Designing for New Dimensions

Designing for New Dimensions

Rensselaer researchers reach for new heights with 3-D chip technology

The past 40 years have seen great advances in computer technology, largely involving the size and speed of the circuits that process and store information. Today’s laptops, PDAs, and mobile phones are far superior in performance, and orders of magnitude smaller in size and price compared to the enormous computers of the mid-20th century. It all has to do with the industry’s mantra called "Moore's Law."

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<a href="http://www.physorg.com/news5256.html">Designing for New Dimensions</a> Rensselaer researchers reach for new heights with 3-D chip technology The past 40 years have seen great advances in computer technology, largely involving the size and speed of the circuits that process and store information. Today’s laptops, PDAs, and mobile phones are far superior in performance, and orders of magnitude smaller in size and price compared to the enormous computers of the mid-20th century. It all has to do with the industry’s mantra called "Moore's Law."