VHSIC technology approaches

Tri-service contracts, totaling over $165M for the current three-year effort, have been granted to six companies to develop Very High Speed ICs required for signal processors to be used in advanced military systems. Each contractor has specified a different technology to achieve the near-term objectives of
1 \frac{1}/{4}μ
m minimum feature size and
5 × 10^{11}
gate-Hz/cm
²
functional throughput rate, and longer-term objectives of 0.5 and 10
¹³
, respectively ... Panelists will discuss the various technologies selected to meet the program objectives.