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    Lecture 1 - Introduction to course & From micro- to nanoelectronics

    Additional material:

    https://www.semiconductors.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/0_2015-ITRS-2.0-Executive-Report-1.pdf
    ”International Technology Roadmap for Semiconductors 2.0 - 2015 Edition - Executive Report”
    Skim through:
    -Executive summary
    -Chapter 1 (Introduction: The ever changing environment)
    -Chapter 8 (More Moore)
    -Chapter 9 (Driving the IC industry to the limit of CMOS and beyond)

    “There's Plenty of Room at the Bottom”:
    http://www.zyvex.com/nanotech/feynman.html

    Semiconductor device fabrication:
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semiconductor_device_fabrication



  • Exercise session Week 2 (March 9): Group members interact and topic is finalized. 

    Exercise session Week  4 (March 23): Discussion on the resources collected and utilizing them

    Exercise session Week 6 (April 6): Presentations


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