Graphene Interconnects Aim to Give Moore’s Law New Life

Dec 11, 2024 | IEEE Spectrum

Original Article by Dina Genkina The semiconductor industry’s long held imperative—Moore’s Law, which dictates that transistor densities on a chip should double roughly every two years—is getting more and more difficult to maintain. The ability to shrink down...

Graphene Wiring in CMOS Arrives at Destination 2D

Dec 5, 2024 | Tech Insights

Joseph Byrne December 5, 2024 – Original Article The critical dimension defines a digital semiconductor process’s refinement. A 3 nm process is better than a 5 nm one, which is better than a 7 nm one. Although advancing lithography is essential to...
Graphene Goes Mainstream

Graphene Goes Mainstream

Aug 6, 2022 | UCSB's The Current

Kaustav Banerjee’s lab overcomes a stubborn obstacle to wide-scale deployment of graphene in the semiconductor industry. Ever since graphene, the flexible, two-dimensional form of graphite (think a 1-atom-thick sheet of pencil lead), was discovered in 2004,...
CMOS Compatible Graphene

CMOS Compatible Graphene

Aug 2, 2022 | nature electronics

Nature Electronics NRL’s recent breakthrough on CMOS – Compatible growth of graphene that was presented in IEDM-2018 has been showcased by Nature Electronics as one of the most important highlights of IEDM-2018.  Link to Full...
Inductor Reinvented After 200 Years

Inductor Reinvented After 200 Years

Aug 1, 2022 | Forbes

A new materials-based approach by Banerjee yields a smaller, higher-performing alternative to the classic design   A basic building block of modern technology, inductors are everywhere: cellphones, laptops, radios, televisions, cars. And surprisingly, they are...