The Silicon Age: Trends in Semiconductor Devices Industry

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Emerging technologies such as extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography and FinFET architectures are driving the semiconductor industry's roadmap to overcome challenges in maintaining Moore's Law. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.SYNTHESIS. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

Kamal Kamal

doi:10.25103/jestr.151.14

January 1, 2022Journal of Engineering Science and Technology ReviewOpen Access

The Silicon Age: Trends in Semiconductor Devices Industry

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To review emerging technologies, materials, and architectures in transistor manufacturing while evaluating the industry road map and the challenges of sustaining Moore's law scaling.
Conducted a technological overview evaluating advancements in semiconductor fabrication, focusing on extreme ultraviolet (EUV) photolithography and multi-gate transistor designs.
Identifies extreme ultraviolet lithography as the critical enabling process for printing nanometer-scale transistor features.
Highlights fin field-effect transistor (FinFET) architectures as the dominant device design providing superior electrostatic gate control over planar transistors.
Outlines critical physical and economic bottlenecks threatening the continued pace of Moore's integration scaling rate.

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Narrative review demonstrates advances in photolithography and FinFET architecture in semiconductor manufacturing, highlighting challenges in maintaining Moore's law integration rates.

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The semiconductor devices industry is one of the most significant sectors, based on its broad applications and substantial economic and strategic implications.This article overviews the emerging technologies in transistor manufacturing processes, materials, and architectures.It discusses the latest trends in photo-lithography processes, focusing on extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography; at the transistor architectural level, the article discusses various transistor types, emphasizing fin field-effect transistor (FinFET) structure and properties.The article also briefs the latest semiconductor developing road map, promises, and challenges toward keeping up with Moore's integration rate.

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