From the course: The Challenge of Scale: Semiconductor Innovation and Manufacturing
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Applications of semiconductors
From the course: The Challenge of Scale: Semiconductor Innovation and Manufacturing
Applications of semiconductors
(bright upbeat music) - We are all aware of the exponential growth of computational power over the past 50 years, made possible by the aggressive physical scaling of transistors to fit more of them onto each chip, to reduce the power consumption of each operation, to increase speed of operation, and to keep heat under control while doing so. That growth of computational capacity is embodied in Moore's Law, which set a guideline for the scaling trend of microprocessors over these decades of growth. There's a corresponding law, Dennard's law describing how transistor scaling translates to scaling down of power consumption, which helped define how transistors need to shrink to keep heat generation at reasonable levels as computational power increases. A phenomenal amount of technological and scientific innovation had to happen to make this possible. And now after 50 years of growth, we find ourselves with higher demand on performance and scaling than ever before. The number of…
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