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Abstract:
Computers are an essential part of everyday life for many people. As a corollary, people are demanding that next generation computers not only provide them with additional computing power but in an increasingly compact and lightweight package. For many years, the semiconductor industry has made billions of dollars by successfully providing customers with exactly this combination of computer characteristics. However, we are reaching a critical point in the development of next generation computers. The traditional methods that the semiconductor industry has been using are no longer providing the performance increases that are expected. This problem stems mainly from the fact that the logic device technology that drives these advances can no longer operate efficiently with continued shrinking. In this talk, I will discuss the problems facing current semiconductor nanoscale logic devices and present an approach to potential surmount these problems by coercing the charge particles flowing in these tiny devices to work together.