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Is Photolithography for CPU's Being Replaced?

Will this mean photolithography will be a skill no longer needed (*cough, cough*) in the near
future?

Photolithography will be with us for quite a while. We are getting close to the limits with the current technology, but EUV should give us a boost in the coming decade or so.

There is also research underway to create PDMS (polydmethylsiloxane) stamps which is kind of like making a rubber mask of a working model and then using liquid polymers to fill in the features within the mask. Another way to use the mask is to "ink" it with a thiol and press it to a medium such as a thin film of gold on silicon dioxide. The thiol ink then reacts with the gold to form a highly ordered film that reproduces the pattern. Researchers have been able to get features as small as 50 nanometers. There are a few other methods that may be used to construct smaller chips, mainly relying on pushing or pulling tiny molecules into place. All of these technologies are quickly scaling towards "nano-technology." As things get smaller, the physics behind their behavior changes. We will soon be entering the realm of Quantum mechanics, where you have to start asking yourself, "Does particle-man get wet or does the water get him instead..." 😉


edit: Oh yeah, forgot to quote my source...Scientific American. And you thought I was so smart!
 


<< edit: Oh yeah, forgot to quote my source...Scientific American. And you thought I was so smart! >>



Hehe LOL 🙂
 
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