Re: [Sci.nanotech] Re: End of lithography at 32 nm?

From: John Larkin (jjlarkin_at_highSNIPlandTHIStechPLEASEnology.com)
Date: 08/23/04 

Date: 23 Aug 2004 18:41:49 GMT

On 23 Aug 2004 15:59:19 GMT, "Fred Chen" <flipsu5@comcast.net> wrote:

>
>Yes perhaps it's time for a paradigm shift. The idea of 2-D patterning
>on a flat substrate is becoming too limiting.
>
>Perhaps the future of computing will not be based on chips but on
>solutions!
>

Any process that depends on exponential growth must sooner or later
hit the wall, and for some reason the exponential growth itself fools
observers into thinking that it must go on forever. Most exponential
processes break on the high end, when some force or scale gets
outrageous. What's a bit unusual is that for IC's the exponent is
negative, and the limit on scaling is the fixed size of atoms.

The semiconductor industry will have some serious adjusting to do.

John