VHSIC technology approaches

Abstract

Tri-service contracts, totaling over $165M for the current three-year effort, have been granted to six companies to develop Very High Speed ICs required for signal processors to be used in advanced military systems. Each contractor has specified a different technology to achieve the near-term objectives of1 \frac{1}/{4}μm minimum feature size and5 × 10^{11}gate-Hz/cm2functional throughput rate, and longer-term objectives of 0.5 and 1013, respectively ... Panelists will discuss the various technologies selected to meet the program objectives.