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Article: Large-scale GaAs ICs challenge bipolar ICs in speed, power, cost.(integrated circuits)(includes a related article on innovations in gallium-arsenide integrated circuits) (technical)
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- EDN
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- July 5, 1990
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Large-scale GaAs ICs challenge bipolar ICs in speed, power, cost ONCE CONSIDERED A LUXURY ONLY DEEP-pocketed military contractors could afford, GaAs ICs are gaining widespread acceptance in such mainstream, high-volume applications as civilian computers and telecommunications systems. Thanks to improvements in materials, processing, and handling, LSI and VLSI GaAs devices are now eminently practical to produce. As a result, these speedy, low-power ICs are steadily encroaching on applications once firmly held by silicon-based circuits.
GaAs semiconductors are not new. They've been on the market for many years, mainly in the form of discrete transistors and ...