Physical Limits in Digital Electronics

Proceedings of the IEEE

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 1975, Pages 740-767

  Keyes, Robert W ^a  

^a IBM T J WATSON RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MINIATURIZATION;

COMPUTERS, MINIATURE; DATA STORAGE, DIGITAL; ELECTRIC BREAKDOWN; INTEGRATED CIRCUITS, DIGITAL - LARGE SCALE INTEGRATION; SUPERCONDUCTING DEVICES;

ELECTRONIC CIRCUITS, DIGITAL;

EID: 0016506999     PISSN: 00189219     EISSN: 15582256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/PROC.1975.9825     Document Type: Article

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