信息科学类专业英语Lesson 22 Moore’s law the Future of Simicroelectronics.pptVIP

　　Soon after Bardeen, Brattain, and Shockley invented a solid-state device in 1947 to replace electron vacuum tubes, the microelectronics industry and a revolution started. Since its birth, the industry has experienced four decades of unprecedented explosive growth driven by two factors: Noyce and Kilby inventing the planar integrated circuit and the advantageous characteristics that result from scaling (shrinking) solid-state devices. Scaling solid-state devices has the peculiar property of improving cost, performance, and power, which has historically given any company with the latest techn