Editor's
note: This article is by IBM Research Scientist Dr. Sani Nassif.
IBM,
University of Glasgow and the Scottish Funding Council are collaborating on a
project to simulate 3D microprocessor transistors at a mere 14 nanometer scale
(the virus that causes the common cold is more than twice as large at 32 nanometers). Using a silicon-on-insulator
(SOI) substrate, the FinFET (fin