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Hype Cycle for Semiconductors, 2008
27 June 2008
 
Jim Tully   James F. Hines   Stan Bruederle   Rafe John Graham Ball   Richard Gordon   Klaus Rinnen   Paul O'Donovan   Dean Freeman   Jim Walker   Christian Heidarson  

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




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Table of Contents


    
 Analysis

    
 What You Need to Know
    
 The Hype Cycle

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

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

    
 GaN ICs
    
 Phase Change Memory (PCM)
    
 Carbon Nanotube Transistors and Interconnect
    
 Thin Film Solar Cells (Inorganic)
    
 Printed Semiconductors
    
 Hardware Reconfigurable Devices
    
 Sliding Into the Trough

    
 Network on Chip
    
 Multigate Transistors
    
 Post-193-nm Lithography
    
 Embedded FPGA Cores
    
 Micro Fuel Cells
    
 IC Subsystem Reuse
    
 MRAM
    
 LCoS
    
 Electronic System-Level Design Tools and Methodologies
    
 CMOS RF Power Amplifiers
    
 Electronic Paper
    
 Organic Light-Emitting Devices
    
 Climbing the Slope

    
 3-D Wafer Stacking
    
 Entering the Plateau

    
 Immersion Lithography
    
 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, 2008
 

Figure 2. 
 Priority Matrix for Semiconductors, 2008
 

Figure 3. 
 Hype Cycle for Semiconductors, 2007
 



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