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Hype Cycle for Semiconductors, 2009
29 July 2009
 
Jim Tully   Dean Freeman   James F. Hines   Steve Ohr   Klaus Rinnen   Christian Heidarson   Stan Bruederle   Rafe John Graham Ball   Richard Gordon   Brady Wang   Jim Walker   Amy Teng   Paul O'Donovan  

Gartner charts the progress of technologies such as transistors, logic devices, process technologies, displays, energy sources and design techniques. Eventually, nanotechnologies based on semiconducting molecules and DNA structures may transform the semiconductor industry.




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Table of Contents


    
 Analysis

    
 What You Need to Know
    
 The Hype Cycle

    
 What's Different About This Year's Hype Cycle for Semiconductors?
    
 The Priority Matrix
    
 Off The Hype Cycle
    
 On the Rise

    
 DNA Logic
    
 Quantum Computing
    
 Molecular Transistors
    
 Polymer Memory
    
 Optical Silicon
    
 Organic/Polymer Solar Cells
    
 Biochips
    
 At the Peak

    
 GaN Integrated Circuits
    
 Nanomaterial Supercapacitors
    
 Wireless Power
    
 Nanotube Electronics
    
 Printed Semiconductors
    
 Sliding Into the Trough

    
 Floating Body DRAM
    
 Thin-Film Solar Cells (Inorganic)
    
 Hardware Reconfigurable Devices
    
 Network on Chip
    
 Multigate Transistors
    
 Phase Change Memory
    
 Post-193-nm Lithography
    
 Embedded FPGA Cores
    
 IC Subsystem Reuse
    
 Micro Fuel Cells
    
 LCoS
    
 CMOS RF Power Amplifiers
    
 ESL Design Tools and Methodologies
    
 Climbing the Slope

    
 Double-Patterning Lithography
    
 Electronic Paper
    
 3-D Wafer Stacking
    
 Organic Light-Emitting Devices
    
 Entering the Plateau

    
 Reusable Analog IP
    
 Appendixes

    
 Hype Cycle Phases, Benefit Ratings and Maturity Levels

    
 Recommended Reading


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, 2009
 

Figure 2. 
 Priority Matrix for Semiconductors, 2009
 

Figure 3. 
 Hype Cycle for Semiconductors, 2008
 



Document History:
 
Hype Cycle for Semiconductors, 2009
29 July 2009
  
Hype Cycle for Semiconductors, 2008
27 June 2008
  
Hype Cycle for Semiconductors, 2007
16 July 2007
  




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