Company: AmberWave Systems Corporation
City: Woburn
Country: USA
url: http://www.amberwave.com
In recent years, the industry has recognized the increasing challenges associated with following Moore's Law. As a result, today's semiconductor manufacturers are looking for new methods to achieve performance improvements as a complement to traditional scaling techniques. AmberWave has the solution - Strained Silicon.
Strained silicon increases the mobility of charge carriers in semiconductor devices by "stretching" or "straining" the atomic structure of silicon. The technology can increase the operating speed and/or reduce the power consumption of a vast array of semiconductor- based products. In addition, device manufacturers do not need to invest in new fabrication or design infrastructure to realize the benefits of strained silicon since it is a natural extension of standard CMOS manufacturing. This ease in implementation enables device manufacturers to reach high volume production of advanced devices quickly and economically.
