WORKSHOP: The 4th International Workshop on Future Information Processing Technologies in Gubbio, Italy, September 3-6, 2001.

本次研讨会的目的是第四次聚集固态技术，器件，电路，评估自1999年以来知识库的变化在广泛的通信/信息处理技术范围内进行公开讨论和自由交流思想确定将通信/信息处理进展扩展到21世纪并超越缩小限制的研究前沿领域建立来自世界各地不同学科和背景的研究人员之间的沟通联系，以进行富有成效的交流随着技术的进步，微电子设备的成本和性能因素得到改善，新的和/或改进的信息/通信系统得以实现。相反，信息/通信应用的新概念通常会产生对提供独特功能的更先进的微电子技术的需求。例如，对移动性的需求推动了高性能、低功耗、用于具有通信功能的便携式电子助理的微电子设备的创造。第四届IWFIPT的目标是研究微电子技术和新兴应用领域之间的推动和拉动，以获得未来技术趋势和能力的感觉。主要贡献者将描述他们对未来信息社会所需的硬件性能和功能的看法。这些预测将与微电子领域的预期趋势以及碳基材料、量子物理、分子纳米技术和其他领域的进步所产生的潜在激进技术并举。计划综合各种意见，以确定未来几十年可能出现的趋势推动、趋势对抗和趋势引领的微电子技术。

The purpose of this workshop is to gather for the fourth time, a diverse group of leading researchers in solid state technology, devices, circuits, and system architectures to:Assess the change in the knowledge base since 1999Interact in an open discussion and free exchange of ideas across the broad spectrum of communication/information processing technologyIdentify areas on the research frontiers that extend communication/information processing progress intothe 21 st Century and beyond shrink limitationEstablish a communication link between researchers from around the world from different disciplinesand backgrounds for a fruitful exchange of experiences and ideasAs the cost and performance factors of microelectronic devices improve through advances in technology,novel and/or improved information/communication systems are enabled. Conversely, new concepts forinformation/communications applications often create a demand for more advanced microelectronicstechnologies that offer unique capabilities. As an example, the need for mobility has driven the creation ofhigh performance, low power, microelectronic devices used in portable electronic assistants withcommunication capabilitiesThe objective of the 4th IWFIPT is to examine the push and pull between microelectronics technology andemerging application areas to obtain a sense of future technology trends and capabilities. Leadingcontributors will describe their views on hardware performance and functionalities needed in theinformation society of the future. These projections will be juxtaposed with anticipated trends inmicroelectronics and with potential ioradical technologiesli arising from advances in carbon-based materials,quantum physics, molecular nanotechnology and other areas. A synthesis of views is planned to identifytrend feeding, trend fighting and trend setting microelectronic technologies that are likely to emerge overthe next few decades.