small talks: talks by students, for students <style type="text/css">  </style> </head> <body> <center>  <a href="http://dmse.mit.edu/"><img border=0 src="course3.jpg"></a> <a href="http://web.mit.edu/gso/faq/studentlifefee.html"><img border=0 src="gso.jpg"></a>  <a href="index.shtml"><b><font size=7><font color=black>small</font>TALKS</font><b></a> <a href="http://mtlweb.mit.edu/researchgroups/mems/"><img border=0 src="memsatmit.jpg"></a> <a href="http://rleweb.mit.edu/"><img border=0 src="rle.jpg"></a> <br> ♦ <i>talks by students, for students</i> ♦<br> Wednesdays, 4pm, 6-104<br> <a href="sponsors.shtml">sponsors</a><br> <a href="about.shtml">about small talks</a> </center> <p> 04.25.2007: Nicole DiLello (EECS)<br> <i>The Future of CMOS</i><br> <h4>Abstract:</h4> Moore's Law has been the prominent driving force behind the increased performance of CMOS devices for the last 40 years. We are quickly approaching a time when traditional scaling techniques will no longer suffice to make transistors smaller, cheaper, and more powerful. To make our electronics faster, engineers are looking to novel methods to continue this scaling. This talk will focus on materials and processes that will be introduced in the upcoming years to push CMOS technology further. It will also discuss some larger systems currently being studied at MIT that aim to increase computing speed by integrating electronics and photonics on a single chip. <p><p> <center> <small>Questions? Comments? Would you like to give a small talk?<br> [small-talks at mike india tango dot edu]<br> Oh, and sign up for our <a href="http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/small-talks-announce">announce list</a>! :)</small> </center> </body> </html>