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June/July 1997
Volume 3, Number 2
Features
Semiconductors
shrink into the 21st century
The major driver for downscaling transistor size has been the
need to achieve the highest density and greatest cost reduction
per function or memory bit. But this trend can't continue indefinitely
– Yoshio Nishi
News
Digital
displays with micromirror devices
An array of tiny switchable aluminum mirrors mounted over an addressable
circuit on a silicon chip may one day replace cathode ray tubes
and liquid crystal displays – Jennifer Ouellette
Nanostructured
materials get tough
Among the new designer materials, dense, utlrafine-grained solids
with a high percentage of atoms at grain boundaries demonstrate
marked improvement in corrosion- and wear-resistance, strength
and hardness – Jennifer Ouellette
Briefs,
by David Pope
Salaries
lose ground against inflation
Data from the recent American Institute of Physics salary
survey show some ups and downs for physicists in industry – Ken
McNaughton
Departments
Editorial: Comets
and stars – Ken McNaughton
Letters to the Editor
Technology: Scanning
for defects with microscopes – L. Mule'Stagno and P. Torok
Materials: Beryllium:
No longer just ballistic – David Appell
Industry/Academia: Varian
benefits from Monash input – D. Oliver, T. Finlayson and J.
Sullivan
Forum: They
are jolly good fellows – Diana Lutz
Opinion: Symbols
of science policy – John Rowell
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