一个原生灵活的32位Arm微处理器
John Biggs1, James Myers1, Jedrzej Kufel1
1Arm Ltd, Cambridge, UK.
Nature
|July 22, 2021
概括
研究人员开发了PlasticARM,一种使用柔性金属氧化物薄膜晶体管的新型32位Arm微处理器. 这一突破使得数十亿低成本,超薄的微处理器可以嵌入到日常用品中,
科学领域:
- 材料科学
- 电气工程
- 计算机工程
背景情况:
- 首个微处理器,英特尔的4004,用2300个晶体管彻底改变了计算.
- 现代微处理器有数十亿个晶体管,
- 灵活的电子产品提供了与日常物品的独特整合可能性.
研究的目的:
- 开发一种利用灵活电子技术的新型微处理器.
- 在柔性基板上创建32位Arm微处理器的可行性.
- 将微处理器整合到更广泛的日常用品中.
主要方法:
- 开发使用金属氧化物薄膜晶体管技术的32位Arm微处理器.
- 在柔性基板上制造塑料ARM.
- 使用灵活电子产品的独特特性进行整合.
主要成果:
- 在灵活的基板上成功创建了PlasticARM,一个32位的Arm微处理器.
- 展示不同于主流半导体行业的微处理器技术.
- 在日常用品中嵌入数十亿个低成本的超薄微处理器.
结论:
- 塑料ARM代表了灵活电子和微处理器技术的重大进步.
- 这种创新为智能,互联的日常物品开辟了新的途径.
- 这项技术为嵌入式系统带来极低成本和大规模生产潜力.
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