A microprocessor based on a two-dimensional semiconductor

• DOI: 10.1038/ncomms14948
• Publication Date: 2017-04-11T15:12:32Z
• Authors: Stefan Wachter; Dmitry K. Polyushkin; Ole Bethge; Thomas Mueller
• Keywords: Microprocessor

Abstract The advent of microcomputers in the 1970s has dramatically changed our society. Since then, microprocessors have been made almost exclusively from silicon, but ever-increasing demand for higher integration density and speed, lower power consumption better integrability with everyday goods prompted search alternatives. Germanium III–V compound semiconductors are being considered promising candidates future high-performance processor generations chips based on thin-film plastic technology or carbon nanotubes could allow embedding electronic intelligence into arbitrary objects Internet-of-Things. Here, we present a 1-bit implementation microprocessor using two-dimensional semiconductor—molybdenum disulfide. device can execute user-defined programs stored an external memory, perform logical operations communicate its periphery. Our design is readily scalable to multi-bit data. consists 115 transistors constitutes most complex circuitry so far material.