IBM Corp.'s nanotechnology for semiconductor processing: polymer molecules that self-assemble will enable smaller, more powerful semiconductor devices for the future.

Industry Week,  December, 2004  by Stevens, Tim

Tags: IBM Corp., nanotechnology, polymer, semiconductor

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WHILE THE FIRST COMPUTERS occupied the space of a large room, today, computing capability thousands of times greater can be held in the palm of your hand. One reason for this compacting of power is the ability to form smaller and smaller electronically functional structures on the silicon chips that are integrated circuits. But the current technology that helps accomplish the shrinkage, photo-resist lithography, is approaching its limits, being able to form features down to about 100 nanometers in size (a human hair is about 10,000 nanometers in diameter).

Recently, IBM Corp. made ...

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