Prospects for the Application of Nanotechnologies to the Computer System Architecture

摘要

Computer system architecture essentially influences the comfort of our everyday living. Developmentaludtransition from electromechanical relays to vacuum tubes, from transistors to integrated circuits has significantlyudchanged technological standards for the architecture of computer systems. Contemporary informationudtechnologies offer huge potential concerning miniaturization of electronic circuits. Presently, audmodern integrated circuit includes over a billion of transistors, each of them smaller than 100 nm . Steppingudbeyond the symbolic 100 nm limit means that with the onset of the 21 century we have entered a newudscientific area that is an era of nanotechnologies. Along with the reduction of transistor dimensions theirudoperation speed and efficiency grow. However, the hitherto observed developmental path of classical electronicsudwith its focus on the miniaturization of transistors and memory cells seems arriving at the limits ofudtechnological possibilities because of technical problems as well as physical limitations related to the appearanceudof new nano-scale phenomena as e.g. quantum effects.When you are citing the document, use the following link http://essuir.sumdu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/24884