South Korea to develop new technologies chip technology is expected to reach 5 nm

Korea, a group of scientists said recently, they have developed a new technology that paved the way for semiconductor products to replace the current silicon based.

According to Agence France-Presse, the group has said it has successfully produced the so-called "Mott Insulator" (Mott insulator), led by the Kim group Hyun-Tak (ETRI). The new material is named after the British scientist Nevill Mott, who won the 1977 Nobel prize in physics, although Mott insulators also belongs to metals, but it cannot conduct electricity. However, in the high voltage state, the Mott insulators has a conductivity at a relatively low level of 67 degrees (Fahrenheit) of 152.6 degrees.

ETRI Dean Lim Joo-Hwan said, the physical properties of silicon material conductive heating makes the chip can not be built on ultra-thin integrated circuit, but Mott metals will not heat."

Kim Hyun-Tak said, in twentieth Century, the electronics industry is popular in the semiconductor will eventually give way to Mott insulators".

He said that the Mott insulators materials can create a $100 billion annual sales of the global market, including the display and a large number of new devices can give up silicon semiconductor and select Mott insulators.

He said that after the use of Mott metal insulator, chip technology could reach 5 nanometer, and the semiconductor chip fabrication theory can reach 40 nanometer manufacturing process, but most of the market leading products also use 90 nm. Samsung Electronics last year showed the world's most advanced flash memory chip technology, which uses 60 nanometer technology.

Experts suggest that 60 nm is likely to represent the silicon semiconductor chip process limits.