Nanostrain
Former EU-funded scientific project
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Nanostrain was an EU-funded project (EMRP IND54) to characterise piezoelectric materials for future fast digital switch designs.[1][2][3]
The switching may only need a much lower voltage and be faster with lower power consumption than CMOS.[4]
Calculations suggest that small PiezoElectronic Transistors (combining piezoelectric and piezoresistive materials) could need much less energy to switch and allow clock speeds of 30 GHz (10 times current CMOS), with a hundred times less power than today’s devices.[5]
Nanostrain consortium
Progress and results
See also
- Piezotronics – Devices leveraging piezoelectricity
- Beyond CMOS – Possible future digital logic technologies
