Future Trends in Microelectronics

Leaders in the field predict the future of the microelectronics industry

This seventh volume of Future Trends in Microelectronics summarizes and synthesizes the latest high-level scientific discussions to emerge from the Future Trends in Microelectronics international workshop, which has occurred every three years since 1995. It covers the full scope of cutting-edge topics in microelectronics, from new physical principles (quantum computing, correlated electrons), to new materials (piezoelectric nanostructures, terahertz plasmas), to emerging device technologies (embedded magnetic memories, spin lasers, and biocompatible microelectronics).

An ideal book for microelectronics professionals and students alike, this volume of Future Trends in Microelectronics:

• Identifies the direction in which microelectronics is headed, enabling readers to move forward with research in an informed, efficient, and profitable manner
• Includes twenty-nine contributor chapters by international authorities from leading universities, major semiconductor companies, and government laboratories
• Provides a unified, cohesive exploration of various trends in microelectronics, looking to future opportunities, rather than past successes

SERGE LURYI is a Distinguished Professor and Chair of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at Stony Brook University, and Director of the New York State Center for Advanced Technology in Sensor Systems. He has published over 240 papers and has been awarded fifty-one U.S. patents.

JIMMY XU is the Charles C. Tillinghast Jr. '32 University Professor of Engineering and Physics at Brown University. Previously, he was the James Ham Chair in Optoelectronics and the Nortel Chair Professor, as well as director of the Nortel Institute for Telecommunications at the University of Toronto. He is a Fellow of the AAAS, APS, Guggenheim Foundation, IEEE, and Institute of Physics.

ALEX ZASLAVSKY is a Professor of Engineering and Physics at Brown University. He has published over 100 journal papers and book chapters, and co-edited seven books in the microelectronics field. He is also an editor of the Solid-State Electronics international journal.