The electronic interconnection hierarchy: Technological developments are blurring the lines between interconnection levels

摘要

The electronics interconnection industry is the foundation of the electronics industry, and it has steadily grown and evolved from its earliest days. However, the path to where it is today was anything but linear and never completely predictable. That is not to say that everything in the electronics industry has been that way. Moore's Law, for example, has served as a compass for semiconductor technology for more than four decades with the prediction of doubling of transistors on chips every 18 to 24 months. Even so, Moore's revered prediction appears to have been mute on many issues that required significant technological changes to be made to address the challenges that accompanied the maintenance of it. The change from MOS to CMOS is one example that comes quickly to mind.