MOORE’S LAW AND BEYOND–CONTINUITY AND INNOVATION IN MICRO AND NANO-ELECTRONICS Perspective of two different generations
MOORE’S LAW AND BEYOND–CONTINUITY AND INNOVATION IN MICRO AND NANO-ELECTRONICS Perspective of two different generations

Summary/Abstract: This paper is, in a certain sense, a dialogue between generations. More precisely, the authors are describing in parallel how do they view the evolution of electronics based on semiconductor technology along the last decades. Then, each of them is presenting how the profession of an engineer working in this field has evolved since the first integrated electronic circuits have been fabricated. They are spanning the period 1965-2020, corresponding to the rise and fall of the famous Moore’s law, in fact an empirical relationship predicting (up to a certain point) the fast increase of complexity of digital integrated circuits. These tiny components have been providing the hardware support for digital information technology, fostering the third industrial revolution, based on computers, automation and communications. Today technology continues to evolve, requiring immense investments and a tremendous multidisciplinary effort, as we are speaking about digital transformation and the fourth industrial revolution (Industry 4.0 concept).

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