The Excellence Initiative for New Group IV Semiconductor Material & Processing, EI4GroupIV is announced by Prof. Junichi Murota of the Research Institute for Electrical Communication of the Tohoku University in Sendai, Japan. EI4GroupIV brings together a consortium of leading research groups from academic and non-governmental R&D organizations from all over the world to boost research on materials that allow further extension of the ITRS roadmap beyond the limitations of the classical Si materials system.

　
　A key aspect of the consortium's plans involves fundamental research and engineering of unit process steps next to exhaustive characterization of the new materials. Integration of these materials systems in novel device architectures will allow bench marking and a critical assessment that should point out new directions.

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Prof. Junichi Murota,
Research Institute for Electrical Communication, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8577, Japan.
Phone: +81-22-217-5548
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