MIND

The Midwest Institute for Nanoelectronics Discovery (MIND) is one of four centers funded by the Semiconductor Research Corporation's Nanoelectronics Research Initiative (NRI). The goal of NRI and its university-based centers is to demonstrate novel computing devices capable of replacing the complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) transistor as a logic switch. The new switch must surpass what can be done with the transistor in terms of size, speed, cost, and energy efficiency. The search for this new technology is time-critical because the physical limitations of transistors will be reached by 2020, and the advance of integrated circuit technology will stall... Established in 2008, MIND is led by the University of Notre Dame and includes Pennsylvania State University, Purdue University, and University of Texas-Dallas. Nineteen principal investigators lead the 60-member research team. Collaborations also link the National Institute of Standards and Technology, Argonne National..

Also known as: Midwest Institute for Nanoelectronics Discovery