TY - JFULL AU - Kureshi Abdul Kadir and Mohd. Hasan PY - 2009/10/ TI - Analysis of CNT Bundle and its Comparison with Copper for FPGAs Interconnects T2 - International Journal of Electronics and Communication Engineering SP - 1762 EP - 1768 VL - 3 SN - 1307-6892 UR - https://publications.waset.org/pdf/8162 PU - World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology NX - Open Science Index 33, 2009 N2 - Each new semiconductor technology node brings smaller transistors and wires. Although this makes transistors faster, wires get slower. In nano-scale regime, the standard copper (Cu) interconnect will become a major hurdle for FPGA interconnect due to their high resistivity and electromigration. This paper presents the comprehensive evaluation of mixed CNT bundle interconnects and investigates their prospects as energy efficient and high speed interconnect for future FPGA routing architecture. All HSPICE simulations are carried out at operating frequency of 1GHz and it is found that mixed CNT bundle implemented in FPGAs as interconnect can potentially provide a substantial delay and energy reduction over traditional interconnects at 32nm process technology. ER -