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From: bron@bronze.SGI.COM (Bron Campbell Nelson)
Newsgroups: comp.arch
Subject: Ballistic transport?
Keywords: transistors
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Date: 22 Feb 89 22:39:35 GMT
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Anyone out there know anything about the current state of research
into ballistic transport transistors?  I read several "popular science"
style articles on the subject a few years back, but haven't heard
anything from any respectable source.  No doubt all the people that
are actually doing the work can't talk about it, but can someone
give me a general idea of where things stand and/or pointers to references?

If I remember correctly, we're getting close to the point where
ballistic effects can begin to be seen in GaAs (0.1microns), although
we're still a long way away from the line widths needed for Si.  Of
course, my memory could easilly be off by an order of magnitude or
more; who knows the real story?

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Bron Campbell Nelson
bron@sgi.com  or possibly  ..!ames!sgi!bron