Cramming More Components onto Integrated Circuits

Cramming more Components ontoIntegrated CircuitsGORDON E. MOORE,LIFE FELLOW, IEEEWith unit cost falling as the number of Components per circuitrises, by 1975 economics may dictate squeezing as many as 65 000components on a single silicon future of Integrated electronics is the future ofelectronics itself. The advantages of integration will bringabout a proliferation of electronics, pushing this scienceinto many new Circuits will lead to such wonders as homecomputers or at least terminals connected to a centralcomputer automatic controls for automobiles, and per-sonal portable communications equipment. The electronicwristwatch needs only a display to be feasible the biggest potential lies in the production of largesystems.

If we could shrink the volume of a standard high-speed digital computer to that required for the components themselves, we would expect it to glow brightly with present power dissipation. But it won’t happen with in-tegrated circuits. Since integrated electronic structures are two dimensional, they have a surface available for cooling

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