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Re:Mathematical Compact Models of Advanced Transistors [pdf] by ur-whale on Saturday March 29, 2025 @10:50AM (#43516013)
It's indeed from 2018 and may therefore not be state of the art, but, it's really nice to read something like this: it cuts through all the marketing hype and pseudo-science-reporting articles written on cutting edge semis of the 21st century.

Getting an accurate idea of how things really work down at that level is very refreshing.

Also, it scratches an itch I've had for a long time, namely to understand how much quantum mechanics is really needed to accurately predict/model modern FETs.

Re:Mathematical Compact Models of Advanced Transistors [pdf] by eternauta3k on Saturday March 29, 2025 @12:12PM (#43516574)
If you want to learn and have a physics/EE background, you might have better luck with a book like Tsividis (also available as a MOOC!)

https://www.amazon.de/-/en/Operation-Modeling-Mos-Transistor...

https://www.coursera.org/learn/mosfet

Re:Mathematical Compact Models of Advanced Transistors [pdf] by thechao on Saturday March 29, 2025 @11:12AM (#43516165)
The first chapter reads like the scientific equivalent of "hold my beer". I don't pretend to understand it, in the slightest, right now, but I love the style!