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1. Semiconductor Technology Scaling<br />

– Improving Traditional TCAD<br />

• Feature size shrinks on average by 12% p.a.; speed ∝ size<br />

• Chip size increases on average by 2.3% p.a.<br />

Overall performance: ↑ by ~55% p.a. or<br />

~ doubling every 18 months (“Moore’s Law”)<br />

Computational Materials Science and Engineering

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