Moore’s Law which stated that the number of transistors on a chip will double approximately every two years has been the driver of semiconductor industry in boosting the complexity, computational performance and energy efficiency while reducing cost. It has led to substantial improvements in economic productivity and overall quality of life through proliferation of computers, communication, and other industrial and consumer electronics. Microelectronics and solid state components have also been the backbone of the military systems and were main contributors in advancement of radar, communication and electronic warfare systems.
Moore’s Law is becoming more and more difficult. As dimensions approach nanometer ranges, CMOS transistors are difficult to operate because of rising power dissipation of chips and the fall in power gain of smaller transistors, soaring fabrication plant costs and finally quantum effects in silicon will bring about an end to the ongoing miniaturization of CMOS transistors.
The vision of “More Moore” Technologies is to continue to follow the exponential reduction in size of electronic devices by migrating from charge to non-charge based devices i.e. based on spin, molecular state, photons, phonons, nanostructures, mechanical state, resistance, quantum state (including phase) and magnetic flux.
‘More than Moore‘ (MtM) refers to a set of technologies that enable non digital micro / nanoelectronic functions. They are based on, or derived from, silicon technology but do not necessarily scale with Moore’s Law.
MtM devices typically provide conversion of non-digital as well as non-electronic information, such as mechanical, thermal, acoustic, chemical, optical and biomedical functions, to digital data and visa versa. MtM technologies include Radio frequency (RF), High-voltage and power, Solid-state lighting (SSL), Medical Ultrasound, Biochips and microfluidics, Energy scavenging, Electronic imaging, Sensors and actuators on CMOS platforms
The Internet of Things represents a vast opportunity and “More than Moore” technologies are at the heart of it – making it possible to connect any device and use big data analytics to change the world. The IoT presents nearly limitless opportunities for MtM with the need to integrate flash, CIS, RF, high voltage, power and MOSFET technologies
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