As transistors become smaller, their power density remains constant
In semiconductor electronics, Dennard scaling, also known as MOSFET scaling, is a scaling law which states roughly that, as transistors get smaller, their power density stays constant, so that the power use stays in proportion with area; both voltage and current scale (downward) with length.[1][2] The law, originally formulated for MOSFETs, is based on a 1974 paper co-authored by Robert H. Dennard, after whom it is named.[3]
^
Streetman, Ben G.; Banerjee, Sanjay Kumar (2016). Solid state electronic devices. Boston: Pearson. p. 341. ISBN978-1-292-06055-2. OCLC908999844.
^Dennard, Robert H.; Gaensslen, Fritz H.; Yu, Hwa-Nien; Rideout, V. Leo; Bassous, Ernest; LeBlanc, Andre R. (October 1974). "Design of ion-implanted MOSFET's with very small physical dimensions". IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits. SC-9 (5): 256–268. Bibcode:1974IJSSC...9..256D. doi:10.1109/JSSC.1974.1050511. S2CID283984. Dennard, Robert H.; Gaensslen, Fritz H.; Yu, Hwa-Nien; Rideout, V. Leo; Bassous, Ernest; LeBlanc, Andre R. (April 1999). "Classic Paper: Design Of Ion-implanted MOSFET's with Very Small Physical Dimensions". Proceedings of the IEEE. 87 (4): 668–678. CiteSeerX10.1.1.334.2417. doi:10.1109/JPROC.1999.752522. S2CID62193402.