A new era of Moore's law's innovative new electronic technology (1)

Over the years, Moore's law (Moore ' sLaw) promotes productivity improvement, also contributed to the development of the semiconductor industry dramatically.

The driving force in creating the ultra-fast digital processor, the promotion of broadband and the huge storage capacity, personal computers, mobile telephones and require a large amount of information flow and storage appliance that productivity was increased significantly.

However, the IC industry in the economic and social progress is to bring revolutionary changes in the semiconductor industry.

The semiconductor industry faces a double challenge: on the one hand, the use of advanced CMOS technology development costs soaring SoC; on the other hand, the volume continues to shrink will Moore's law to an end. Thus in the semiconductor industry was born MorethanMoore beyond Moore's law (or new Moore's law), the chip development to the pursuit of decrease in energy consumption and its comprehensive functionality, actually turned to a more pragmatic to meet market demand. In several new platforms, such as Apple's iPhone, Nintendo's Wii etc platform, the core processor and application processor performance far behind multi-core CPU, but its diverse, interesting applications, has fascinated millions of the world into tens of millions of users.

At the same time, the consumer may require an additional value is no longer the more prolific consumer electronic device, which transform into intelligent products; global ageing trend brought on medical equipment and food safety; environmental awareness raising needed smart "green" solution; transportation, IC innovation ensures security, overcome traffic jam, but also to the people on the road to provide real-time information, entertainment and services ...

These applications, as well as many other applications, usually by consolidating existing CMOS technology and new technology of Moore's law "— of Moore's law of" new "technologies include analog mixed-signal, high-voltage and low power consumption, etc. To a number of technical equipment changes will also affect the design and structure of the methods, modeling, and characteristics and system architecture. In the end, the existing joint development model is changed, the new eco-system will form.

So for decades dominated the semiconductor process technology of Moore's law, will apply only to a limited number of high-volume areas.

But if you reach the volume or the limits of economic feasibility, which is Moore's law to disappear. Today, Moore's law died a natural death, 16 NM, 2016-2018, understandable for even then can narrow down the size (technically feasible), but because of the economic costs are too high, it will rarely be used. But the semiconductor industry at any time, reducing power consumption, reduced costs and improved functionality is always correct. Therefore new Moore's law may be more suitable in this day and age, because for the customer, and does not care how many chips inside what is nanometer dimensions.

In the past, the financial crisis has not deferred semiconductor development line, but change the pattern of the industry, consolidation, bankruptcy, both large and small companies to reduce costs, savings, investment is reduced.

At present the entire semiconductor industry is exploring two paths: one is to continue to shrink size traditionalscaling or MoreMoore, Moore's law, focusing on power consumption reduction and price/performance improvement. In particular, the development of new materials will make the industry more innovation development towards smaller dimensions, higher density development, and more new Moore's law is to promote the MorethanMoore CMOS technology development.

Figure 1 semiconductor technology roadmap

New opportunities in the age of Moore's law and innovation

NXP semiconductors multiple market Semiconductor Division of greater China, Senior Marketing Director, Mei Yun Ping said: "innovation will always be a semiconductor company prerequisites of success.

But we are active in innovation, regardless of cost must discard and capacity constraints, the blind pursuit of the ultimate speed. Only so that we can develop more effective techniques for providing consumers with better quality of life and experience the ultimate goal. New Moore's law embodies the only concern CMOS technology to focus on consolidating multiple changes in trends. This development center of gravity shifts not only for the semiconductor manufacturer provides a new approach to development, while also promoting a broader concern the development of innovative business models. "He also for example explains how the new Moore's law and Moore's law, as shown in Figure 2 an intelligent system, the processor storage design is Moore's law, will continue to follow the smaller, more powerful, but in the entire chip design, but also the integrated radio, power supplies, sensors, such as modules, so that the design of products is the high-value intelligence system.

Figure 2 Moore's law and the new combination of Moore's law