Lithography and the future of Moore's law

The work

AuthorsGordon E. Moore
Editors
Typeinproceedings
Year1995
Citekeymoore1995lithography

Where it appeared

Published inProceedings of SPIE 2438: Advances in Resist Technology and Processing XII
PublisherSPIE
Volume2438
Pages2--17

Identifiers

DOI10.1117/12.210341
OpenAlexW4300866192

Related

Distinct frommoore1965cramming Moore restating his own law thirty years on, with lithography as the binding constraint rather than the cost-per-component argument of 1965.
Distinct frommoore2006progress Moore's three statements of his own law, of which the corpus now holds 1965, this 2006 reprint of 1975, and 1995.

Abstract

The definition of `Moore's Law' has come to refer to almost anything related to the semiconductor industry that when plotted on semi-log paper approximates a straight line. I hesitate to review its origins and by doing so restrict its definition. However, this paper is a review of the history and past performance relative to predictions and shows where the advances have come from. I will leave the future performance up to you. Certainly continuing on the same slope doesn't get any easier. It presents a difficult challenge to the industry.

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Cite it as

@inproceedings{moore1995lithography,
  title        = {Lithography and the future of Moore's law},
  author       = {Gordon E. Moore},
  year         = {1995},
  booktitle    = {Proceedings of SPIE 2438: Advances in Resist Technology and Processing XII},
  publisher    = {SPIE},
  volume       = {2438},
  pages        = {2--17},
  doi          = {10.1117/12.210341},
}

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