emerging devices, nanofabrication and nanoscale circuits and systems.