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Hype Cycle for Semiconductors, 2006
4 July 2006
 
Jim Tully   Richard Gordon   Dean Freeman   Paul O'Donovan   Stan Bruederle   Jim Walker   Klaus Rinnen   Christian Heidarson   Rafe John Graham Ball  

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
    
 What You Need to Know

2.0
    
 The Hype Cycle

2.1
    
 What's Different About This Year's Semiconductor Hype Cycle?

3.0
    
 The Priority Matrix

4.0
    
 On the Rise

4.1
    
 DNA Logic
4.2
    
 Molecular Transistors
4.3
    
 Quantum Computing
4.4
    
 Polymer Memory
4.5
    
 Optical Silicon
4.6
    
 GaN ICs
4.7
    
 Plastic Transistors
4.8
    
 Multigate Transistors

5.0
    
 At the Peak

5.1
    
 Network on Chip
5.2
    
 Carbon Nanotube Transistors and Interconnect
5.3
    
 PRAM
5.4
    
 'Inkjet' Semiconductor Manufacturing
5.5
    
 Digital Paper/E-Paper
5.6
    
 Silicon RF Power Amplifiers
5.7
    
 Hardware Reconfigurable Devices
5.8
    
 Micro Fuel Cells

6.0
    
 Sliding Into the Trough

6.1
    
 Post-193-nm Lithography
6.2
    
 Embedded FPGA Cores
6.3
    
 MRAM
6.4
    
 Electronic System-Level Design Tools and Methodologies
6.5
    
 3-D Wafer Stacking
6.6
    
 Organic Light-Emitting Devices

7.0
    
 Climbing the Slope

7.1
    
 Reusable Analog IP
7.2
    
 LCoS
7.3
    
 Immersion Lithography
7.4
    
 Strained Silicon
7.5
    
 Ferroelectric RAM
7.6
    
 RF CMOS

8.0
    
 Off the Hype Cycle

9.0
    
 Appendices

9.1
    
 Previous Iteration of the Hype Cycle
9.2
    
 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, 2006
 

Figure 2. 
 Priority Matrix for Semiconductors, 2006
 

Figure 3. 
 For Reference: Hype Cycle for Semiconductors, 2005
 



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