NSF Award
0129483
The purpose of this workshop is to gather for the fourth time, a diverse group of leading researchers in solid state technology, devices, circuits, and system architectures to:<br/><br/>Assess the change in the knowledge base since 1999<br/><br/>Interact in an open discussion and free exchange of ideas across the broad spectrum of communication/information processing technology<br/><br/>Identify areas on the research frontiers that extend communication/information processing progress into<br/>the 21 st Century and beyond shrink limitation<br/><br/>Establish a communication link between researchers from around the world from different disciplines<br/>and backgrounds for a fruitful exchange of experiences and ideas<br/><br/>As the cost and performance factors of microelectronic devices improve through advances in technology,<br/>novel and/or improved information/communication systems are enabled. Conversely, new concepts for<br/>information/communications applications often create a demand for more advanced microelectronics<br/>technologies that offer unique capabilities. As an example, the need for mobility has driven the creation of<br/>high performance, low power, microelectronic devices used in portable electronic assistants with<br/>communication capabilities<br/><br/>The objective of the 4th IWFIPT is to examine the push and pull between microelectronics technology and<br/>emerging application areas to obtain a sense of future technology trends and capabilities. Leading<br/>contributors will describe their views on hardware performance and functionalities needed in the<br/>information society of the future. These projections will be juxtaposed with anticipated trends in<br/>microelectronics and with potential ioradical technologiesli arising from advances in carbon-based materials,<br/>quantum physics, molecular nanotechnology and other areas. A synthesis of views is planned to identify<br/>trend feeding, trend fighting and trend setting microelectronic technologies that are likely to emerge over<br/>the next few decades.
