title: A sound barrier for silicon?
abstract: For the first time in thirty five years, the clockspeed of the fastest commercial computer chips has not increased. Is the semiconductor industry just pausing for breath or about to suffer a fate similar to that of aerospace?
authors.affiliation: School of Applied and Engineering Physics, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA. dm24@cornell.edu
authors.forename: David A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Muller
mesh_terms: D003205:Computing Methodologies; D004867:Equipment Design / Q000639:trends; D008838:Microcomputers / Q000639:trends*; D012666:Semiconductors; D012825:Silicon / Q000737:chemistry*; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D012825:Silicon