GRC addresses the critical challenges on the International Technology Roadmap for Semiconductors (ITRS), delivering the solutions that sustain Moore's Law.
FCRP focuses on carrying CMOS to its ultimate limits and beyond, keeping the United States and its industries at the forefront of technology.
The focus of NRI is to demonstrate novel computing devices capable of replacing the CMOS transistor as a logic switch in the 2020 timeframe.
TRCs create research opportunities among the semiconductor industry and other sectors. This innovative applications research, for SRC members and non-members, currently includes the following three areas:
bioelectronics, energy & nanoengineering.
The Alliance, a private foundation, supports a diversity of students at various levels of education in industry-related research, encouraging them to pursue a future in science and engineering.
FENA Sponsored Work Ranked as One of the Top Ten Discoveries Made in 2007
Science Magazine recently published a list of ten top breakthroughs of the year for 2007. Breakthrough number 6 highlighted the unusual behavior of electronics called quantum spin Hall effects also known as QSHE. Theoretical physicist, Shoucheng Zhang, a FENA researcher working within the Simulation and Computation of Novel Engineering Nanomaterials and Devices theme at Stanford, was recognized for his work in predicating the behavior of semiconductor sandwiches with thin layers of mercury telluride (HgTe) in the middle. This work was further validated by a team of experimental physicists in Germany. |