Physical limits in information processing
Abstract
Fundamental physical principles limiting improvements in the speed, fabrication and operating costs, and degree of miniaturization of electronic components for information processing are explored. Topics addressed include the representation of information for communication and computation, system architectures, the nature of three- and two-terminal devices, voltage, bipolar transistors, FETs, MESFETs, soft errors; chip wiring, electromigration, and chip interconnects; fabrication methods; energy dissipation; and power-supply cooling. Extensive diagrams and graphs are provided.
- Publication:
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Advances in Electronics and Electron Physics
- Pub Date:
- 1988
- DOI:
- 10.1016/S0065-2539(08)60341-8
- Bibcode:
- 1988AEEP...70..159K
- Keywords:
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- Data Processing;
- Energy Dissipation;
- Information Flow;
- Transistor Circuits;
- Bipolar Transistors;
- Chips (Electronics);
- Error Analysis;
- Field Effect Transistors;
- Logic Circuits;
- Electronics and Electrical Engineering