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Hype Cycle for Semiconductors, 2005
28 June 2005
 
Jim Tully   Rafe John Graham Ball   Richard Gordon   Dean Freeman   Paul O'Donovan   Stan Bruederle   Jim Walker  

We chart the progress of technologies such as transistors, logic devices, architectures and design techniques. Eventually, nanotechnologies based on semiconducting molecules and DNA structures may transform this industry.




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Table of Contents


1.0
    
 The Hype Cycle

1.1
    
 What's Different About This Year's Semiconductor Hype Cycle?
1.2
    
 Progress Since 2004

2.0
    
 On the Rise

2.1
    
 DNA Logic
2.2
    
 Quantum Computing
2.3
    
 Molecular Transistors
2.4
    
 Polymer Memory
2.5
    
 Optical Silicon
2.6
    
 GaN Devices
2.7
    
 Plastic Transistors
2.8
    
 Carbon Nanotube Circuits
2.9
    
 Network on Chip

3.0
    
 At the Peak

3.1
    
 Inkjet Manufacturing
3.2
    
 Silicon RF Power Amplifiers
3.3
    
 Hardware Reconfigurable Devices
3.4
    
 Electronic System-Level Design Tools and Methodologies
3.5
    
 Micro Fuel Cells

4.0
    
 Sliding Into the Trough

4.1
    
 MRAM
4.2
    
 Organic Light-Emitting Devices
4.3
    
 Embedded FPGA Cores
4.4
    
 Ferroelectric RAM
4.5
    
 3-D Wafer Stacking

5.0
    
 Climbing the Slope

5.1
    
 Strained Silicon
5.2
    
 LCoS
5.3
    
 Semiconductor Intellectual Property

6.0
    
 Entering the Plateau

6.1
    
 Platform ASICs
6.2
    
 RF CMOS

7.0
    
 Appendix A: Previous Iteration of the Hype Cycle

8.0
    
 Appendix B: Hype Cycle Phases, Benefit Ratings and Maturity Levels


List of Tables


Table 1.  
 Hype Cycle Phases
 

Table 2.  
 Benefit Ratings
 

Table 3.  
 Maturity Levels
 

List of Figures


Figure 1. 
 Hype Cycle for Semiconductors, 2005
 

Figure 2. 
 Hype Cycle for Semiconductors, 2004
 



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