Positioning More Than Moore Characterization Needs and Methods within the 2011 ITRS

The concept “More than Moore” was introduced in the 2005 edition of the International Technology Roadmap for Semiconductors (ITRS), with the purpose to describe technology features that do not fit the miniaturization trends as implied by Moore's Law. These features typically enable non?digital functionalities, such as wireless communication, power management, sensing and actuation. As these new functionalities are progressively being incorporated into system?in?package (SiP) and system?on?chip (SoC) formats, the complexity of the resulting microsystems is rapidly increasing. Consequently, there is a need for new sets of physical parameters and figures of merit for the characterization of emerging technology options in the More than Moore domain. Recently, the International Roadmap Committee (IRC) of the ITRS has proposed a methodology to address this subject