Luc van den Hove, chief executive of IMEC, the world's leading independent nanotechnology research firm, said at the recently concluded IT16 (IMEC Global Technology Forum) that "scaling will continue, and I will not only believe it Will continue, and I think it has to continue. "

       He believes that the current level, FINFET, Lateral Nanowire (horizontal nanowire) and Vertical Nanowire (vertical nanowire) has been able to help us continue to advance to the 3nm process node. EUV lithography technology will be the only option for the future. Based on the progress of the past few months, he believes that EUV lithography technology can enter the manufacturing sector.

       In the past few decades, it is the companies that are daring to drive the world. It can be seen that Uber appeared, it provided the world's most car rental travel, but it does not own any taxi; Airbnb appeared, it provides more accommodation than other companies around the world, but itself does not have any Real estate; and Facebook, the world's largest media content company itself does not produce any content. Luc points out that we are going through the third wave. The first time in the last century 80's PC wave; the second is the beginning of 2000 in the APP wave; starting from 2015, the third wave is the IoT wave.

       "We are on the eve of the outbreak of IoT.IoT will change the living environment, make it become suitable for our needs.IoT will appear in a billion number of sensors, bring massive amounts of data, which will cause subversive changes. "Luc said.

       Although it is not possible to predict how long it will take for this subversive change to take place. But it is certain that, as long as IoT began to really popular, it will have a lot of opportunities. Any company will be from the IoT wave of innovation in the power.

       Most importantly, IC technology will be the same as usual, to promote this subversive change the core strength. As Gordon Moore said in 1965, "the future of integrated circuits is the future of the electronics industry."

       Over the past few decades, the industry is seeking the fastest efficiency, lower power consumption, smaller chips and higher efficiency. And as Scaling is getting harder, does Moore's Law continue to work?

       If from the 2D point of view, scaling will indeed slow down. But if from the 3D point of view, the transistor stack and heterogeneous integration, can continue to scaling. Coupled with the magnetic force and rotation, we can try some new path beyond the CMOS device.

       At the system level, changes are also taking place in traditional computer fields, such as neural computing, quantum computing, and so on. In terms of neural computing, IMEC is imitating the internal connection of the brain from the hardware domain, making a narrowing global neural communication solution based on the principle that each neuron is connected to other 10 to 15,000 neurons by its synapses.

       In the application, the medical will be toward the development of accurate medical care, "DNA sequencing has caught up with the speed of Moore's Law." DNA sequencing is a key factor in accurate medical care, but often costs up to $ 1 million or even $ 10 million. IMEC is trying to advance the progress of this work, it has developed a collection of photon and electronic chips, DNA sequencing can reduce the cost of half.

       In addition, automatic driving, IoT and so are the future of IC will appear explosive growth in the application areas.