Semiconductor Technology: We have seen a dramatic rise in the use of new kinds of semiconductor devices for mobile phones, automobiles, Intelligent Edge nodes, smart sensors, big data compute and storage utilizing artificial intelligence, machine Learning, and neuromorphic computing. Both Magneto-Resistive memory (MRAM) and Resistive RAM (ReRAM) technologies will play key roles as well as many optical and chemical sensors. TCAD solutions developers will partner with both memory and sensor technology companies in 2019 to accelerate their technology’s development and adoption in several markets.
Atomistic CAD: We will see the adoption of atomistic TCAD to extend Moore’s law to model and simulate devices such as Nanowires and Nanosheets including sensors and quantum dots that approach a few nm in size. Collaborations with university researchers such as Purdue, and their NEMO suit of tools, will enable successful development of nanoelectronic and nanosensor solutions.
