Nanostrain was an EU-funded project (EMRP IND54) to characterise piezoelectric materials for future fast digital switch designs.
[4] Calculations suggest that small PiezoElectronic Transistors (combining piezoelectric and piezoresistive materials) could need much less energy to switch and allow clock speeds of 30 GHz (10 times current CMOS), with a hundred times less power than today’s devices.
[5] The consortium includes many European national institutes and industrial partners, including IBM.
[6][7] Nanostrain was initially funded for 3 years, and included 6 work packages.
[6] A final report was published in July 2017, work continues in the EMPIR ADVENT project.